That's a good and interesting point. I have read all of these books in my 20s, as an adult with a fairly fully formed sense of self, belonging, and self-worth. Katniss is the only character I mentioned who is from the same Earth we are - all of Cashore's work is totally other-worldly, high-fantasy stuff. That probably…

Very mild spoiler alert.

Wait - is that actually the official video for "Roar?" That is one of the laziest things I've ever seen, if so.

I like the dress, I like the lipstick, I like her.

Yep - this. Exactly this.

I mean - is that really how that video ends? Jesus.

"I think the best way is to just not comment on that type of stuff," Snyder said. "I don't know her.

As someone else said - servile devotion to our employers was invented by Americans. Live to work!! To me, it has all grown out of the Protestant Work Ethic. Wealth is associated with virtue, even when it is SO painfully obvious that many of the very wealthy in our country and patently terrible people without any sort…

The issue is (nearly) ALWAYS the patriarchy that easily finds a convenient means of enforcement through religious doctrine. As an atheist myself, I am fully willing and ready to admit that we have HUGE issues of misogyny and sexism (and a rape culture that is alive and thriving) within the non-theistic/atheist…

Oh my goodness, this breaks my heart. I'm so sorry for your loss. I didn't even know this kind of thing could happen. Thank you for sharing this information.

The problem isn't with the women who become pregnant and move on; the problem is with the people who have the attitude that women who decide to leave for ANY reason (especially pregnancy) are somehow "wasted money" while their male counterparts are not. MOST graduate students are "wasted money," with high failure and…

I feel like the REAL photo credit for Tracy Morgan's baby is Anne Geddes. Because that is RIDICULOUSLY CUTE.

I am now an expert is something I would have preferred to know nothing (or very, very little) about. I've told every person I can in our building, and given them some advice on early detection and basic protection (traps, mattress encapsulation, never bringing luggage into your bedroom, not letting…

That is exactly what happened to us, except we moved into a ridiculously expensive apartment which did not disclose to us that there had been bugs less than 6 months before we moved in. You don't get what you pay for, I guess...

I DON'T NEED THIS RIGHT NOW

This is so odd to me - I am O+ and I love me some beer but I rarely get mosquito bites while my brother gets DEVOURED. I am about 6 ft, 160 lbs, so I am not sure if that qualifies as "physically larger" or not, but maybe I have some other repelling factors? If only I could repel bed bugs :(

Just as an FYI - Obie has lost 49 lbs (as of 8/5/2013). I think it is time for a follow-up - he's been well cared for, and this story is having a happy ending.

I mean... she was "forgetting her manners". She is right about everything else though - most men don't have to deal with overt commentary on their looks on a daily basis, while most (all??) women do, and that is a shitty reality worth pointing and worth changing.

I would also say that I don't care about George Clooney and I especially don't care about George Clooney's love life. Simon Cowell is terrible. Anthony Weiner is disappointing in a myriad of ways. Mario Lopez is tragically boring. Most celebrities are so unabashedly dull, basic, and boring - it is incredible that we…

It was phrased poorly, but I think the distinction is, "women in the process of performing in porn" (porn stars) and "women not in the process of performing in porn" (real women, i.e. women not performing). While porn stars probably don't alternate between hairy and hairless (because growing hair takes time and porn…