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    17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
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    Image of AvocadoGills: purveyor of kinky fish porn AvocadoGills: purveyor of kinky fish porn
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    I'm curious - why is it at all important to the story that she's a lesbian? Are non-straight people the only ones allowed to break traditional gender roles? Would the story have been different were she straight?


    That's not a dig at you, Hortense, I'm just curious why it came up in the original report.

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    Image of Susie Bright Susie Bright
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    PANTSUIT OPTIONS!!!!!


    ROFLLLLLLLLL

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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    I said something to this effect yesterday, but all female penguins can now rejoice that they are allowed to attend prom in Indiana.


    Hi. My name is MorningGloria and I have been drinking since 8 am. The fact that I typed this with minimal typos is an EXTREME point of pride right now. I love Jezebel and I love all of you.


    Thank you for your time.

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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    03/14/09

    @morninggloria: After drinking a bottle of wine and going to see Coraline 3-D in Times Square last night, screaming "DON'T GO IN THERE CORALINE! THAT AIN'T YOUR REAL MAMA! SHE WANTS TO SEW BUTTONS ON YOUR EYES! YOUR MAMA GOT BUTTON EYES!" then throwing up in the garbage can IN the theater, I never want to drink again.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    03/14/09

    @LaComtesse: There is a big party going on upstairs. I am sitting at Boyfriend's computer in his room, which is in the basement of his apartment. And I find myself wishing very hard that I lived in Jezebel land and you were my neighbor or something.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    03/14/09

    @morninggloria: I think we would be fan-fucking-tastic neighbors. The whacky antics we would get into would be insane.
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    Image of Dorotea Dorotea
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    Why would they even ban something like that in the first place? I've always hated dress codes: they basically put a lid on individuality. Some say dress codes are to make students look respectable and so the school looks professional but why does it have to be something so serious? Can't we all enjoy our youth while it lasts...
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    Image of undomesticgoddess doesn't sleep a wink undomesticgoddess doesn't sleep a wink
    03/14/09

    @Dorotea: This is a stupid ban, but I don't hate dress codes overall. I'm all for individuality, but I also don't think that it's appropriate for teenagers to walk around half-naked in what is still a place for learning. Save it for the weekend.
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    Image of haguenite haguenite
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    Wow, it took me forever to find this picture, but finally! Don't tell me none of you thought of this!


    AND she's Lebanese!

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    Image of Little Time Bomb Little Time Bomb
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    Something about the word "pantsuit" always make me giggle. I'm glad she didn't take the compromise and fought for her right to wear a tux.
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    Image of Rare Affinity Rare Affinity
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    But isn't the famed American right to free speech being breached by the requirement that ALL attendees have to wear "formal" wear anyway?
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    03/14/09

    @Rare Affinity: Actually, now I'm taking issue with the whole "you've got to wear clothes" rule. Doesn't that violate the kids' right to be starkers?
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    Image of Shamrockette Shamrockette
    03/14/09

    @Rare Affinity: They are allowed to make a dress code for sponsored events, proven it's appropriate for the event. And when people have tried to sue to get allowed into formal events with jeans and t-shirts, they get shot down fast.
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    Image of VaginaWig is A Merkin VaginaWig is A Merkin
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    I wish that I had the balls to be this unabashedly myself when I was in high school.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    03/14/09

    @VadgeWig is more socially acceptable: I am STILL trying to find myself, and I am 25.


    I think that I'm not all that interesting, just really really sassy and sort of funny in a mean way.

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    Image of Ailanthus-altissima Ailanthus-altissima
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    Go her! She rules so hard. You challenge that gender-binary and do what feels right for you.
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    Image of Kali Mama Kali Mama
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    I hope she brings RuPaul as her date.
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    Image of Beat Girl Beat Girl
    03/14/09

    @Kali Mama: Um, I hope she brings her girlfriend.
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    Also, post hijack, but when the f--- did "THE prom" become "prom"? I'd like to sue to bring back the article.
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    Since she's come this far already, I hope she opts for a powder-blue polyester number with airplane lapels.
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    Image of Ailanthus-altissima Ailanthus-altissima
    03/14/09

    @ihateyourescalade: I tried to talk my boyfriend senior year into something like that. He was unmoved.
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    Image of hellosunshine hellosunshine
    03/14/09

    @ihateyourescalade: My date (a friend since elementary school) wore a shiny purple tux to our Sadie Hawkins dance senior year. As my dress was pale yellow, it was pretty badass.
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    03/14/09

    @hellosunshine: You two are my new fashion idols!
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    Image of EKane EKane
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    Its so sad they TRIED to enforce an arbitrary dress code rule. My school had a dress code for prom (I'm in Chicago) It basically was that you had to wear formal attire, and you were not to wear anything too revealing or else you would have to wear a school shirt over your dress.


    We had people half dressed, women in tux's, and one of my friends went in drag- twice!


    Enforcing prom dress code rules = stupid (unless there is tits and ass hangin' out)

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    Image of gangey gangey
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    I still can't believe they made "no tuxes for girls" a rule in the first place. Seems like most high schools have much more important issues to worry about nowadays.
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    Image of Shamrockette Shamrockette
    03/14/09

    @gangey: I know! They think what a girl wears to prom is SO much more important than preventing bullying.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    03/14/09

    @gangey: Yeah, seriously. A grown-ass person who is that invested in what a teenager wears to her high school prom isn't focusing properly.
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    Image of Shamrockette Shamrockette
    03/14/09

    @LaComtesse: And their priorities aren't straight.
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    Image of kysm kysm
    03/14/09

    In reply to 17 Year Old Girl Sues, Changes School Policy, And Will Wear Her Tuxedo To Prom
    Good. Why the eff would they stop her in the first place? Cause it isn't lady like? Is this school held in a bomb shelter from 1955?
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    Image of girlnamedblue girlnamedblue
    03/14/09

    @kysm: My high school IS a bomb shelter!
    From the sixties though. There are maybe two tiny window on the second floor, the rest is completely enclosed, and the walls are solid cinderblocks.
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