In my experience working with trafficked kids it happened, but not as much as you might think. Trafficking comes with a monumental amount of brainwashing. A lot of kids ran back to their traffickers because they actually found it easier than dealing with real life and the issues that lead them to run away in the first…

Prostitution remains a crime for juveniles in many states, although there is a push now to change that. Up until recently children involved in the sex trade weren’t viewed as victims, just “troubled kids.” Many still aren’t viewed as victims because they don’t fit a standard “victim” profile - some have prior…

My understanding is it’s the first action against the government. We’ve previously been bombing ISIS-controlled targets. (I could be wrong, someone correct me if I am.)

OH GOD SO MUCH

Yeah on the one hand I’m like, ugh, I feel for him and his family. Deportations are horrible and I wouldn’t wish them on any family.

Hm, ok, we seem to have taken a more argumentative turn here. I think I am addressing your primary point. I think we need to acknowledge marginal progress, because for some people that marginal progress can have monumental meaning and implications. I think those moments are valid. You seem to think that…

Ugh I forgot about how great their deodorants are. They really do win the smelly armpit game.

Will sip while wearing leggings and eating kale, and it will be Insta perfect.

Now I’m just staring at this picture having your hallucinations and it is the literal calmest I’ve been all day.

I don’t think I view what Dove is doing as progress, so much as a contributing factor to progress. The thing I’m acknowledging here is that one trans mom can see herself represented, not that Dove is a sudden bastion of trans advocacy and human rights. 

Your points are all valid. At the same time I feel like recognizing when companies take steps toward representation is important because it encourages further representation in other areas of media. Everything should come with a “Now do more!” but I also think that if we’re constantly saying “not good enough” we’re…

Of course they’re not absolved. But a trans mom getting to see herself represented on television can be monumental. I’m taking this moment to recognize that.

Agreed. From the time you get a positive pregnancy test you’re inundated with all sorts of messages about how to do motherhood “right.” I’m glad to see anything that counteracts that, even if it comes from a cosmetics company.

Yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and ignore the snark in this article and instead give them a thumbs up for including a trans mom.

I now cannot be convinced their heads aren’t photoshopped onto their bodies in every single picture.

I am deeply unnerved by the size of their heads in the second photo under pose 2. That shit is gonna infiltrate my nightmares.

I think this is it entirely - it’s like it got to the point where she was too eager about her job and everyone went, “woah woah woah, we have to cut her down a bit.” She strikes me as a grown up theater kid, still geeky and loving her projects in a way nobody else understands. As a former theater kid, I felt for her.…

Question for those who have had girl babies: do nurses react well when you tell them to get that fucking bow off your goddamn just-born child’s head? Because I don’t feel like I would be able to be polite about it.

I went to one wedding expo, and got nothing but a single cake pop and a panic attack.

A Home Depot gift card. Mostly because that’s pretty much all I buy anyone who owns a house, and it seems to always come in handy.