a 17 year old girl from NC disappeared from my old apt complex,

I didn't know that was your old complex. jesus.

Does it sound like it was an acquaintance of her half-sister? That household just wasn't right for a 17-year-old.

I know the half-sister's ex-boyfriend was a "person of interest" early on but that may have been because he was the last person to see Phylicia. It seems like they don't want to know. And, while it sounds like the half-sister's place doesn't seem ideal I think about the places I lived in my early 20s and there were a lot of people coming and going and lots of boozing and, we were lucky possibly, but nothing really bad happened to anyone. But, yeah, maybe we were just really lucky.

She had a couple of cousins in the derby league here and I know a lot of people who were very invested in getting the word out about her disappearance and holding fundraisers to raise reward money and so on.

Anyway, it's just so sad. So much wasted potential.

lisah,

I would argue that places that are sketchy when we are in our early 20s are much more dangerous for a 17-year-old. At least we were legal adults at the time and could make our own decisions.

I want to meet this girl. That's incredibly gutsy and cool.

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Two days after defending its plans to give out super-hero capes to the unemployed, Central Florida's workforce development board has killed the controversial public-relations effort

W.T.F?

Tep, there was a Homicide episode about that very topic. Since I've seen other crime dramas be all "Look at the freaks," about the same material, it has given me even more respect for it, too.(well, one guy does talk about the initial vic and the "car-phone freaks" but we all know he's a dick.) Ironically, I can't really watch it anymore since Adrienne Shelly was murdered and the character says to Bayliss "If it happens to me, it's good to know you'll be out there." But I still love that last shot. Lisah, what a sad story.

I would argue that places that are sketchy when we are in our early 20s are much more dangerous for a 17-year-old.

Oh, for sure. I can just remember being that age and the environment seeming normal to me. I can just imagine that Phylicia's sister might not have thought she was putting her sister into harm's way. (If whatever happened to Phylicia is connected to a person who came through the apartment. It sounds like they don't really know.)

I want to meet this girl. That's incredibly gutsy and cool.

I want to smack the shit out of Jezebel commenters.

I want to smack the shit out of Jezebel commenters.

I didn't read the comments. I guess I shouldn't?

May I show Tim?

Sure! And thanks! It was a lot of fun. I'm pretty sure I'm going to draw more. I need to work more on how the bondee looks. He's too comfortable in that shot.

Brenda: [link] Good luck and godspeed.

Wow. I don't know what to think about the girl with the baby bump. That takes a lot of conviction. I certainly could never do it. But I'm not sure what I'd learn.

I'm trying to work out what Fleshbot's Porn for Straight Girls point is (if I have to tell you that's NSFW, I don't know what I've been teaching you all these years). If IO9 suddenly busted out with a sci fi for chicks or Jezebel with a gossip for guys, it would be weird. Women and straight women might not be their primary audience, but they're already there, no? On top of that, what unifying requirement do we have out of porn that's not being satisfied by the rest of their articles?

Wow. I don't know what to think about the girl with the baby bump.

I'm impressed by her dedication and thoughtfulness, and at seventeen. The experiment isn't without some pitfalls, but she seems like a girl who's going to do some interesting things.