It's a 35-foot buffer zone, not 350 feet.

My name is very important to me. It is a name that connects me with a particular ethnic group and belonging to that group matters to me. In addition, it has been my name my whole life, I have published under that name, and quite simply, I like my name. My parents have different last names and it's never caused any…

I would argue that To Kill a Mockingbird is an extremely important book to teach precisely because of its insights on sexism and racism and - most importantly - the confluence between the two. The fact is that racism perpetuated in this country often did involve false accusations of rape (Scottsboro Boys, most…

Also, I just thought of this...that is not enough time to watch IT and Halloween AND discuss JTT/Devon Sawa/Dean Cain at length AND make up dances to Jazzy Jeffa nod The Fresh Prince.

Rules for when to say "ghetto"

I blame NBC.

I love the original "16 going on 17" because it seems so sarcastic. She's clearly the initiator in the relationship, and she's trying to lead him on.

OMG I just had a revelation. This is Smash come to life! Carrie Underwood is Karen and Laura Benanti is Ivy. Fuck you, NBC. You do not understand what an ingenue is!

I yelled, "Say weeee bitch!" In front of my children. My emotions got away from me.

He was judging it then, actually.

I wish Audra would just sing all the parts.

I get roues, but only because of my high level of consumption of historical romances.

Somewhere in our youths or childhoods, we must have done something bad.

Understood completely. It is certainly abhorrent, and as a man I cannot understand what it is like for you to "go out in yoga pants and be afraid that your ass will end up on a public website." Not being snide or sarcastic at all, I can totally see how anxiety and pressure and a feeling of general discomfort can arise…

"Michelle Menken (who has officially betrayed womanity by defending this guy)"

Why did the attorney 'betray womanity' by simply doing the job she must do by law? As much as this guy is a scumbag, the attorney that defends him must do so to the best of his or her ability, even if she too thinks in private that the guy deserves to rot in jail for what he has done.

That's great that you have a graduate degree. I have a PhD in Immunology and Virology. Does that make me qualified to come to your classroom and tell you how I think your teaching style is bullshit? Am I qualified now to tell you how you're teaching a class of children wrong? Should I just pull my kids out of school…

I don't realize until it's too late that I'm on my third glass.

My doorman will still side eye me if I buy any of this stuff, though.

Dear teenage pop stars, people who go to Ikea and Ross Gellar,