The majority of people who care about female representation seem to be quite pleased with the character, or at least feel that it is a move in the right direction. If your definition of pleasing the "social justice whiners" = pleasing every single person who uses the internet, then yeah, obviously that is a goalpost…

I would hardly say that this approach is the only way they could have made "a female character who actually looks like she's military." When I see pictures of real-life women in the military, they usually look like ordinary-sized women with just a bit more muscle tone, rather than the lithe supermodels that…

My boyfriend told me a story about how he first learned about the fragility of life. He was visiting Cabrillo National Monument on a class trip, and he learned that Cabrillo (the man) fell down, broke his leg, and died from complications a few days later. He realized then that it was possible for anyone to die at…

Thanks! My choice wasn't so much about disliking my body or anything. I just don't like worrying about bikini bottoms riding up or sliding down; the shorts feel more secure. Also, I don't like shaving my bikini line. I think I might also get the matching pink bikini bottom though in case I want options :)

I don't have exactly the same problem as the LW, but I also wanted to find a balance between ugly, frumpy tankinis and teeny tiny bikinis. I ended up mixing and matching shorts with a cute bikini top:

I also like the collection. It seems like maybe the point of the article is to say that fairy tales are for little kids (since all of the images on the right are children's apparel), and adult women would have to be morons to like this stuff. I think it's a little mean spirited.

Thanks. I was actually wondering that, since they didn't specify flaccid or erect in the article.

I'm sure they'll have it by Halloween, so a woman can dress up as Katy Perry and make her boyfriend and some other random dude she sorta knows dress up as sharks.

So do you just hate all egg dishes? If so, I would think your fiance should have been able to accept that you know what eggs taste like. If not, I kind of understand where she's coming from, because quiche can be made with all kinds of different fillings.

A bit more ALL CAPS would help too.

I'd like to share this bizarre rant that the photographer posted on her Facebook page a couple days ago. It also contained many frowny emoticons:

I assume he meant someone stupid enough to believe such an obvious scam. I certainly wondered that too; I figure she must have inherited it.

Ah, I love the cluelessness of "middle class" Californians like that. It does make it a lot harder to deal with a socioeconomic difference when the wealthy person won't even acknowledge that they are wealthy. At least if they are aware of it, they will realize that the expensive restaurant or activity they're…

I have had a similar experience with moving from the Midwest to California. I do generally prefer the way Californians eat; I'm not a fan of the smother-everything-with-cheese-and-gravy style of the Midwest. But it still feels like people judge me for cracking open a can of Coke or a package of Oreos now and then. …

The RAD class is $10 at most universities. I was actually paid to do it, since my boss arranged to have the campus police host the sessions during standard working hours.

OK, "sparring" is not really the right word (they didn't use it in the class). There was no conceit that the police officer was actually trying to fight you; it was completely represented as merely a chance to try out the things you learned against a real person. They didn't teach "karate" type moves - it was all…

Check if any of your local universities offer it. Even if you're not affiliated with the university, they are usually open to the public for a very small fee (at the uni where I work, it's $10).

But sadly, it's not in any way romantic.

Yeah, I definitely don't feel like the single day really taught me how to fight with any particular skill (though there were a few tricks about twisting your arms out of someone's grasp that I thought were surprisingly effective). I think it's more about having the confidence to do something, anything. They…

In the actual RAD program, they spend a full day on physical defense strategies, sort of like a crash course in martial arts defense, and the culminating experience is to spar against an actual police officer (in heavy padding).