So one of my besties is getting married next summer and she is going to India to buy all her wedding clothes because it's cheaper. And as her wedding planner/maid-of-honour/MC she's going to bring me back a sari. Now I can tell her what I want! #willsindiafashionweek
I went to the wedding of an Indian friend this summer and I was so, so jealous of the bright red and gold, sparkly, gorgeous sari she wore. And the sweet henna tattoos all over her hands. And the gold headdress. Ok fine, I was jealous of everything. #willsindiafashionweek
I really wish there was some kind of Indian heritage festival anywhere near me, because I would KILL for a chance to purchase a sari even if I only got to wear it in my house. #willsindiafashionweek
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Does your city have an Indian section? There's a great area on Devon Avenue in Chicago that's filled with saris, Indian jewelry, and some of the best food in town. Oh, and pashminas, though no word if they are nautically-themed. #willsindiafashionweek
@Pandorasvoicebox: I live near Houston. I know we don't have one in my town and I don't actually ever know what's going on in the city, but you're right that there probably is one in Houston. #willsindiafashionweek
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: There is probably an "Indian heritage festival" in Houston, but regardless, the Indian community in Houston is huge so even if there isn't one central "festival" there is definitely shit going on continuously. Hit up the Indian grocery stores (there's probably at least a dozen since Houston's a big city) because they usually post advertisements for various Indian events going on locally (movies, concerts, services, sales, etc.) Sari shops are another good choice, so ask around to find one, or shamelessly ask one of your Indian friends to bring you back a good sari from India if they visit. And if you want a two-in-one cultural experience, check out a temple or a Hindu mission center. I know there are some in Houston. #willsindiafashionweek
I've missed half of this Levi-Palin rumble, but is the only accusation being he made on that show that she referred to her baby as "retarded?" Is that really an accusation?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but is retarded no longer the correct term for someone with mental retardation/Down Syndrome? I wouldn't be offended by a mother calling her baby retarded if he or she was....am I wrong or missing something? #homecominggangrape
@Katxyz: Retarded is no longer considered the term of choice. The negative connotation it picked up has pretty much removed it from diagnostic and professional lexicon. The full term "Mental Retardation" is a catch all term for several older terms, it was not just another descriptor of down syndrome.
Now people tend to use the general term developmentally delayed and then the more specific diagnosis like Autistic or Down's Syndrome.
Yes calling your child "retarded" would in most circles be considered insulting. If you called your child "retarded" in a room full of other parents of kids with developmental disabilities including but not limited to Down's you'd better be prepared to run, because they would tear you apart.
As someone who used to work with special needs kids I would be horrified to hear a parent say that about their child. I wouldn't be shocked though, often parents and siblings can be the cruelest to their family members with a developmental disabilitiy. #homecominggangrape
@Katxyz: "Retarded" is a word that most people with mental disabilities consider offensive. It is often not used to indicate a handicap, but used to insult people and generally put them down. "Handicap" is not loved, either, but it at least has the connotation that someone can DO things. "Retarded" is often used to mean "useless." It's the mental health version of the "N" word.
I'm no fan of Palin (can't stand her!), but Levi was out of line. #homecominggangrape
@roxythekiller: I don't think you understand. Levi didn't call the baby retarded. Levi said Sarah Palin would want to hold their baby and she would say "No, I don't want the retarded one, I want this one." "This one" being Levi and Bristol's baby. #homecominggangrape
@Triana Orpheus: Ahh, my bad.
I now feel sorry for that baby, if this is true. However, on a gut level, I suspect Levi fluffed up his story.
Yet, generally, if you aren't raising a disabled child, it's very difficult to judge the parents. Levi should lay off the judgemental media-pandering. If he's really that concerned about the "R" word, he should take it up privately with the family. #homecominggangrape
This hasn't really come up in comments yet--but it really bothers me that a guy is claiming he could not kill someone because he was 2 fat to get up the stairs. I am roughly this guy's weight, and I walk to and from work everyday and up two flights of stairs to get to my room.
I do not know what people imagine 285 pounds to be, but I don't think it is what you think it is. #homecominggangrape
@Haystacks: Yeah, I don't know how big this guy is, but most people who weight 285 can surely walk up one flight of stairs.
ETA: I don't mean that to sound disparaging at all. My top weight was not that much less than this, about 260. Were there other people who were in better shape than me? Sure, but I was by no means paralyzed.
"...those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention..."
Ah, Palin. Is it wrong that I feel karma has a hand in this eternal bitchfight between La Palin and this guy who couldn't seem to care less about her retaliation? The only way she could upset him is to ban guns in Alaska or eradicate all hunting. He's pretty immune.
It's like the cosmos scoped around for a fitting adversary for her, and then went "hm, teenage dropout she pulled into the spotlight with nothing to lose? About right." #homecominggangrape
They were not normal people yesterday you morons. This is gang activity. These are people who are either gang affiliated or know not to snitch because they will face retribution for doing so. Why do members of this site continue to be so clueless about this situation? #homecominggangrape
@jinxremoved: I'd like to introduce you to the idea of a "quote." It's when one person takes something someone else said and repeats it verbatim with crediting to the source. #homecominggangrape
I read this story at 10AM. I have been sick all day from it, knowing full well there is nearly nothing I can do about this, for this specific victim.
I just cant believe we are discussing the idea of calling people who either stood by, watched, photographed or participated in a gang rape of this caliber. They are monsters, and while yes they might have been ordinary people yesterday, in my mind you lose that card when you are able stand and watch while a near critical sexual assault where a CHILD was penetrated in her mouth, her anus, and her vagina, repeatedly, by more than 5 people? If half of the participants stopped, yelled, ran to get help, they might have been beaten, ostracized, but they would not BE RAPISTS. This was obviously, to a degree a pre-meditated act. And therefore, I can agree that pack mentality took over for some of them, but for others we can blame society, or some other thing, but what it is was someone was so rapt with bringing torture, pain, disgrace, and a level of sexual assault onto one person. They chose to do this. And until any of them actually spend some time, or hell the rest of their lives in jail, there will be no societal change. #homecominggangrape
Is this BDNF gene the thing responsible for my husband accelerating even when the car in front of us is breaking for a red light? Because there's no logical reason for the way he drives. Foot on the gas! Slam on the breaks! Gas, break. Gas, break. #homecominggangrape
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Including Urmila. #willsindiafashionweek
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Poor Gurdeep. I can't even imagine how awful that must have been, and must still be. #sikhriots
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but is retarded no longer the correct term for someone with mental retardation/Down Syndrome? I wouldn't be offended by a mother calling her baby retarded if he or she was....am I wrong or missing something? #homecominggangrape
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Now people tend to use the general term developmentally delayed and then the more specific diagnosis like Autistic or Down's Syndrome.
Yes calling your child "retarded" would in most circles be considered insulting. If you called your child "retarded" in a room full of other parents of kids with developmental disabilities including but not limited to Down's you'd better be prepared to run, because they would tear you apart.
As someone who used to work with special needs kids I would be horrified to hear a parent say that about their child. I wouldn't be shocked though, often parents and siblings can be the cruelest to their family members with a developmental disabilitiy. #homecominggangrape
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I'm no fan of Palin (can't stand her!), but Levi was out of line. #homecominggangrape
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I now feel sorry for that baby, if this is true. However, on a gut level, I suspect Levi fluffed up his story.
Yet, generally, if you aren't raising a disabled child, it's very difficult to judge the parents. Levi should lay off the judgemental media-pandering. If he's really that concerned about the "R" word, he should take it up privately with the family. #homecominggangrape
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I do not know what people imagine 285 pounds to be, but I don't think it is what you think it is. #homecominggangrape
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ETA: I don't mean that to sound disparaging at all. My top weight was not that much less than this, about 260. Were there other people who were in better shape than me? Sure, but I was by no means paralyzed.
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Ah, Palin. Is it wrong that I feel karma has a hand in this eternal bitchfight between La Palin and this guy who couldn't seem to care less about her retaliation? The only way she could upset him is to ban guns in Alaska or eradicate all hunting. He's pretty immune.
It's like the cosmos scoped around for a fitting adversary for her, and then went "hm, teenage dropout she pulled into the spotlight with nothing to lose? About right." #homecominggangrape
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I just cant believe we are discussing the idea of calling people who either stood by, watched, photographed or participated in a gang rape of this caliber. They are monsters, and while yes they might have been ordinary people yesterday, in my mind you lose that card when you are able stand and watch while a near critical sexual assault where a CHILD was penetrated in her mouth, her anus, and her vagina, repeatedly, by more than 5 people? If half of the participants stopped, yelled, ran to get help, they might have been beaten, ostracized, but they would not BE RAPISTS. This was obviously, to a degree a pre-meditated act. And therefore, I can agree that pack mentality took over for some of them, but for others we can blame society, or some other thing, but what it is was someone was so rapt with bringing torture, pain, disgrace, and a level of sexual assault onto one person. They chose to do this. And until any of them actually spend some time, or hell the rest of their lives in jail, there will be no societal change. #homecominggangrape
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Also, when someone is running a stop sign and you see them, don't go anyway just to "show them that they can't get away with it." #homecominggangrape