I was a figure skater growing up, and one time a coach for some small New England college (don't remember which) came to the rink & tried to recruit me for their brand-new women's hockey team that they had to do for Title IX compliance.

Being fit because you compete in athletic events is ok. Being fit because you want guys to think you're hot is not. Get it?

"a particular flavor of cultural amnesia that seems to forget that every generation horrifies the one that came before with clothing that is so very short, tight, and cropped."

If the "other woman" was aware that her adulterous lover is married/engaged/living with his children's mother/etc., then she is equally in the wrong. Now if she's been duped by a guy who hid his relationship status from her (this happens a lot), I feel sympathy towards her. If she knows full well that he isn't single,…

She's also not Hollywood starlet pretty. She's not homely by any means, but she's not going to be getting the "babe" roles. There are a lot fewer "quirky" parts, and the competition for those presumably relies more on actual acting talent.

I believe my current plan has a $50 deductible and then a 10% co-pay on all prescriptions up until my annual out-of-pocket maximum is reached. I've had several different health plans over the past decade because of job changes and they all had a deductible and co-pay on prescriptions. Why should contraception be…

Only a tiny fraction of women are taking contraception for true medical purposes. The overwhelming majority are just taking them voluntarily for family planning purposes.

Pregnancy isn't a disease. It is a natural consequence of having sex during one's fertile window. Now if you are an adult, it's none of my business whether or not you choose to take contraception to reduce the chances of getting pregnant.

Not to nit-pick, but Arabs are technically Caucasian. Jasmine is not of European descent, but she's still white.

I lived in a suite in college with some of my sorority sisters (sororities were not allowed at our alma mater to have their own houses), and I used to hang out with them in the communal bathroom every Friday night getting ready to go out. One of my sisters spent the time hot ironing her curly hair to make it…

Why should your insurance charge you a co-pay for every other medication, but contraception be free? Being on contraception for family planning purposes is a CHOICE. Not my business what choice you make about using contraception, but I don't see any reason why that choice should be exempt from the normal co-pays that…

I've never heard a convincing argument as to why a type 1 diabetic who literally NEEDS insulin to stay alive should have to pay a co-pay, but a woman who CHOOSES to take contraceptives for no medical reason should get her prescription absolutely free.

Who is proposing making contraceptives illegal? Having contraceptive users pay a co-pay like they do for every other prescription =/= denying them contraception. A month's worth of generic bcp costs less than a pizza and six-pack. I bet I could go through the budgets of all the women whining about supposedly being…

It's a myth that gifted kids level out by 3rd grade. Kids who are truly intellectually gifted (as opposed to merely bright with pushy parents) do NOT "level out". In fact, they often pull even farther ahead the older they get. The gifted kid who was doing 2nd grade math at 5 may be doing Algebra 1 by 9 and college…

When we got married, both of our credit reports would've been empty and neither of us had filed our own taxes rather than being claimed as dependents on our parents' returns. So checking those would've been supremely unhelpful.

Umm, no. Our parish marriage preparation program was run by a lady who was a licensed marriage & family therapist who'd been married herself for over 2 decades. The priest had no involvement except for going over the actual ceremony.

Hmm, I have gone on probably dozens of diets since I was a teen but have only ever slept with one guy (my now husband). Just counting the diet books I've bothered to keep on my shelf I see 10 (South Beach, Sonoma, Dukan, Atkins, ABS Diet, Flat Belly Diet, Wheat Belly Diet, Volumetrics, Tosca Reno's Eat Clean, and Frenc…

I sincerely hope you are not implying that Ms. Davis should've aborted her older daughter. Because that would be pretty f****ed, even by Jezebel commenting standards...

I am no fan (to say the least) of Ms. Davis' but these criticisms are B.S. There are enough ACTUAL POLICY issues to criticize her about that I don't understand the nit-picky focus on whether she was divorced or merely separated en route to divorce at 19.

Our parish's marriage prep program was run by a woman who was a licensed marriage & family therapist and had been married herself for a couple decades. The priest went over things related to the nuptial Mass itself but otherwise stayed out of the pre-Cana stuff.