True story: my first vibrator was a basic $15 purple plastic affair I got when I was 15. I had it about 7 or 8 months and then Christmas came around. My parents turned down the heat in the house, we went to my grandparent's for four days, then returned. When I opened up my nightstand next, it had a great big crack…

Quality issue has already been addressed by others, so I'm going to throw this out there: Higher tier vibrators have some really interesting technology. Programmable settings and patterns, or for the audiophile...

The only message I get from TLC shows is "How Not to do Things." NASA's baby is just a series of cautionary tales at this point.

Nope, it's a skirt with a front zip.

She's not wearing pants, it's a skirt. Watch it in a higher quality and in the first three seconds you can clearly see it.

I keep watching this and I'm still confounded. Where are you seeing pants? She's wearing a skirt with a zipper, you can see it's a skirt in the first 4 seconds.

I made the right choice when I left Michigan. I'm starting to think the state is just broken.

We're a bastion of sanity amongst some serious crazy-pants. Don't worry, we're awesome. Well, so long as you're in the Twin Cities metro (Hennepin County takes no responsibility for Michele Bachmann). We've got state health care, public transport, free birth control and more farmer's markets than you can shake a…

It's a hard mindset to change. A woman I know writes material for adolescents, and we had a conversation one day about the books we liked to read as young adults. I sought out books with female protagonists, while she said she "didn't care" and mostly read books with male protagonists. Now, almost all her stories…

I've known a few people who have chosen not to reproduce based on genetic problems. Usually they cite inheritable mental health issues (I have a friend whose family tree is full of Bipolar Disorder, OCD and Tourettes) but also sometime things like a prominence of cancer. I don't know that a majority of people who…

Writers. "Monsters Vs. Aliens" is also one of only 2 DWA film where a woman had a head writing position. This is why the people in creative are so important. Producers facilitate the creation of content, but the don't invent it.

Producers do require talent to be good at their jobs, especially in animation where you're managing between highly disparate groups (corporate vs. creative), and many animation producers start as animators.

I despise running. I hate the feeling, I hate the time and I hate the shoes.

I don't think he meant a "rapper" couldn't appreciate Bob Dylan. It sounded like an attack on her professionalism and inattention, which would prevent her from appreciating or even noticing someone like Dylan. I like Dylan, but his talent lies more in the content of his music than in soaring vocal performances, and…

I avoided having sex in high school for logistical reasons. There were no clinics and I certainly wasn't able to talk about birth control with my parents. I had a couple semi-serious sexual relationships, none ever "went all the way." But when I went to college, suddenly the fact that I was a virgin was a Choice,…

In high school, none of my friends went out of their way to make me feel bad, but it happened anyway. If the topic at any point turned to romance or sex, they would sort of stop talking because, being the only one in the group who hadn't had sex yet, I apparently "wouldn't understand." My sexual experiences didn't…