It almost certainly never happened. Surgery in the Victorian era was incredibly primitive. Anesthesia had barely been discovered. Surgical hygiene was cutting edge technology. Even if there were women who were vain enough to risk it, you'd have been hard pressed to find a doctor crazy enough to try it. Also, 18" is…

Lock your kids inside the house so they can sit on their asses and get diabeetus.

It's in doubt that it happens now, it sure as shit didnt happen during the Victorian era. But there was a WHOLE lotta extreme corseting.

Said it on Facebook this morning, saw it a lot in the Gawker comments - time to away with internet anonymity. No censorship, just post whatever you want to post with your first and last name next to it, linked to your Facebook account or email address. If you think it's okay to taunt a grieving 25-year-old with…

I'm cancelling this week everyone. This week is now over. Everyone please go home and set your alarms for Monday morning.

She was in my acting class for a year. Lovely girl.

Silly, the answer is always wine.

I showed this to a group of friends, all of whom identify as feminist, and the response was, "so... it's like fanfiction", and then later, "it does seem like 'Romance' is the correct genre", said while grimacing. I find it so incredibly frustrating that a group of feminist geeks, none of whom consider "it's fantasy"…

I regretfully watched the first (free) episode online, and I'm hooked, but I don't want to pay for Starz. The struggle is real friends.

First, glad that the legislature of NY is as effective as ever. Second, probably unconstitutional on first amendment grounds - taking pictures and images are protected, with rare exceptions. Third, the rationale is that this is meant to protect the big cats from the abuse of being in a traveling circus. Wouldn't a lot…

Serve his time.

He could go to prison ASAP, where rapists and pedophiles belong.

He would have to face justice for his crimes. And also probably take responsibility for fleeing the law for 40 years.

Is there anything that would make people forgive him? It seems like a lot of people already have. I have no particular interest in forgiving him, just as I have no particular in forgiving Jerry Sandusky or a truckload of Catholic priests—I can't think of anything that he could say that would make me think of him as…

Because if you're good at what you do, raping a teen shouldn't matter.*

yeah, it really sucks that when you drug and rape a 13 year old it follows you around your wealthy privileged European life. People will manipulate that reality, cross boundaries, and attack your personal dignity. Such a sad, sad day for our growth. I also hope that the festival continues to offer hospitality and…

Domestic violence affects far more people than Ebola...

Is it just me or is 2014 the year of violence against women? Why the hell are we worried about Ebola when the only major outbreak right now is big athletes beating down their significant others.

We ABSOLUTELY believed there would be no SS by now back in the '80s. No one I knew thought it would be there. No one. In the '70s, when I was a kid, there were scare stories about it.