I don't think the author is claiming that it's a result of direct discrimination, just another example of the pattern she's pointing out.

Maybe I should read the book, but right now, even the pattern doesn't sound like a causative link to me.

So far, I'm not sure what's supposed to be causing what. In this chapter, it's just a pattern.

The Tundra Rap

SO good! The Boosh is genius incarnate, times two. The Spirit of Jazz, the Eel man, Charlie Made of Bubble Gum - extreme, fantastic weirdness.

Spent an afternoon with my sister and niece at my grandmother's. My niece is awesome, at the age of 2 (she currently loves exploiting the comedy value of anything she does or says that we find funny), but spending more than an hour at a time with my sister makes me feel somewhat pointless. Blah. Thankfully, I can focus on my niece very seriously asking her mum which of them was going to carry "my baby brother or sister" to the car (given that the baby-brother-or-sister in question is still biologically linked to her mother, that was sort of a given).

My friend AndreAnna's blog, in which she and her husband video the adventure of cleaning behind the couch. They have two toddlers and a dog.

That's awesome. My favorite, "Is this really... is that a kiwi, or a... it's a lemon. It's a petrified lemon!"

I'm sorting through my food to try to find something that I can make for dinner without having to go grocery shopping. Why do I have eight cans of pinto beans and a total of three cans of all other kinds of beans? Also, what can I make with pinto beans?

Beans on toast?

Tostada (if you have salsa or salsa ingredients and tortilla)

Faux Torta (Beans with salsa on toast if you don't have tortilla)

Beans and rice ?

Dear class mate and a friend:

I like you and think you're great. Now would you please, please, please come out of the closet already? I don't have a Gaydar, yet, darling, you're way too obvious.

Seriously. I see you watching other boys with a very familiar look for couple of months now. Give the both of us a break, OK?

Love you very much, but for God's sake, come out already or I'll scream,
Me

P.S.: do so in the next month and I'll hook you up with a very awesome friend of mine.

Why do I have eight cans of pinto beans and a total of three cans of all other kinds of beans? Also, what can I make with pinto beans?

Baked beans on toast? You could probably make something like this, although you'd probably need to add a little ham or bacon.

Actually, that sounds pretty good. Maybe I'll make that for dinner myself.

Coming out is extremely difficult, even when you feel like you are likely to be accepted. It took me years to do it in the workplace and with certain friends. Unless you've been there, you just can't know what it's like.