@Annalee Newitz: I hate to say it, but I think this is kind of a flawed quiz—not in premise, but in questions. In my experience, female nerds just aren't prone to breaking shit as much when they rage...it tends to be more verbal (but that's not to say that we're less invested in nerdom/geekdom/fandom).

@some obscure reference: I hear you...though I always feel self conscious about patches. (I worry that they end up looking like I wet myself ala Fergie, since I usually can't find something that matches just right.)

I have three pairs in regular rotation...and then backups for when my fat thighs inevitably rub holes in the inseams.

Fire in the pink cookie? I've heard Monistat can clear that up Mr. Lynch.

@alula: Yes, that's what I love about it as well. The photos that Dodson took of her as a child have such a dreamy/wistful quality (and at times, a coyness which is heightened by her clothing—or lack thereof.) In this pic though, the arm positioning and the gaze are so fierce. She looks like she's ready to come out of…

As a teen, Alice Liddell also served as a model for Pre-Raphaelite photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (along with Virginia Woolf's mother, Julia Jackson). The photos are extraordinary.

@Therem: I'd also add Marge Piercy's "Woman on the Edge of Time", which alternates between a Latina woman living in 1970s New York and various alternate future realities, including a hypercapitalist ecological nightmare of a city, and a small-scale socialist/communal society in the midst of a civil war.

What, Linda?? You mean wrestling isn't real? When I saw Ravishing Rick Rude ambush Hacksaw Jim Duggan in his match with Randy Macho Man Savage when I was 13 it wasn't true? My world has been shattered into a million little pieces...

@paperymoon: I think it's the on-steroids version of guys who catcall women and then, when ignored, start yelling "You're not all that, bitch!"

@Federov: I think we're coming from slightly different places here, because while I believe that women are oppressed (and that impossible beauty standards and our looks-based culture is a feature of that oppression) I don't believe in "patriarchy" theory—because I don't believe *all* men benefit materially from the…

Hmm...I'm a bit torn on this post I guess. I have no problem with baldness, but, I do know a lot of women who aren't attracted to bald men. (I think, looking at Patrick Stewart, they are insane. But they *are* out there.) And it is a dominant perception in the media—(not that this proves anything, but wasn't it a plot…

Listen Megan Fox: Come after my "Lost Boys" and there will be hell to pay. Seriously, just back away slowly.

@Lonesharkx: That could magically down planes (but always leave pilots unscathed to calmly parachute out)? That's the *real* mystery.

@spektor86: I think the idea is that no one is asking you to do it if you don't want to—but maybe you can lay off other people who use it responsibly (which since you asked, I take to mean: not when you're caring for small children, driving, or operating heavy machinery. And not if you're dependent on it to the point…

@Cal Hawks: And knowing is half the battle? (Why did GI Joe never cover this one?)

@Kia: I'm not so sure that pot is "harmful" for the vast majority of people who use it. I think Seventeen is using scare tactics straight out of my elementary school D.A.R.E. program—which, frankly, was a load of bull. (Although, fair enough if you find potheads annoying.)

@Artemis47: Actually, I was just checking on-line and, at least the balconettes go down to a 36C. (It's probably a generous 36, but it's probably worth checking out.)

As a larger gal, my go-to favorite is the Lane Bryant (Cacique) balconette. Good coverage, comfy straps, holds up well in the wash, not too expensive (about $35), looks good under T-shirts, and the cups are lightly lined so there's no "brr it's cold in here" problems.

I think what's interesting is how the film has shaped our ideas of the book and characters. There are interesting contradictions in the book, as is pointed out above. I don't think they're written in an offhanded way. I think Lee is a better writer than that, and I think she's deliberately drawing the reader's…

@shorty63136: And...now I have the theme from "Dukes of Hazzard" in my head. (It was the "good ol boy" that did it!)