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    MizJenkins: Jessica: Ok FINE whatever! Chasidy: Don't be mad bish. Wait 'til I win prom queen. more »
    badmutha: Interesting that they are wearing black and white. more »
    nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Hello it's a post-racial America. Why are there still segregated proms or day campers getting kicked out of country clubs for possibly "changing the c... more »
    LolaQuinn is full of beans: I can't wait to see this. Boyfriend has relatives in Mississippi and we've clashed over things like this before. My opinion of that state is very, ve... more »
    BAngieB: See? One should always dress and behave as a lady. Even in prison. more »
    shorty63136: I can see why they would do this - cutting down on "relationship-related" issues and to keep order in the facility. However - you're in PRISON. You ha... more »
    tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: Sometimes my state just fails. Dammit, Virginia, you're supposed to be for lovers. You're screwing up big time and your logic is utter, utter fail. more »
    hatepaperdoll: So if two "masculine looking" women are in a relationship together that makes them what? Gay men? more »
    Beat Girl: Aside from the inherent idiocy of this, what is wrong with inmates forming relationships? I can't see what harm it does at all. Male inmates form rela... more »
    RStewie: I don't understand the problem to start with. Why aren't they allowed to have girlfriends? Is that against prison rules? This just seems a little over... more »
    bluebears: sick but completely unsurprising. the human rights violations that routinely occur in US prisons would turn your hair grey. more »
    Snowbunny: Just because somebody is in prison doesn't mean they don't have basic human rights, Virginia. Remember when we fought that war and signed that shit? ... more »
    nex0s: SO WEIRD. I guess the femmes never have relationships either? I am utterly confused. more »
    Tartan_Tart: This is rediculous, for many reasons. They could never do this with guys unless...what? They honed their gaydars? more »
    CollegeCamel: I fail to see the logic here. If, by their "logic," all the women they moved to that wing were lesbians, couldn't they just start relationships with e... more »
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