[ SECRET POST #2010 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2010 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.


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02.
[Panic! at the Disco/One Direction]


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03.
[Mad Men]


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04.
[My Princess]


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05.
[Questionable Content]


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06.
[NCIS]


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07.
[Okami]


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08.
[la brigade chimérique]


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09.
[Ally McBeal]


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10.
[SS Omega]


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11.
[Final Fantasy XIII]


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12.
[A Song of Ice and Fire]


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13.
[Heroes]


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14.
[Salma Hayek and Cote De Pablo]


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15.
[True Love, "Holly's Class"]


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16.
[Star Trek TNG]


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17.
[Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core]


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18.
[Katawa Shoujo]


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19.
[US Women's Gymnastics]


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20.
[Legend of Korra]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 042 secrets from Secret Submission Post #287.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[rabidsamfan]

The Rules probably began for good reasons, but those reasons may not be as valid as they were once. I'm sure you've observed by now that when people don't have accurate data, they extrapolate from situations they think are similar (which is a fancy way of saying that they make shit up!), and that is probably why you're getting the marrying cousins and arranged marriages questions. Both are common in some other secretive or isolated communities which have had the lid torn off the top in recent years. (I'm thinking the polygamous Mormons and a couple of other cults, off the top of my head.)

You said that your group keeps at least one qualified teacher there -- what if you (or another person from your group) went ahead and studied sociology and became the qualified "social worker" of the group. Someone who could slip into the jargon of academia and soothe the fears/concerns of the social workers from the outside. (Here, look how we've covered Maslow's hierarchy of needs for our children!) It would be something to discuss with your uncle or whomever, I suppose. I can't see much of a way around the problem of not being able to say how many children and their ages, though. That kind of data is what makes agencies happy. (Do they all have the appropriate vaccinations, for example, might be one of the questions on the mind of a CPS person, and it's hard to say "all" when you don't know how many kids there are.)

The stereotype is problematic, I have to agree. But the most harmful aspects of it aren't the henna tattoos and fortune telling. Those are both fun, and pretty harmless. And even if the academic world gets a better idea of your culture, it would take a long time for that to filter down to where you couldn't raise income from those things. (If ever. I have a fading henna tattoo of Watson on my left arm as I type!) In any case, you have an opportunity now to learn things that may help when you take them back. I wish you very well.