“Instead of saying ‘Good job’s or ‘well done’ on the cleaning, Mom just keeps asking ‘where’d the dirty clothes go?’ or ‘why aren’t there any clothes in the hamper?’ I didn’t have to clean, I cleaned because of my own generosity and Mom just wants to criticize me at every turn. Bad!"

Brazilian here. Although the article is factually correct, I think it would be useful to expand the information a bit, in order to get more context. Since I already sort of did that with my comment in the article about the Italian woman burnt alive by an ex-boyfriend, here it goes:

nyeeeeeeh what’s up your ass, doc?

Words, and a bit of vomit, seem to have left me.

I know we’re not supposed to body-snark, but I’m not a fan of models who are so thin that their torsos start pixelating.

This is the only Lame Duck I see

I suspect that the “reason” goes on some form of legalese aspect... meaning that perhaps he didn’t have any document (ID, drivers license, birth certificate, etc) issued in his name...

How to solve this... i don’t know...

Will this never cease to be the truth??

From what I know, most journalism style guides encourage use of whatever the person themselves used. I think these outlets just didn’t do their homework, or simply went by the ignorant police reports which would all be in his still legal, birth name.

Thanks for saying that. If I had a dollar for every straight ‘it girl’ who likes to be “gender-fluid” and “bicurious” for about a week since it’s so fucking hip and cool. Where can I sign up for more family ostracism and denial of legal rights, please (Australian here)? As a gay person, I am all for welcoming anyone…

I also see that perspective, but as a person who is attracted to many more men than women and is aware of the privilege this provides me, seeing that perspective has kept me from forming any kind of a queer identity. I met the first woman I was attracted to at age 17, but I knew before then I was open to being…

I definitely saw it as more the second way. I think Rowan seems a lot more articulate and aware than most 14 year olds based on other things she has written. But, ultimately she is 14. This read a lot more as clumsily declaring herself an ally or just understanding sexuality can be fluid with just a dash of wanting to…

I felt like saying exactly what you had said, but it’s also hard to articulate something so nuanced.

Your the one making a big deal about this. Calm the fuck down.

It’s the kind of thing you say at 14 because you are 14 and 14 year olds are terrible.

“Hello ladies, you’re looking lovely this evening. Maybe we should all go back to my room...have you ever heard of Settlers of Catan?”

That’s the logical reason to wait until one’s 30s, not to stay single into one’s 40s and then portray one’s life as a Greek tragedy.