I don't know if this will help, but the Beverly Center is a dying mall, so the Macy's will probably close soon. Leaving the jackass employees SOL.

Have you been to downtown lately? It's quite lovely.

Or Culver City. It's delightfully diverse, central, and Eastsiders don't have to cross the 405!

There are definitely LA bakeries that make cakes for dogs with not-chocolate that looks like chocolate. And yes, they are bakeries just for dogs. For example.

WHAT is this amazingness?

Oh, trust me, his daughters are hitting Planned Parenthood the second they turn 16. The Catholic schoolgirl thing is a stereotype for a reason. Thanks, Catholic school! /headdesk

I had some knock off cronuts in LA this week, and while they're pretty damn good, I wouldn't wait more than 15 minutes for them. And these ones had flavors like Thai Tea and Boston Cream!

I don't think PW ever moved, she's pretty much a lifer in her hometown. I don't find her irritating, but I do find the guest homeschool bloggers bothersome, especially when they promote Focus on the Family publications.

What's funny is that I was/am a super huge weirdo nerd, but I found a herd of super huge weirdo nerds in high school and had a total blast. We cared very little about trends or coolness or whatever outside of our group, and the same was true for the rest of our class; there were a bunch of different groups, but I…

Hugo Schwyzer has been a problem from the very beginning, and you all at Jezebel know it. Now's the time to own up, take responsibility, and make a Kickstarter-like apology. You fucked up. Deal with it.

I say it from experience—this man is a jackass, and worthy neither of your time, money, nor consideration.

That's the shitty part about open marketplaces—sometimes the 'professionals' are well-marketed hobbyists who get overwhelmed and just don't deliver. Which makes life harder for other cottage industries, so HATEHATEHATE. The end.

My baby cousin did that at the end of 8th grade at their emotional goodbye bonfire. They'd all been in school together since kindergarten, and were standing up and giving these heart-felt speeches about how close they all were as a class, and how much they love each other, and she was all, "no thank you, not gonna say…

She did start out as a serious actress, and as a kid originated some hefty roles in the West End. But I think it may be more of a case of child acting skills not translating into adult acting skills rather than The OC ruining her career trajectory.

Sillybilly, women don't have opinions on sex! Goodness gracious me.

I'm pretty sure this is neither new nor solely American, otherwise there would be no appearance modification trends in any country nor historical period. (Extreme examples: bound feet, lead-based makeup.) And how many ancient stories have a bit about "the most beautiful maiden in the country/world/kingdom" or "the…

Well, modesty is relative. Always has been. And getting people to try and conform to your personal definition of modesty is kind of a jackass thing to do. (See under similar but not the same: Mormon church leaders flipping out because women are wearing pants to church. Relative modesty.)

You know, in a way I'm actually really happy I saw the first movie before I read the books. I did recently tear through all of them and LOVE THEM TO DEATH because of the crisp, concise writing and dealing with all the icky war issues that people don't like dealing with. I liked the movie a lot for the smart visuals…

Did anyone else read that list http://taniaannmarshall.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/mov… and go, oh, shit, that's me?

AHHHH I was trying to remember the name of the book I'd read where Anne Boleyn fucked her brother and was "the girl" in the group of gay courtiers! Of course it was a Gregory, of freaking course.