@paperispatient: Hmmm...I seem to remember that when I first started shopping there, the ads were more about the fact that they were made in LA in non-sweatshop factories, they fit well, they had lots of colors available. I don't remember the porn-y ads in those days. I dunno...maybe I missed them? Maybe they didn't…

Personally, I think those porn-y ads are 100% relevant to their ongoing financial troubles. When you stop focusing on selling a quality product—-which AA used to have—-and make your brand all about skeevy exploitation, well, there's going to be fallout.

I went on a blind date with a dude who revealed—-after a few margaritas—-that he had a Prince Albert. It raised many questions, including "Are you telling me this because you think I'll be turned on/curious?"

@badmutha: Yes, although I was introduced to them in a white-person non-soul-food context (went to college in a part of the South that's overrun with waffle houses.) But now that I live in NYC, I usually have to go to Harlem to get my fix, and they're 100% considered soul food here.

Waffles for breakfast, followed by peach pie at lunch.

If your husband leaves you, HE is the homewrecker.

Nurse-ins are awesome. A woman's right to nurse in public cannot be reinforced enough.

@tangodiva: Good point! I wanted to smack Dexter way more than Emma, but I really enjoyed it, and I thought they both were pretty realistic, warts-and-all characters.

@suiterkin: Yeah, big spoiler.

@oaktree89: So true. Until I read this comments thread, I was unaware that there was Dumbledore/Dobby fanfic. Shoulda known.

I don't know if I'll see the movie...but the book it's based on—- One Day by David Nicholls—-is The Business. Y'all should read it if you haven't already.

@Teh Echoroc: Agreed. And yet...it's out there!

@ScaryMerry: Morbidly curious question: what kind of HP fanfic? Harry and Draco Malfoy? Ron and Hermione? Dumbledore and Harry?

@its_good_to_be_the_queen: Heh, I was the opposite—I used my hands and then later figured out the jet in the hot tub. Everyone's a little different, but since you're used to a fairly strong amount of stimulation on your clit, rubbing it with your fingers is probably going to work best for you. You can penetrate with…

@LutherNipperkin: Not lame at all—I know plenty of women who've had that experience. Cheers for getting the Magic Wand and making it happen!

The Beauty Industrial Complex wants to keep women from seeing what women look like. FUCK THEM.

I was about Sally Draper's age. My parents kept a stash of magazines and erotica in their closet. It was usually pretty safe to root around in there when they were gone, as I could hear the car coming up the driveway when they came home, and make a quick getaway. Except one time when I was too...involved...with what I…

@WaffleCopter: Like I said, not all prepubescent children who masturbate do so because they've been abused, but it's one of the first warning signs a child psychologist looks for, especially when coupled with "acting out" behavior.

@JulyMama: Yeah, I thought about that too. At the time I understood it to men that he'd mistaken Betty for her mother, but who knows? At the very least it shows that his senility made him prone to some inappropriate sexual behavior.

@maude_flanders: I'd have to watch it again, but it was something like "She started acting up after my father died...he lived with us for a while." I dunno. I mean, it's totally true that prepubescent girls masturbate (I did) and it doesn't necessarily mean anything, but....I just wondered at the way Betty mentioned…