The website you want is http://www.cutegirlshairstyles.com. My daughter's hair is very very very long. Past-her-butt long. I am the least frou frou mom in the world, but braids are awesome for keeping her 3+-feet long hair contained and tangle-free. I've mastered many of the styles, though not the dutch braid. (I've…

She could have caught a hateful religion as an adult, or become of a devotee of FOX. Or, you know, Grandpa evolved and she didn't.

I had a conversation with my local indie bookseller about those. She said, "This crap isn't *daring*. Sleeping with a stranger on a train, *that's* daring." I <3 my bookstore.

This is hilarious because earlier in the year, I needed to buy back to school pencils for my daughter. My husband grabbed a box and I said, sharply, "No!" He looked at me, all befuddled. I was frankly befuddled myself. I sort of thought about it for a second and finally said, "It has to be Ticonderoga."

You've seen the Lizzie Bennet diaries, right? Just in case you haven't: http://www.lizziebennet.com

I find my mother's Southern upbringing has already established a useful algorithm for death and grief (as well as birth, sickness, trauma). Bring a covered meal/casserole. I like quiche and a bag o' salad, with a bottle of homemade dressing, and a loaf of bread. It's good for any meal, really, and doesn't need to be…

They totally exist, at least in my city. We have two child-centric maker spaces in Somerville/Boston. And they are very feminist and female friendly.

Some blog I read (Genevieve Valentine's, I think) called the wide-legged stance that men take on the subway "lavaballing." Their nuts are so hot they gotta let 'em air out!

I might have a smidge of sympathy except that she calls out one specific girl in her post. Not by name, no, but she is pretty specific — selfie in PJs, no bra. Everyone in her community knows who this girl is. This woman just essentially called a specific teenage girl a tramp. In public. And Ms. Hall said that now…

My SIL says that she goes through all of her sons' email, FB, twitter, etc. every day. Just skims through it, to make sure everything is OK. And I should plan to do that when my kid gets on the internet, too. (Boys are now a freshman and a senior in high school.)

I'm a hardcore lark. I'm up at 5:30 and if it's not done by 2 pm, it's not getting done. I can do some stuff in the evening (7-9) but only small things, handwork while watching TV, mostly.

This, yes! I like natural fibers and finding anything that even approaches natural fibers is nigh impossible in plus sizes. Even if I was willing to pay big bucks, they just don't have it. They seem to think fat=LURVES POLY!

That son had better start planning NOW for Mother's Day. That's all I'm saying.

Err... sorta unrelated, but if you want some tutorials on how to do these styles (for your one friend who is good at braids) then you should check out http://www.cutegirlshairstyles.com/. It's horribly gendered and kinda excessively cutsey but she does good tutorials on how to do those styles and way way way more. (My…

There is no official boob police. You can choose not to wear one. That said, there is totally an unofficial boob police and if you go out without one, you'll get sneers, stares, and verbal abuse.

I'm asthmatic and live in a city where I go weeks without driving my car. It's all walking, all the time. And the downtown area is densely packed with buildings and people and cars. I *can't* avoid the billows of smoke — not by crossing the street, not by hugging the wall. Hell, if I want my windows open, not even by…

It's possible that the harasser targeted you because you were in NYC once. You probably project confidence and competence in your home city but gave off subtle cues on the subway that indicated you were on unfamiliar turf. They could be very subtle cues — glancing at the map, that sort of thing — but harassers have a…

My water bottle is metal and insulated. I'd have to Hulk out to squeeze it and then it would be ruined.

Ooh, Stross is fun. Rule 34 is the most relevant to our discussion but not where I'd suggest you start. (It's also a sequel to Halting State.) Consider the Laundry Files instead — Atrocity Archives is the first. (Think James Bond as a nerdy monogamist in a Lovecraft novel.)

Sure! I'll agree that not ALL trolls are misogynist asshats. If you feel the need to parse it like that, I'll say you're right.