I'm with you. If she's annoyed she was being given advice at all, that's understandable, but highlighting the word "nanny" says she was offended by her status more than anything and that's unpleasant and dismissive.

Your critic is amusing: this person's comments could have been made about Barack Obama back in 2007. Oh, and back in the early 1990's California did not look like it would become a solidly blue state either. And I remember people saying that Hillary Clinton had no chance as a carpetbagger in the NY Senate race back…

Can't believe I missed the entry deadline. Mine would have won for sure. 19, typical house party. Some guy I can't remember his name. We fucked in one of those giant '70s satellite dishes that was in the backyard. Good times.

I agree, that now many women are uncomfortable feeding into the "crazy hormonal women stereotype". But in defense of that POV, I think there's a lot of confirmation bias at play vis a vis PMS. We're told from very young that women get moody around "that time of the month" and so when, for whatever reason, we are moody…

I had a friend who was unhappy with life and had no energy. She had no clue she was depressed until her doc put her on an antidepressant. She said it was like a fog lifted. All of a sudden, she had energy to do things. She didn't feel trapped in her job. She sees a way out now when she couldn't see it before. …

Sorry to hear that ElBow. I used to read Andrew Solomon's The Noonday Demon for support when I was feeling really terrible, because I could then experience someone else's depression instead of must my own - I really recommend it. The depression makes you feel deficient, so don't worry about trying to fight that -…

You read my mind. I do wonder if there is a male equivalent that we don't hear about. People have natural rhythms and, to get really zen about it, you can't be really happy without ever being really sad.

Gah! I can't argue this point. In fact, I've struggled with this issue as an extremely strong, independent woman who suffers from pmdd/pms/depression and anxiety disorders.

If only he had committed suicide eleven years earlier. This act is no loss to society.

But nobody says, "oh I am against root canals because the close-up pictures are so bloody".

I actually took Plan B — it just didn't work. I took it on the 2nd day, which lowers its effectiveness.

Your bridge is yonder.

But those women will get death threats from the fundies, unfortunately.

I am not a big fan of root canals. But I am thankful that I have insurance and have been able to get root canals (yes! multiple!) when I have needed them.

Nope, I still don't like it.

It doesn't have to be, but it often is. Ignoring that fact doesn't change it.

Ms. Johnson is the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. That makes her a third generation actress on her mom's side.

That was my daughter's nursery. Truly, I am the greatest mom.

Bars do. I work at a bar where almost all our bartenders and waitresses are young hot girls. We have two older male bartenders who kind of run the place, though don't do the hiring. There def is an expectation for me to dress in cute tight dresses while I work, and I def get hit on ridiculously some nights. But it is…

Good thing I'm not a Vogue writer because I'd probably just write something like, "Want to experience true luxury? Go shit in a Lanvin."