Holy crap. Glad you're okay—that's terrifying.

Really, Tracy? You can't even imagine a situation in which a friend would want/try to stay alone at a bar? I present the following really simple conversation between two friends.

My favorite was the one (in San Francisco, where else?) where someone had signed the title page as Jesus.

These are actually really pretty. I would put prints of those in my someday grownup house.

I can break this down more if you like.

If you take something as an insult, then that implies that you were hurt by it, right? That's kind of how insults work.

Reading comprehension failure on my part, then. That was poor wording on Erin's part—it would perhaps make more sense to say that "if it's perceived as an insult, then it's insulting."

Was this an actually analogy used in the article and I just missed it? Because if so it's a really bad one. Of course you should continue complimenting folks on their awesome shoes. But we're talking about racism, not clothes. A better analogy would be if you knew someone had been getting negative remarks about her…

Is it an insult? No. Is it hurtful even though it's not an insult? Yes. Especially if all day long people have been telling her how stupid her dress looks.

I don't know why the replacement lead pic/thumbnail makes me laugh, but it does. It's like these vulvas are just so fucking cheerful.

It never gets old! (By which I mean some people probably think it's been old for a very long time, but I don't care because... well, you know.)

Thank you. I knew I couldn't be the only one who thought that.

But she can't stop! She won't stop!

Miley, in the words of Tim Gunn: that's a lot of look. (Can someone more coherent than me please make a comment about her literally wearing black people?)

I'm... kind of unclear as to how this is being marketed to young women specifically. From the Gleaner article:

YouTube keeps making little skippy noises at me. I think it knows that I have no plans for tonight other than listening to "Skyfall" on repeat. I DON'T NEED YOUR "HELP," YOUTUBE.

Ooh, that's true. I had it down to my waist when I was younger and that was a pain. Mine falls at mid-boob now, which is fine, but sometimes I forget that there's a lot of difference between that and how it used to be.

That's true. I have reasonable calm hair most of the time, and it looks decent in a bun when it's not acceptable down.

I'm imagining this as a mashup of "Bringing Sexy Back" and "Colors of the Wind" and it is beautiful.

Long hair is so easy. I like my hair just fine chin length, but I started growing it out once I hit college because it's so much less effort. I don't have to get it cut all the time, and if it sucks I can just throw it into a bun instead of having to break out the straightener.