We’ve returned to the well, and it is overflowing with random discussion points and even MORE Doug! In this topical, time sensitive podcast we…
- Share our dreams and our nightmares (mostly nightmares). Liisa wins.
- Keep it topical (Snooki, anyone?)
- Give away secrets.
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I’m glad to finally get to talk publicly about my deep love of science museum sleepovers, girl scouts and “hip” sermons.
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: A Texas-based “pro-family” group is calling for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies [pdf] in response to the organization’s decision to allow a Colorado boy who identifies as a girl to join a local troop.
In a video uploaded to YouTube last week, Honest Girl Scouts member Taylor, a 14-year-old Girl Scout from Ventura County, California, reads a statement excoriating GSUSA for “not being honest with us girls, its troops, its leaders, its parents or the American public.”
“Girl Scouts describes itself as an all-girl experience,” Taylor continues. “With that label, families trust that the girls will be in an environment that is not only nurturing and sensitive to girls’ needs, but also safe for girls.”
This isn’t the first backlash GSUSA has seen from its decision in Colorado: Three troops in Louisiana disbanded in December, citing the inclusion of trans girls as the reason.
A boycott of Girl Scout cookies would undoubtedly harm the august organization, as it receives a generous amount of its funding from their sale.
Reached for comment, Girl Scouts spokeswoman Michelle Tompkins told the Washington Post that GSUSA “prided itself on being an inclusive organization serving girls from all walks of life,” and will continue to review “cases involving transgender children on a case by case basis with a focus on ensuring the welfare and best interests of the child in question and the other girls in the troop as our highest priority.”
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“Girl Scouts! You created me! You created this evil mini-bizarro-Leslie Knope, passionate and well-spoken, and ready to commit my whole self to a cause. Unfortunately, my cause involves a hatred for boys, transgendered and gays almost as deep as my hatred for delicious limited availability cookies! Join me in my quest to keep true to the original, pure, all-girls experience of Girl Scouts! And fuck Samoas!”
I’m very glad she included the important “Which bathroom do they use?” question in there.
Personally, I’ve always loved how inclusive Girl Scouts has been, and if they need me to buy a ridiculous amount of Tagalongs just to support them, well… that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.
