Thank you for your work with cats in need.

I’m the same age as Elizabeth and her story, since she was missing to when she was found and beyond, has always stayed with me. Primarily how she schooled Nancy Grace during an interview, and how she talked about how her school and church’s teachings of purity negatively impacted her after she returned home.…

I ran a Cat Shelter for twelve years. This infection is very rarely contracted and when it is, it tends to be by people with compromised immune systems.

All the stars. This hyper vigilance just perpetuates the sexualization of children.

As poppet alluded to, it really does amount to littering. But the “it’s just one” thing is part of the problem. If we all excuse ourselves for doing one destructive thing each, all of that piles up into a hell of a lot of damage. It’s infrequently just one person who does these sorts of things!

Stuff like this always reminds me of the time when I went to London. I wanted to visit Abbey Road and did and saw all the messages written on the gates outside and then thought, you know, why don’t I take my shoes off and walk across the road.

iirc they didn’t cause part of the bridge to collapse, they caused the fencing to collapse which is not as big a deal (still a problem but not a huge problem).
idc though, I’ve got no horse in this race and if they want to make it so that people can’t do them anymore whatevs.

I vote: she’s a cute kid, and the internet will find something to pick on in any photo.

Because your 40 dollar 40 minute RyanAir flight is NOT what we’re talking about here.

When I fly, I always make full use the under-seat storage in front of me - most times it is to store a pack containing thousands of dollars of photo equipment (no, I am not going to check it or store it in the overhead bin because that can far too easily result in damage). If this woman were sitting in front of me…

The bigger problem here is that it’s incredibly unsafe for the children. Car seat experts recommend that parents purchased tickets for their infants and install a car seat so the babies don’t become projectiles during turbulence.

Right... “She’s a person, be compassionate if she is having a hard time.” But also “She is not enough of a person for me to have to buy an extra ticket.”

I might have had your back if you hadn’t snuck the White privilege snark in there. Now I kind of think you’re just an entitled asshole with no self-awareness and that your kid is likely to be as well.

nope, not rude at all!

What’s hilarious to me, at least in my own observations, is that the folks who are most vocal about “babies are terrible, should never leave the house and go on planes or eat in restaurants, etc” are the FIRST people to be all “BUT MY PRECIOUS SNOWFLAKE” when they have kids of their own.

As a childless person, I have a question about baby etiquette on planes. I’ve sat next to plenty screaming babies—I’m usually just happy that I don’t have to deal with it and ignore it. However, a guy across the aisle from me the other day was attempting to entertain his child (year and a half, two years old maybe?)…

Interestingly, her feedback was actually pretty thoughtful. She started with what she appreciated about the post, gave a legitimate critique (that a lot of people agree with), and said she’d love to see similar posts in the future if the content quality was a little better.

As far as critical comments go, it doesn’t…

Don’t be bitchy and childish. Mungojerrie is right — this jewelry is unexceptional. I see the same stuff on the subway every day. It’s certainly not post-worthy. If you think this is “bomb-ass” and are going to be snarky and immature — well, you’re not doing Millihelen any favors.

90% of my jewelry is pewter and made by alchemy gothic.

True! I never emulate most of the beautiful things I admire about other women’s style, because A.) I am lazy, or B.) They would make me get in my own way.