I’ve done a fair amount of research work in prisons, and I’ve noticed that some prisons allow women to “dress up” (scarves, makeup, etc), and those women are invariably more emotionally healthy than women in other facilities I’ve visited. And I will say that no matter how horrific their crimes, I have never spoken to…

Totally. And how much I wanted to feel adult and sexy. I’m so glad that digital cameras weren’t a thing until after I was out of college.

Yes, your teenage son. I work in a high school and this is happening ALL OF THE TIME. Even the “nice” boys from the “good” families are pleading, coercing, and threatening girls for nudes. We used to report it to the local police (since we’re mandated reporters) but they refuse to do anything about it, claiming it’s…

No. The problem is not that girls are normal young people who want relationships. That is normal for human beings. The problem isn’t that girls just need to work harder on their self esteem. The problem is THE BOYS. THE MEN. What our society is teaching them, as well as girls, about what boys and men are owed, what…

My daughter is 14. Last summer her first boyfriend (and quickly an ex) asked her for nudes. Last night some kid from school (I assume) messaged her for half an hour telling her that he had a huge crush on her and then asked her what color underwear she was wearing. She has no idea who he is and I’m assuming he got her…

The forest itself is a really great place to hike (its right next to Mt. Fuji, and is really really dense). But, yes, from what I heard of that place there’s really only 3 types of people that go into that forest: 1. hikers, 2. assholes like this guy, 3. people who don’t want to come out.

WHAT KIND OF CANDY?

I had the wife of a professor of international trade smugly correct my pronunciation to ‘Cutter’ the other day. I was like, maybe don’t trust a cancelled  Katherine Heigl spy drama for your news, dear. She also pronounced Iran as Eye-Ran, so this is clearly a couple who doesn’t speak about work at the dinner table.

Loved “Hang the DJ.” It was surprisingly moving and poignant to me.

I was at an event with Hoda that involved taking a bus from a meeting point to the event itself. She waited in line like the rest of us non-celebs, never complained about the wait, chatted with everyone, could not have been nicer. Very happy for her. Nice people deserve nice things to happen for them.

Jesus christ! I didn’t know they had a picture of the body in the thumbnail. Disrespectful little shit.

The Hoda I know would probably hug you. It’s best you didn’t. We shouldn’t take advantage of our beloved’s kindness. But she probably would have. Once I was in an elevator with her and she offered me a piece of candy because she was having one. I kid you not. And it doesn’t come off as broken nice or like insecure…

I saw her at La Guardia once and I swear to god she glowed a little bit. She radiated warmth and comfort and I —infamous grouch and personal space fanatic — felt an inexplicable urge to hug her.

Yeah, I think the summary was a little too kind in terms of summarizing his behavior. There are something like 100 suicides per year in that forest. That’s one every few days. It’s not exactly unanticipated that a camera crew walking through it might encounter a body.

But Hoda will keep doing the day-drinking thing the entire morning, right? Maybe a half-soused morning host is just the thing the Today Show needs!

TRUE STORY: I work in Rock Center but NOT for NBC and a colleague of mine had a broken leg. One day she was struggling down the street on crutches past 30 Rock and Hoda walked out to get in her black car. Hoda did NOT know my colleague, but because Hoda is a dream, she gave my colleague her black car and told it to…

Hell, if you were concerned about suicide prevention, why would you even visit that forest and publicize the deaths? There’s some pretty good evidence that circulating information about suicide methods and popular locations raises the rate. There are a lot of people who have suicidal feelings that come and go, but who…

who shared a video on Monday of him and a friend wandering through Japan’s Aokigahara forest and discovering the body of someone who had died by suicide.

I only trust those plastic fish that turn over in your hands when you ask them questions. Seems just as reliable as a psychic.

When Hoda first started at NBC and Today, she was a serious journalist. I always felt that putting her in that later hour with the shrieking Kathy Lee was beneath her. Initially, Hoda was kind of reserved compared to the other harpey, but soon enough they were both drinking glasses of wine at 10 AM and it was SO LOUD.