Lol, I'm sure some people do here and there, but it's DC, you know? Most women are trying their damndest to be Olivia Pope.

Yeah, neighborhood makes all the difference. I'm not gonna lie though, I'd be happy to end up in a warmer place during school; Philly is about the farthest north I applied, but I'm originally from NY so I know what you mean about the gray dirt. Congrats on your impending graduation! Will you be moving back West, or is…

Oy, hadn't even thought of that.

Amen.

Ha, well I was in Arizona, thinking I'd get a job there, and foolishly donated my old peacoat to charity. I keep hoping to find something new for less than $200, but that Banana Trench is verrrrrrrry tempting. Maybe I'll get lucky and catch them in a 40% one day sale or something...

I've never heard of Aritzia, so thanks for opening my eyes! They're also out of my price range, but so pretty.... The one you chose is gorgeous - it seems deceptively simple, but I bet there's not much else exactly like it. I'm going to NY in December so I can always hit up their store if I haven't bought a coat by…

I'm definitely coming around to the advantages of layers, though I kind of like having the excuse to buy multiple different coats ;). Also, Philly, holla! I'm applying to a graduate program at UPenn so we might be neighbors in a year (or not, very likely not, but a girl can dream). How do you like living there?

I clicked on the link and immediately went, "Ooh!" so that's a good sign. And they're affordable! I'm not a girly girl, so these are perfect. Are they sold in stores anywhere?

Who wants to help me pick out a new winter coat? I live in DC, so it needs to work for "normal" winter - i.e. the coldest it will get here is 0 (I see you polar vortex, you snuck up on me once but never again), but mostly it's gonna hang out in the 20s and 30s and rain/snow at unpredictable intervals.

Exactly! I walk around deliberately avoiding eye contact with strangers because I don't want to encourage catcallers. I have no idea what a guy looks like when he's talking to me on the street because I am trying to pretend I can't hear/see him.

I was all, "I'm an artist! There must be a muse inside me. Please tell me your sordid tale, goddess-trapped-inside-me, and I will write it into a novel and we will be famous together." Still waiting...

I'm not sure I have the right phrasing, but I want to point out yours. You talk about your husband having specific sexual needs involving you. It's not okay that his sexual needs are trumping yours and resulting in you having sex that makes you miserable; why is it your responsibility to be so unhappy rather than his…

Another winner got bumped out of the grays, but had to nudge EGR for it. So, nudge, nudge! You can do it!

Yep, loved that one too!

That and Eternal Enemy were my favorites. My takeaways from The Immortal were (1) I should try to get to Greece for a vacation and find a cute boy to seduce/save from becoming a sacrifice and (2) all my nerdy obsessing over Greek mythology will totally pay off if I turn out to be a reincarnated goddess.

Ooh, nice, very nice. I second all of these (except Stromae, who I've never heard of and am off to investigate now). In exchange I give you Anita Tijoux's Somos Sur, which is my "hit your stride" jam of choice.

Please understand that every single time women try to have a conversation about street harassment, some guy on the Internet asks the same question you just asked. Every single time. Most of us are damn tired of answering it over and over and over again, so if you wonder why the responses are so angry that you feel the…

"Street harassment" is a particular technique by which men in public places make women in public places feel uncomfortable. That is the terminology. It's not really important whether you agree that the proper word was chosen. You know this. Be better.

Super-duper-duper awful. :( I'd be a wreck. Can you get him on video so at least you have evidence in case you need it?

I figured we were on the same page. I've confronted men about harassment and they've actually used the response, "You're a beautiful woman, how's a man supposed to see you and not say something?" which is what prompted me to bring it up. Thanks for taking it in stride and proving me right re: your awesomeness.