Kudos to this judge for finding this behavior degrading. It would be super awesome if parents of teenagers could acknowledge that eventually said teenager will probably be a sexual being and that teaching them early on to respect themselves and choose good mates is better than a violent punitive afterthought. I’m not…

Thanks for your input! I also live in NYC, and the foster parents that I know regularly acknowledge that they spend more of their own money on the kids they foster than the amount they get from the state. They’re happy to do it because they love fostering, but they *generally* say that they understand how foster…

I’m not entirely sure why, but I’ve always been under the impression that it’s really difficult for foster parents to use kids as income because what they do get from the state is so abysmal that it barely covers the cost of feeding/clothing/housing the kid. I have no experience with child welfare, so I’ll totally…

I absolutely agree with that. And in reference to the comment you linked, it would honestly help their argument a lot to reference Macklemore essentially niche young white fanbase because it could *theoretically* do with the largest privilege-centered awakening. I.E. acknowledging that wouldn't just show that there…

#NOTALLWHITELIBERALS!!

Then under what circumstances are you motivated to comment on a discussion about this song or his allyship at all? There are far, far worse things in the world than having people assume you listen to Macklemore because you're white and liberal (if that's even a thing that said group experiences at all). If you have no…

My point is that it doesn’t add anything to the conversation. I still don’t really like it in the context of casual conversation about music but it’s understandable and appropriate there. But this is about, really, the activist message/allyship this song may or may not contain. And determining the value of allyship…

Right, so then the response would be “I don’t personally like Macklemore’s music so I haven’t listened to it, and thus I have nothing to contribute to this conversation”. Not “Macklemore sucks, Eminem was doing this shit a decade ago 100 times better”.

Also let’s not ignore the fact that he said didn’t just bring up Wiz’s child, he said “I own your kid”, which for a black man who is fairly vocal about black liberation seems like a large misstep.

Why is it that in every article about this song, or the topic more broadly, so much of the discussion centers around some perceived objective criticism about Macklemore’s talent? I feel like the conversation about whether or not this song is intersectional enough, appropriate coming from him, or too safe to make any…

I think that I think is important to point out here is that this is not a woman with a physical disability. This is a woman who doesn’t have the problem-solving skills or “logical reasoning” (I hate that phrase) to effectively parent a child on her own. It’s doubtful that she has the ability to care for even herself…

Same! Apparently dandruff is an actual medical thing, like the result of fungal growth or something? Definitely give ACV a try even even if it's just once every two weeks. I definitely notice a difference. If you google what type of hair you have, you should be able to find out what measurements will work best.

You could try one or two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar mixed in with like a cup or two of cool water. I was using a dandruff shampoo for a while for an itchy scalp, but apparently there’s a difference between dandruff and generally just having dry itchy flaking (who knew. amiright?!?!). ACV does wonders as a…

For me, this is just further evidence that pop culture personalities have very little place being interviewed or asked to comment on social justice issues. I understand that, especially for young people, it’s important to see a recognizable face championing gender equality, LGBT+ righs, racial equality because it’s…

I think it suggests the type of environment the child is living in. It doesn’t necessarily need to be her own decision to take the classes. That Sara’s parents didn’t think to enroll her in some sort of childcare course (that I believe are available for free at most maternity hospitals?) once they found out she was…

In the attached article the author writes that Sara’s parents could barely afford to buy infant necessities. I don’t think that hiring a nanny is even a remote possibility.

Thank you for sharing this! I made a similar comment in a thread above, that parenting is a continuous learning process. Teaching this girl to swaddle, feed and medicate a baby won’t prepare her for anything that deviates from the ideal childhood experience.

I don’t really know how I feel about the situation because I have no experience caring for children/with DCF. But something that makes me “concerned” (I don’t know if that’s the right word) is that having a child is a continuous learning process. It’s not like merely having access to resources to teach her to…

I live in New York and I would say that 85% of the pubs I go to have a number of gender neutral toilet rooms with floor to ceiling doors, and then a bay of sinks or an old tub with a number of faucets reworked into it. I’ve never understood why this wasn’t the standard for public toilets, in part because it eliminates…

I’m sorry, are you an actual asshole or do you just find instigating these types of conversations funny?