"I am sorry that happened to you and I understand that things are different for very young people in dangerous situations."

I've literally only seen the pilot and one other episode of PLL, but doesn't that girl bone the teacher in a bar bathroom the first time they meet, and then find out he's her new teacher later?

The person who created the ad wasn't Burt — it's whoever actually has the party nomination. Burt was there and offering to help Santana talk to her parents if she needed him.

Yeah, earlier today there was an extensive comment thread about it. And how several different cases were cited as the inspiration for the episode, which is just.. depressing.

That's not it at all, as adoptive families have brought up in threads like this before. It is incredibly expensive and often difficult to adopt children in this country, but yet it often gets mentioned as an easy and viable alternative to having children biologically, when for many it is not easy or a viable…

If I recall correctly, they did get boycotted over the Aladdin stuff — isn't the opening song changed to remove the references to cutting off people's hands? They were way quicker to respond to the whole visible penis castle in the Little Mermaid, though.

"ETA: my parents' explanation of it involved a very old Disney cartoon, if I remember correctly, and a children's book about a little boy called a "tar baby". They were very quick to explain how horribly racist these things are and why I should never, ever emulate them. "

I am often confused as to how grown ass adults don't understand blackface is offensive as well, and then I'm reminded of this conversation I had with my 50 year old mother who grew up in a major American city:

Hit Bull is right — Rick killed both those zombies.

I remember the blood test and I don't think that's what the Doc whispered to him. I mean, the building is about to blow up, everyone is going to die, and the doc needs to pull him close and whisper 'Lori's pregnant' like its a state secret? No, whatever he was told, it was Big Deal. Like, absolutely connected with the…

Do you mean the Sister-Wives family? I don't watch the show, but from what people have said around here, the reason they're in Vegas now is because of blowback from the television show.

There was a family like that — one woman with a young son and her two partners with a similar arrangement — profiled on an early episode of MTVs 'True Life'. After the show aired, CPS investigated and removed the child from the home.

"The word "fair" means simultaneously beautiful, of light complexion, and unblemished. The beauty and the paleness are sort of inseparable in the word."

You and me both. I constantly borrow my stepmother's. My baking improved dramatically when I started using it.

What, you don't think Amazonian princesses and demi-gods appreciate a yummy cupcake now and then?

I took one of her pictures to my stylist too! The asymmetrical pixie with the heavy bangs. I'm in the process of growing it out right now, but that's totally an issue with affording the upkeep and not because it wasn't a great cut.

I'm gonna second yogagrrl here — I was always told I couldn't do super short because I have a very round face, including my stylist as she was getting ready to cut it off. But everyone raved about it — it brought out my cheekbones, drew a lot of attention to my eyes and generally just looked fantastic. I say go for…

It would be Nancy Boy. I guess it's even more insulting to be a Nancy Boy rather than a Nancy Girl.

The mullety stage was shockingly shorter than I anticipated it to be. I had about three weeks of freaking out about it and then one day, the line had been crossed and my hair looked amazing again. And it wasn't in my head. Tons of people commented on it, 'Did you finally get your hair cut? It looks awesome!"

"Fair enough, but I'd also argue, as others have, that we need to be looking outside Western Europe fairy tales for source material. "