Yeah, I'm all fat (and not in a good way) and I've been consoling my physical-self-esteem with, "at least you have a reasonably pretty face!"

I seem to recall studies that showed (1) domestic violence increased in times of economic hardship and (2) people who grew up around domestic violence were more violent.

I wasn't real pleased with the indirect and direct aggression by men I observed and experienced growing up, either.

Yep, that scared me off for a good 3 extra years.

For me, the stuff Mellie has done to manipulate Fitz and Olivia for the sake of her own self-aggrandizement means I probably won't ever like her or root for her, except incidentally.

"Nice Guy" in caps and sometimes quotes doesn't mean a guy who is actually nice. It means a guy who considers himself to be a "Nice Guy", but is not.

Repeated requests for consent when consent has already been denied is, however, a possible indicator of a lack of respect for the non-consenting party's right and ability to give or deny consent.

What I take away from the actual image is that the first outfit doesn't fit very well. The pants are too long, the waist is too low. Etc. So the original author's context makes sense. There's nothing wrong with the clothes themselves, but how they fit on one person may not look as neat/professional as they do on a…

The funny thing is that most therapists DON'T have that reaction to alcohol or cigarettes if you admit to self-medicating with those.

Why is it that specifically Japanese-inspired costumes are more often arguably "jobs" like ninjas and geisha? "Saki 2 Me" isn't, regardless of the "Saki" reference—but even it's a generic Mortal Kombat costume, rather than "dress up like an Asian person".

I actually bought the Saki 2 Me one year as part of an assassin costume I was putting together. The day after I wore it I saw a picture and thought, "That looks awkwardly racist" and was really annoyed with myself for not considering it advance.

I think they should have phrased it, "Students will be required to dance in a properly upright position and maintain at least 3 inches of space between all portions of their anatomy."

Being famous for nothing? I guess? That's a career now?

Teens in highschools seem to have a strange double-standard [about sex]

I used to feel the same way. I don't really like "gross" humor and Silverman to me was all fart jokes and being a girl doing rude, immature, "stereotypical dude" jokes—something which, even with the twist, didn't engage me. Actually, it possibly annoyed me more—she seemed so consciously trying to be "one of the…

Historical context and power differentials are the difference. When you have white people dressing up as stereotypes of people who were conquered and oppressed by white people and who are still marginalized today by white people it adds dimensions to the situation.

This is a big problem for white people, too. I know I'm really tired of being stereotyped. Even if most angels are white and blonde, it doesn't mean that just because someone is white and blonde they are an angel.

I've heard sometimes you have to do extra runaround to manage the double middle name, anyway.

I've thought about changing my last name to my mother's, especially now that she's divorced (I was 25 or so when that happened). But I've had it for a long time, it's all over the place, and it seems super inconvenient, especially when you're not getting married or divorced.

Very. And, like she says, maybe if she can do it, I, too, can do it. But I won't.