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The A.V. Club: Child’s birthday wish for world’s saddest Lion King cake comes true

The A.V. Club: Child’s birthday wish for world’s saddest Lion King cake comes true.

The A.V. Club

Birthday wish for the world’s saddest Lion King cake comes true

A Lion King-themed cake depicting the death of Mufasa on it is going viral on Twitter. As Casey Feigh tells it, his niece Leona wanted the c

When people get pregnant, they will give up smoking, give up alcohol, give up coffee and soda, give up fondue and raw cheese, give up cold cuts and sushi, all because they have heard somewhere, from someone, that these things can be bad for the baby. They don’t know the research, haven’t looked at the studies, can’t talk about sample sizes and control groups. But their dedication to their future child’s safety is so strong, their caution is so overpowering, that they give up these things just in case. 

So it baffles me when those same people will insist on spanking their kids. 

Even when they are shown the research.

 Regardless of what the experts in the field say. 

No matter who says it. 

Or how it is said. 

People are so invested in this ability to hit their kids without judgement or consequence, that it absolutely confounds me. 

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The Queerness of Bruce Springsteen

The Nation

The Queerness of Bruce Springsteen

The Boss’s songs of self-discovery and longing find an unexpected home with queer people.

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