SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Read more

Ha, not exactly—I was just kind of bewildered by the operating procedures of the mega-rich. Like, if they're paying to send him to that school I just assumed that they were on board with the horrible materialist culture going on there. Read more

Well, right. Hahahahaha. Read more

AAAAHHHH OMG Read more

Because "male-driven" is heteronormative. Not all women are interested in the sexual attention of men. Read more

Yes, this is my point! Read more

ENRIQUE TROUBLE Read more

ENRIQUE TROUBLE Read more

The news about the Dublin case came out just as I was finishing the post on the Greek case, so I quickly changed the piece to reflect both girls (i.e. everything is pluralized to say "the girls," "the families," etc). If you read carefully, it isn't a discussion of "the Greek situation" specifically, but a discussion… Read more

Well, Neil Diamond Week bled into this week, so WE SHALL SEE. Read more

No problem! Read more

No problem! Just didn't want people to think I don't know the difference between Greece and Ireland, or something. Read more

I mention both girls separately in this piece. The girl in Greece was found not to be related to the Roma parents; the Dublin girl was found to be her Roma parents' biological daughter. Read more

Both girls are mentioned in my original story. Read more

There are two separate cases. That BBC story is about the girl in Dublin; the girl in Greece was found not to be the Roma family's biological daughter. Read more

Right, my electric bills are high in winter, but I don't actually get a shut-off notice until I've forgotten to pay them for at least 4 months or so. (NOT THAT THAT'S EVER HAPPENED, IF YOU'RE READING THIS, MOM.) Read more

Hi, that really wasn't my intention—I just wanted to make sure that I sought out and amplified some firsthand Roma perspectives, since my knowledge and experience in this area is limited. Quoting other blogs (with attribution) is common practice, but all the same, I did look for an e-mail address on Golden Zephyr. I… Read more

SECONDED. ADD IT TO THE PETITION. Read more

No. That sentence is ironic—I mean "shittier" in the eyes of the system. Body-acceptance means validating all women's bodies no matter what they look like, which means shrugging off concepts like "better" or "worse" entirely. Every body is a good body. Read more

Hahaha, no, no, no, we're not married. But "boyfriend's daughter" doesn't seem serious enough—it makes me feel left out of my own family. You know? Read more