You are me. Confirmed.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Norway and the entire diaspora will give you lutefisk. Happily. Take it all. Just don't touch my lefse.

The share function is not working like it used to right now. It's only allowing straight shares, no retops with headline and commentary. :(

Burt's bday actually made an early morning mention in a bday post.

That possibility is heartbreaking and outraging. Just fail these kids a little more why dontcha, society?

in most states, a 14 year old might not be able to consent legally to sex, but they can be arrested for solicitation.

The horror! The horror!

I just put a little vinegar in the water. I've never had problems peeling them.

Her body, her business. Your anger, whoever it's directed at (me? the Church? I can't tell and I don't really care), is misdirected.

My point is that this one woman's pregnancy is not newsworthy, here or anywhere else. It's clickbait and there are a lot of easy jokes to be made here, but this woman really doesn't deserve them from the world at large. Nor does she even deserve this level of scrutiny of her actions.

I am so sick of this being covered as "news." I have no idea how or why this woman became pregnant and it's none of my damn business. Assuming that it was a consensual encounter that resulted in a child, who gives a shit? She's not the first nun in recorded history to become pregnant and she won't be the last. And…

Thanks for the info. That's good to know. I hope it's the rule not the exception.

I'm less concerned with Dr. V's credentials in this instance and more wondering how anyone else would/should/is forced to handle this in their own lives while maintaining their privacy. Do academics continue to publish under their original names? Can you get a new diploma issued under a new legal name? How does one…

Now I want a White Russian.

One of the many questions this tragedy brings up for me is how do trans* persons deal with verification of their professional or academic credentials prior to, let's use a legal gender or name change* as a marker of sorts?

God, Mark! I'm dying of squee here!

Like what are we trying to prove to snow?!

Wow! That kid is the full package: talent and charisma.

Jezebel is referred to by writers and the public as a feminist publication for women. I have never seen them contradict that idea in popular media, only occasionally in blow back within the comments.