20 Reasons To Thank Your Mom This Mother's Day
Happy Mother’s Day, moms.
So maybe my entire “blog” is really just reblogging Buzzfeed and Daily Mail, but I’m ok with that.
Not as sugary as the NKOTB, but still a funky song, since I’m in the mood for sharing.
NKOTB, you so cute!
If this song/video doesn’t make you dance and feel awesome, then I dunno what.
Ha!
npr:
For Chinese Women, Marriage Depends On Right ‘Bride Price’
China’s one-child only policy and historic preference for boys has led to a surplus of marriageable Chinese men. Young women are holding out for better apartments, cars and the like from potential spouses. And prospective in-laws are socking away savings to try to appeal to a future daughter-in-law.
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I don’t think the piece is anti-Chicago. I feel sad about the way things are going here … Extremely well-known problems in Chicago which I didn’t invent … I object to the premise of your question. What I suggest is that there is a fear that is haunting Chicago. For anyone to say that no one has ever thought of this, of the drop in population and the problems with crime; … that Chicago could end up like Detroit; that this has anything to do with hating the city, I find bizarre. … Am I congratulatory and boosterish? No. The reaction here proves my point. Can Chicago not take criticism? Is there only one conversation to be had in the city as in “Go Chicago?” That was the point of my piece.
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Rachel Shteir Defends Her Anti-Chicago Essay in a Rare Q&A - Felsenthal Files - April 2013
Agree? Disagree?
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Chicago is a great literary city. Not just because we have many great writers, but because a book review can stir up a real shit-storm here, as in the last few days with the brouhaha over Rachel Shteir’s “Chicago Manuals” in the New York Times…
Ms. Shteir hates it here, the city where she attended college (University of Chicago) and now works (De Paul University). She despises its crime, corruption, expensive parking meters, racial segregation, macho bragging and awful winters…Read more: Why does Chicago care what The New York Times thinks, anyway?
Day brightener c/o Lauren.
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Ha! Cats that look like pin-up girls!
