I dearly hope she wins this. If the NYT this week showed us what kind of good well done journalism can do (through their nail salon piece), the Rolling Stones & Erdely in particular has done nothing but harm to their brand, to UVA and its community, and to the feminist movement in general by shoddy work.

I wait with bated breath for all of you to make my Tuesday and prove again that the world is a just and beautiful place through pictures of puppies.

Clickbait won. I clicked to be annoyed at Renner, I rolled my eyes at the overly critical blogger instead.

The task force the NYT outlined it actually pretty comprehensive. The Department of Health is going to be involved, giving new guidelines based on research. Salons will have to be bonded so they can’t hide assets if they’re found to be underpaying workers. Etc...

Seriously rethinking the brooch bouquet trend so I have an easy excuse to tell my friends/family that there’s no way in hell I’m tossing it. I feel like tossing a ball of pins and costume jewelry into a crowd of tipsy ladies can only end with an ER trip.

I’ll totally own up to it: if I have a manspreader sit next to me on the subway, I’ll aggressively compete to see if I can’t spread into his space, as long as I’m wearing pants. Often, they’re so shocked I get away with it.

This new ad campaign is morbidly sexist,

Seriously? I don’t know about your family, but in mine the parents of the bride are the only ones likely to buy prints besides the bride and groom themselves. Everyone else would probably have their own set from their cameras/phones, or not care enough to actually buy anything. Never mind the clear lack of worth ethic…

Why do you keep going?

it’s a real rough situation, that’s for sure. Fingers crossed they act like adults and it doesn’t include any reality TV drama.

I guess being Irish American comes in handy here....some of my friends will show me up in white, but sister/mom/cousins/aunts/etc. will make up the difference. ;)

lol. Yes. This is on the to-do list.

Thanks!

No to the first thing, but resounding YES to the second.

The feminist in me hates this piece. The girl who walks around looking at these monstrosities, though....that part of me loves it.

Difference: Santorum is (arguably) a political leader, whereas Pope Francis is a religious leader. Whatever the Pope says really only affects Catholics in America (though it sometimes does change how they vote), whereas what a politician says usually influences laws that non-Catholics have to live by.

I know there’s gonna be a lot of hate on this, b/c the underlying philosophy of sin is still pretty backwards, but this is seriously awesome.

Ugh. I never go to nail salons because it always seems like such a classist thing - why do I need someone else doing my nails or (gross!) filing my callouses when I could do it myself without being embarrassed that I took advantage of closed-toes shoes weather to skip it for the last six months? I never understood how…

New idea: ask all guests to wear white. Bridesmaids, too. I will be the only one not looking washed out in a lovely sapphire blue.

That is so spectacularly practical and so incredibly cynical at the same time. I don’t know whether to like your comment or offer you a hug.