Who’s that girl
Paging Annie Hall: Apparently Wesson Attendance Center high school in Wesson, Miss., still hasn’t heard about the menswear for ladies trend. Back in 2009, the school refused to publish a photo of Ceara Sturgis, a lesbian student, wearing a tuxedo on the “senior page” in the 2010 yearbook.
“When they heard the news, Ceara and her mom made a date with the ACLU, and in October the organization wrote the school a letter, suggesting that not wearing a dress wasn’t really a good reason to keep a student out. Copiah County School District officials, however, disagreed. Then on Friday, when the yearbooks arrived, not only was Ceara’s photo missing from the senior portrait section, her name was also nowhere to be seen.
“’They’ve got kids in the book that have been busted for drugs,’ her mom told the Jackson Free Press. ’There’s even a picture of one of the seniors who dropped out of school. I don’t get it. Ceara’s a star student … It’s like she’s nobody there, even though she’s gone to school there for 12 years.’ …
“Of course, not everybody is pitted against the fashion-challenged senior: Her fellow students nominated her for prom queen, but Ceara refused, knowing the school would never let her accept that honor, a prescient decision if we’ve ever heard one.”
— Carrie Sloan, writing on “High School Erases Gay Student From Yearbook” on April 29 at Lemondrop.com
Los Uniforms
“You know about the open-borders sympathizing Phoenix Suns and their ’Los Suns’ uniform stunt. They’ve got the support of both the basketball and baseball players associations: ’The National Basketball Players Association said in a statement yesterday that the Arizona immigration law is “disappointing and disturbing” and called for its repeal or modification. The players’ union also praised the Suns.’ …
“And basketball and baseball fans who support immigration enforcement, national security, and the rule of law should consider taking the proper steps to protect their rights and interests — by voting with their feet and refusing to do business with open-borders sports organizations.
“Perhaps Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver should stop shoving politics down his ticket-buyers’ throats, mind his own business — and stop using our taxpayers dollars to keep him afloat. A reminder from the Phoenix New Times: ’Forget the expensive business conferences: The greatest example of government bailout excess may just be Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, whose banks have taken $140 million in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.’”
— Michelle Malkin, writing on “Los Moochers,” on May 5 at her eponymously named website
One-drop rule
“The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a report suggesting that it may be preferable to draw from girls’ genitals a physically insignificant drop of blood to satisfy the wishes of mostly immigrant, Muslim families who normally engage in female genital mutilation. That form of ritual cutting can excise the clitoris and much of the labia, leaving the girls vulnerable to horrible sexual, urinary and obstetrical problems for the rest of their lives …
“The Academy argues that sometimes performing a tiny nick might save a girl from being sent back to the home country for a dangerous, invasive procedure. The report itself presents nuanced arguments both for acceding in this way, and for holding the line against any acceptance of this ritual — it cites a study from Scandinavia that found criminalizing this procedure and threatening the loss of custody of one’s children led the immigrant Somali community to largely abandon it.
“But what comes through in the report is the agony of pediatricians worried that girls in their care might be mutilated unless a doctor performs this small act, and I think the report makes a persuasive case.”
— Emily Yoffe, writing on “Do I Not Bleed?” on May 7 at the Slate blog XX Factor
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