I found this article a few days ago about parents putting on lavish “purity balls” for their young daughters (around age 11). The idea is that the girl will make a pact with her father to abstain from sex until she is married. There are so many holes in this idea, it’s not [...]
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I read this article from the online version of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and I just wanted to hit the author over the head. He talks about the horrendous traffic in Chicago and how he nearly goes into road rage about it (with excruciating detail). The simple solution? DON’T DRIVE
Yes, that’s right. [...]
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Finally, Disney introduces its first black princess. Hurray for racial diversity! I’m not one to tout diversity simply for the sake of diversity, but I’m glad Disney is finally making this move. They have done well in the past to include princesses like Jasmine, Mulan, and Pocahontas, but I feel those are [...]
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