social injustices of the week

i know, i'm just a simple southern women with one and 3/4 bachelors degrees and a rather simple life, but let me tell you what- i have a soft heart for social injustices. here are a few things lately that made me want to say, "seriously?"

1. a little girl introduced herself to me as "kels" and i said, 'thats a neat name' and she said, thanks, its short for Sparkels- yes, spelled like that.

2. i overheard one of those cobb co. plastic moms say to another while lunching, "jean cut-offs are in this season- i'm only 43, thats not to old for cut-offs is it? Victoria's Secret has some really cute ones!" omg- please no.

3. ricky martin "came out" yesterday. shocking, i know. this is where i start to wonder, do people really have to "come out" of the proverbial closet anymore? do we not just accept people and their sexuality now-a-days? it seems like we would have come farther as an american culture than that. although i suppose he does need a little publicity these days now that we arent "livin' la vida loca" on a daily basis. if there's one thing i like about our current administration, it's the decidedly not BACKWARDS view on LGBT rights. good for ricky, and hopefully one day people won't have to worry that their sexuality would affect their career in any way. btw- his sons from a surrogate mother are absolutely PRESH... he's passing on those good looking genes!



4. why, does billy ray cyrus make perhaps millions each year and people like me can barely afford to pay our bills? that, my dear, is social injustice. watch one episode of hannah montana and you will agree- i assure you.

-e.