Monday Open Thread; March 12 is World Day Against Cyber Censorship
March 12 is the 71st day of the year, there are 294 days left
I love the word, "Daughter". I like the sound of it. I like the sound of the phrase, "My daughter". I'm not sentimental about the bizarre english spelling -- it seems ridiculous in contrast with the much more sensible Swedish, "Dotter", but hey. The Swedes don't do the whole "grand" thing either. Your granddaughter via your own daughter is your dotterdotter. Your great-grandmother in straight matrilineal descent is your Mormor's mor. Bork Bork Bork.
Stormi is a Girl Scout. She lives in Herrin, IL. When she tried to make a cookie sale to one of her neighbors, he told her,
Nobody wants to buy cookies from a boy in a dress.
You see, Stormi is transgender. She joined the Scouts last fall.
It made me sad, because I’m a girl.
--Stormi
She immediately wanted to go home, said Kim. She cried when she got home.
Stormi was put into foster care and placed with Kim three years ago through an emergency placement plan. She told Kim she wanted to donate cookies to other kids in foster care.
