Taylor-Johnson's work has a frank straight-female gaze that I love – see Beckham Sleeping, or Brontosaurus, where a naked man dances in slo-mo to Barber's "Adagio for Strings;" it's by turns beautiful and ridiculous (dangly bits in motion and all) and I spent at least a half hour in the gallery watching men's…

Daaaamn! Sam Taylor-Johnson and Patrick Marber? Now I actually want to see this, something I nevvvvvvver, and I mean NEVER thought I would say. Sounds like they're plotting something like Mary Harron and Guinivere Turner's American Psycho.

Yes to this article. However, the braid thing is part of a larger "tribal/ native/ rustic" appropriation moment. Who else is associated with braided hair? "Savage" natives. This trend started appearing around the same time Paul Frank, Victoria's Secret, and Urban Outfitters decided that navajo print, war bonnets, and…

Yeah, having been in the bridal party for two weddings of chill brides, registering is the one traditional idea that's worth it. Most guests are going to get you gifts to help you out, no matter what you say, so you might as well point them to things you'd like, if it's something you genuinely want and need. Plus,…

I've been staff at dozens of weddings, and part of the bridal party in two and this is NOT how it works. The families involved (however they choose to divide it up) plan a party that they can afford and the gifts are supposed to set the new couple up in their life together (china, sheets, furniture, etc). The gift is…

When I was younger and touring fancy houses with my parents I always used to think the separate bedrooms were so unsexy and a prime indicator of marriage as a social contract. Now that I've discovered that pretty much all men snore, I fantasize about having the funds for an extra bedroom. Nothing kills my sex drive…

But does she have to lipsynch for her life?

My mom and older sister both had far more intense periods than I did, so I always knew that bad cramps and getting the runs tend to travel together. Nice to hear the science behind it though. I've gotten more (but certainly no means bad for most women) cramps, and nausea on my second day as I've gotten older, which…

JGL is so crushable in his own right, but the fact that he channels my first star-crush, Gene Kelly? BOOM. (I grew up in a place with no cable, so my mom rented me a lot of her classic favorites to watch. Well played, mom.)

I have it on good authority from a friend who works in fashion that she has really terrible skin under all that slap.

1) This sketch is awesome. 2) Vincent Clortho is a Ghostbusters reference – comedy-nerd in-jokes!

Yeah, I can't remember which I read first - Island or this. My mom worked hard to get me and my sister books with strong female protagonists, and those two were top of the list because we're also part native. I loved both, but I think I liked Julie better because it was more contemporary and there was something more…

Two more that are more obscure, but that I still think about on a regular basis:

A hundred times yes for these books. I precociously read a review of one of them in Sassy and then read everything else by her I could get my hands on. Such lovely magical realism/ fairy tale take on the wonder and tragedy of being a rebellious teenager. I still own them as the one-volume "Dangerous Angels" and…

A Swiftly Tilting Planet might have been my favorite. I made a really elaborate poster of the cover

I misread "mitochondria" as a kid as "mitch-n-doria" (like some curmudgeonly old couple). I didn't learn that I'd always mispronounced it until middle school.

by "Carolyn Keene" 1930-1979

Ah, finally! I was scrolling down just to see if someone else had posted this.

The My Father's Dragon trilogy

Facebook is for sharing life events, sure, but what drives me crazy is this recent trend of man's POV "She said yes!" shots, that were clearly taken almost immediately upon asking. It's not about them as a couple, it's about him bragging to other dudes and objectifying his lady in the process. Also, like Kristine…