I voted via absentee ballot. I am currently in the first year of my PhD studies in London. As I filled in my vote, I couldn’t help but think of how historic it is. Although I am a white woman, and recognize the privilege that comes with that, I could not have undergone a PhD at all if I was born during my…

*fist pump*

Yes, I sense the same. When I speak Finnish while doing my research, I imitate the speaking patters native speakers use (doesn’t matter because I still have a horrible speech impediment in Finnish) and that can spill over in my communications in English too. I also roll my r’s differently while there, after hearing…

I hear you! I have met other Americans here with malleable accents (mine is not). My past couple of exes are British and I do things unconsciously as well- like say “glasses” in the Queen’s (I was horrified).  

OK, so as an American who is obtaining her PhD in London, I have seen some of my fellow country(wo)men adopt some pretty strange sounding shit after being here a while. But...nothing like Lohan’s.

YOU ALL THINK THAT I’M A DOG BUT IIIII’MM THE THIIING (from another world baby)!

And like the titular Thing, Trump won’t die! “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding!”

As a heavy metal academic I have lots of thoughts on this....masculinity, nationalism, the fact he can do this in the US while hundreds died in Hati and FUCK THIS IS AWESOME

“Boy, have we got a vacation for you!” I’m super excited that this incarnation is from the perspective of the androids!

Rich, I've always loved your work. I'm thrilled!!!

The perfect hoax!

There's a TGI Fridays (or two) in the Moscow Airport. Why? Of all the restaurants...a TGI Fridays?

Oh excellent!! Thank you for this info!

I was thinking this is a possibility too- I haven't worked with adults with disabilities: only teenage girls with disabilities under the age of 18, so this is not something I know a lot about....

Re: neurotypical adults: Oh absolutely! I was aghast because I thought she wasn’t legally an adult yet.

I mis-read her age at the beginning of the piece; my bad

I mis-read that her age was 17, my bad, that was age of the perpetrator at the time the crime was committed: when I read it correctly I saw she was 18.

I agree. I’m honestly also shocked (AND I AM NOT VICTIM BLAMING BECAUSE THE FAULT LIES SOLELY ON THE RAPIST PIECE OF SHIT) that the group home allowed this individual to go to the movies as well as allowing her on a dating app. In my group home the kids couldn’t even go on Facebook and all of their internet access was…

I've worked with kids who had similar conditions in group homes and this makes me sick to my stomach. He saw someone vunerable and targeted her. The fact that he can get off with just a slap on the wrist is disgusting.

I agree with all the criticism about the film, but that drunken progression dancing montage where they meet was painfully accurate.