What the hell is this supposed to mean? Her old nose was pretty bad? Who are you to judge how good or bad noses are (to me, it looks fine), and whats the implication here - my nose is large and probably resembles hers, should I be running out to get a nose job? And if I don't, am I the idiot who runs around with a…

Admittedly I haven't read the book, but it says a lot (to me, at least) if the smartest character is a woman who uses her sexuality against people as an "evil" means to an end.

Same here, sort of. I wanted a nose job from a very, very young age (I think I remember talking about it for the first time when I was 10 or 11). Part of that was probably internalizing the veiled and not-so-veiled anti-Semitism I experienced as a kid in a small town. My nose was obviously the most Jewish part of me…

But I also wanted a buttload of tattoos when I was that age and now I wish I hadn't gotten them. So, aside from the "too young to make a decision" aspect, there is also the "your face is still growing and changing" aspect. Might be wise to wait a few years, until 18/19.

As someone who was pushed into a nose job at 15 by an overbearing mother - I didn't even hate my nose, and in my entire life, only 1 single person taunted me about it, so not like it was ruining my life... but I didn't fit into the idea of the pretty daughter she wanted - I would never let a child of mine have surgery…

I don't have a problem with adults getting plastic surgery but I think it's silly for teens to get plastic surgery.

But it's ok if she simply wants a smaller nose? I really don't understand what the difference is. I'm not trying to be confrontational, I really don't.

"Its ok to have plastic surgery." That is the second sentence in my original comment, so I don't understand your reply to me. I've had a breast reduction, so I certainly don't begrudge anyone for altering their own appearance if its very important to them to do so. My post was about how sad it is that a grown woman…

First you say it's sad young women feel they need to carve their faces, then you say her nose was pretty bad. Bad how? And what is a good nose?

Well, there's obviously a degree of permanence and medical risk to a nose job that is not present with getting your brows waxed or putting on bronzer. I'm a teensy bit uncomfortable with a 16 year making the decision for those reasons, as I would be with a 16 year old getting a tattoo. But no, there is no…

I've got to agree with you. Its ok to have plastic surgery. But, its sad that a grown woman is still thinking of her teenage self as hideous and then publicly describing herself as such. I just think of a little girl, struggling with acceptance of her own nose (as unfortunately many teenage girls do) and then hearing…

I think this is less about the surgery and more about her describing herself as "hideous" before it. Because this is her with her old nose, and she is anything but hideous.

But I want to keep them...? I'm sure I'll have the occasion to wear the pants (thinking funerals or other situations that require dressy pants) and I wear the tops with jeans if I'm going somewhere nice-ish. I'm just sad that I can't really wear them to work everyday.

A show where a "straight male best friend" gets pregnant?! I'll watch that. Not sure what the lesbian had to do with it, but sure, why not?

I'm vegan, so let me answer by explaining that this woman is an idiot. Does that help?

What does not chewing off the cord have to do with being a vegan? She's not ingesting it, right? And don't the normal vegan issues about animal rights not apply when we are talking about a human umbilical cord?

Other animals chew the cord off shortly after birth, but as a vegan, this option did not appeal to me.

It's a hell of a lot easier for an individual to influence the health and happiness of a pet in their care than it is for them to solve hunger, the education system and the housing market. Duh?

This was my reaction too. I don't think that eating organic is going to magically improve my health. But I know that buying organic helps contribute to fewer toxic pesticides and whatnot used in farming, which, depending on the food, can have far-reaching effects.

The 'healthy' angle is only one of the reasons that people choose to eat organic (and feed it to their kids and pets). Articles like this completely overlook the fact that lots of people 'go organic' in order to reduce their toxic footprint on the planet.