Ugh, I really needed this today. I've been running since January and completed two 5ks. I've been wanting to do a 10k, and pretty regularly run 5 or 6 miles but the last 5k was so hard. My shins are terrible, and on Friday I had to stop early because I started having a sharp pinch in my hip area. I just keep hoping…

Well, let me ask you the same: if you were with the "perfect person" and that person wanted to get married, would you leave that person to find a less exciting but acceptable partner who didn't care about marriage? I think being on the same page with your partner about the "big" things is essential to making a…

I'm going to add my own, The Secretly Happy Marriage: Even after 8 years, we both can't get enough of each other, but terrified of being the smug couple or boring everyone with how lucky we are, we talk shit about each other and act uninterested, prompting our friends and coworkers to say things like, "Do you even…

Any Lady-part-having American who doesn't vote for Obama (I'm lookin' at you third partiers) is a jack ass who deserves the draconian horror show the republicans have in store for her.

Are you trying to say that Obama doesn't have magical king powers to enact any piece of legislation he wants? I won't hear it! Nader 2012!

"Viable" and "Third Party" don't go in the same sentence.

Call me crazy, but I don't think humans should cook at the same temperature chickens do.

This song is already a huge hit in my house, although we prefer it a bit altered.

Ah yes. Please mentally amend my comment.

Saying that the image is a subliminal message is not the same as saying there was a racist intent. I would venture to say the majority of mainstream racism comes from an "innocent" place. When that republican in Orange County sent out an email of Obama as a monkey, I'm sure she didn't think to herself that all black…

Yeah, I'll keep it handy. Though I can't imagine needing it again, commenters here are so race savvy!

Well, you are telling us to turn a blind eye to the issue. That is literally what you are doing.

No, that is a false dichotomy. You don't have to ignore "lesser" or even ambiguous instances of racism in order to also fight obvious, more violent ones. It's not overtly racist to not have a bunch of minorities on TV; after all, no one sits around a casting office declaring "Hey! Let's make shows only for white…

Ladies, remember your freshman year in college when you learned about how many headless women there are in advertising and you went around telling everyone how the media is decapitating women to reinforce the idea that our bodies are objects to be used?

"Racist in the sense that they are so focused on race relations and racism, that he/she analyzes everything for its potential racist content (or lack thereof). "

I think "I'm a comedian for a living" is the best explanation I've heard for something all day.

Check your dryer privilege, Bert.

Well I did a lot of contemplating why I was taking part in a sexist, heteronormative, archaic tradition like marriage when I was going through it, so I sort of did have to justify it to myself. And I was a little surprised when I realized how much I wanted one.

I totally understand what you're saying and unfortunately, the WIC is way out of control. A lot of what I think a wedding should be is completely lost in both the extravagant "look at meeee!" ceremony and the "indy" "Oh this old wedding?" that has to be both perfect and appear effortless. And to me, the weird part is…

In theory the bride does show appreciation to the people around her: the couple (or the couple's family) are hosting a huge party and giving out gifts to the people in their lives they wanted present.