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Snowbunny
11/19/09

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Fuck that, California, if my cat had claws my house would be in shambles. Maybe you should ban tasers instead. Just a thought.
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frecklegirl
11/19/09

@Snowbunny: Glad to hear the state of your house is more important to you than the pain your cat experienced as a part of its body was being ripped from it forever. Declawing is a brutal practice. Pretty sure you wouldn't want anyone removing your fingernails, hm? Why should it be any different for an animal?
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ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
11/18/09

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I am fa-klempt. No more headline reading for today.
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jemandtheholograms
11/18/09

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Is there a UK Jezie around who can explain this law to me? Being eligible for your partner's estate seems like a good thing, so why is Baroness Deech saying it sets women back? Am I misunderstanding the Law Commission's statement or is she commenting on an old law?
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ChristieLove
11/18/09

@jemandtheholograms: Ruth Deech is a very well respected expert on family law. Her views on divorce are interesting in that she does not believe that women who are otherwise able to work should be awarded any maintenance in a divorce [business.timesonline.co.uk] (this does not affect child support) and her views on cohabitation are similarly esoteric. [headoflegal.blogspot.com]

Basically, my understanding of her position is that she thinks that people ought to be encouraged to ideally (a) make wills, so that their estates are awarded according to their express wishes, or, failing that (b) get married or form a civil partnership, which has benefits for society. Just cohabiting with someone ought not be enough to have the estate awarded to that person, as opposed to their children, siblings or parents, absent their express wishes as set out in a will.

The lesson here is for everyone to please, please please make a will. Your assets will need to be divided no matter how small your estate is, and the legal bills will be more if you do not have a will.
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jemandtheholograms
11/18/09

@ChristieLove: Thanks for the explanation! Makes a lot of sense.
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JessickerFletcher
11/18/09

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Congratulations to Shane Ryan! You've just earned yourself a special spot in the brand new 1,000th circle of hell where you'll find accommodations like:

-Reliving your horrible life on earth!
-Being reminded of how pathetic you are!
-Seeing the consequences of your actions firsthand!
-Thinking about what you did!
-Ultimately realizing that your existence was a sad and pitiful one!

And that's not all! If you continue to behave in such a way, you'll get all of these wonderful accommodations for... ETERNITY!
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token_illiterate_commenter
11/18/09

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A palate cleanser is needed after reading that.
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JessickerFletcher
11/18/09

@token_illiterate_commenter: Agreed.
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JessickerFletcher
11/18/09

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Wow. Well I just got my healthy dose of humanity-is-awful for the day.
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bluebears
11/18/09

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Abucted Girl, An American Sex Slave.

Really. Really? Really. Ok! Well Shane Ryan, whoever the hell you are, you are a horrible person.
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jemandtheholograms
11/18/09

@bluebears: The absolute worst part of this line is that every time I read it, in my head it sounds like the American Girl Books (of the dolls) gone terribly terribly wrong.
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mfnher
11/18/09

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Hmmm... I wonder if acne would be a symptom of the women's vitamin A deficiency. I think accutane is just a big old dose of vitamin A.
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MargaretMoony
11/18/09

@mfnher: It is. Basically, what it does it shut down your glands with the over-surplus of the vitamin A.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/10/09

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The things that bothers me most about uniforms is the show Gossip Girl. Seriously, like any of those girls would ever be allowed to get away with those 'alterations' (i'm looking at you Little J), let alone the makeup, or the untied hair, or whatever. Especially if it's private school! I know- realism, GG, never the twain shall meet, but as someone who once had her ear studs confiscated for not being 'plain' enough, the disregard for the small details bugs. #dresscodes
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SylvanSylph
11/09/09

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The Morehouse event leading up to this was probably a lot of fun. The students there are generally pretty snazzy dressers and super smart (I always thought it would be a good place to look for dates if I ever needed one), but I would guess there would be a sizable gay population there. I wonder if Spelman's dress policy similarly rules out men's clothing. #dresscodes
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mannequin
11/09/09

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I go to a private high school and we have a uniform. It's reasonable though, we wear a polo shirt and girls can wear either shorts, capris, or pants, all khaki or navy. And the sweaters are nice. Plus I do like having to wear a uniform because I am not fashion savvy at all so it made decisions pretty easy for me. #dresscodes
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/10/09

@mannequin: Most high schools in New Zealand have a uniform; both public, private, as well as integrated. Some have the option of 'mufti' (with guidlines) in your final year, but that number seems to be decreasing.
You hate it, and you find ways to subvert it, but I know that I personally preferred it to not having a uniform. #dresscodes
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beastybeatsy
11/10/09

@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: My secondary school had uniform then a dress code in the sixth form. Pretty standard for the UK. #dresscodes
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/10/09

@beastybeatsy: yeah, that's the same for us- our seventh form is the English sixth form. #dresscodes
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Elizabooth
11/09/09

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When I read the article in the times, I at times wondered if the boys wearing padded bras, wigs, and heels were actual gender-curious guys or jr. douchebags who think it's hilarious to dress in drag. Because the latter is definitely not appropriate. I think gender-curious and trans teens should be able to dress in a way that is comfortable for them (i.e. the tux is cool, skinny jeans, pretty scarves or sweaters for boys), but coming in as a full-on glittery drag queen is not necessarily appropriate. #dresscodes
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/10/09

@Elizabooth: it wouldn't be appropriate really for girls to come to school dressed as a full-on glittery drag queen, either. That glitter would take the cleaners years to get out of the carpets! #dresscodes
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Elizabooth
11/10/09

@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: It's true, I have a little girl who wants to dress princess 24/7, so I know those janitors' pain! #dresscodes
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chinaplate
11/09/09

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Ok, my head is spinning from having just found out that all-black universities exist (I'm foreign, not dumb!). #dresscodes
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tawdrylorde
11/09/09

@chinaplate: hbcus (historically black colleges and universities) were founded when many other universities were still segregated and have since remained majority black. #dresscodes
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formergr
11/09/09

@tawdrylorde: But, just to be clear, not exclusively so... #dresscodes
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chinaplate
11/09/09

@formergr:
@tawdrylorde
Oh I see. Thank you for your elucidations. I thought that they had some kind of race-based entry policy. What an interesting social phenomenon - I'm sure it seems commonplace when its part of the society you live in, but from afar its very interesting, and I'll admit on first glance quite strange.
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randomnessish
11/09/09

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I went to an all-girls uniform school, and while most girls opted to wear the skirt, we were allowed a lot of options (comparatively), like khaki pants. Sure, they were fug and I never wore them (itchy polyester), but lots of girls did, and I appreciated the fact that we weren't only allowed to wear skirts and skorts. #dresscodes
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Keep it cool
11/09/09

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I know a lot of people are going to read this and "Go uniforms!" but as someone who grew up with uniforms my entire life, I strongly disagree.

When kids are this age their avenues for self-expression are limited – you can’t even dictate what time you go to bed – and one the easiest ways to start the process of self-discovery is to alter what you have the most control over, which is your appearance. My school had a very strict dress code that prevented me adopting a lot of the looks my friends in the punk scene had – Mohawks, piercings, etc. I was constantly at odds with the administration at my high school.

While the identity of a "punk" isn’t has important as sexual identity, nonetheless I felt they were preventing me from being myself. In uniform I felt awful, trapped in an aesthetic identity that wasn’t mine, but my schools idea of what hetronormative good catholic girls looked like. I was always a target for a ridicule (high school kids seem to be able to sense geeks, even when you aren’t dressed liked one) and having bitch carved into my locker, my textbooks stolen, being pushed around, etc, probably would have been a lot easier to take if I was "dressed" as my normal self, and at least felt some control over that. Kids who are in sexual identity flux will always be seen as weird and picked on, and dress codes only enforce the idea that someone the way they way they want to look is "wrong" or "shameful." As someone who frequently wanted to put on a tie when told to dress up, I feel for these kids. While I agree with certain restrictions (dressing like a streetwalker, guy or girl, is generally unacceptable) the freedom to express oneself through clothing is one of the few freedoms teenage kids have, and it’s a shame to try to take it from them.
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Mary Cullina
11/09/09

@Keep it cool: I also attended a uniform school (Catholic school *headdesk*) and I feel the complete opposite. I felt much safer in my uniform, and I also feel, now, that it has made me more creative and more "myself". I was forced to express myself less in the outward appearance and more in how I spoke, what I did with myself and how I was as a human being. Yes, now I enjoy putting on exactly what I want to make a statement, but I also love knowing that how I act in class (in college now) is a direct product of being forced to express myself that way. #dresscodes
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