The expression “blood is thicker than water” originally meant that the bond between comrades is stronger than family, as in bathing in the blood of your enemies is a pretty powerful bonding experience, and it has been bastardized into meaning the exact opposite.

Unsolicited advice from someone who survived a very necessary estrangement from her own mother: beware of anyone who attempts to convince you that you should be able to look past this. I wish someone had told me 20 years ago that “blood is not thicker than safety.” Thank you and good luck.

Would way rather hug Bob Dylan than Seinfeld any day so this is a happy ending!

For someone with her level of talent and fame, she does come off desperate.

Tangent but opportunity to vent: In 2001 I was on a first date — a confident, successful, and very heavy woman with a smart, attractive man at my side — when the trailer for Shallow Hal appeared on the screen. A couple minutes of people almost gagging at the idea of a (heavy, sloppy) guy falling for a fat girl,…

I have a modest proposal on all minimum wage discussions in the news media. They should include a parenthetical about how the hourly wage would translate to annual salary. So $15 a hour($31,200 a year).

Did you know scallops can swim??

I know! So savage. But she looked basic as all get out. Gorgeous, but not on theme, and not that interesting.

To Selena Gomez: “Is this your first Met Ball?” Selena: “This is my fourth.”

As another trans woman who was circumcised at birth and not thrilled that it still goes on, you really need to cut this bullshit out. Even if you sincerely believe that a circumcision is comparable to a clitoredectomy (lol) I can guarantee you that all you’re doing right now is pissing off would-be allies and giving…

The media jumped on the reporting about Dao because the info is available and they need to keep a steady stream of related articles out there to get the clicks. They’d have to do actual legwork and put in some time to track down the officers who dragged the guy off the plane.

I’m in my thirties and I absolutely love getting older. Every year I get more comfortable with myself and enjoy life more. I find more things that interest me and I know what I am and what I am not. It’s magical.

Can we maybe stop talking about his tweets? There are things that the Republicans are doing everyday that threaten the American way of life. The president’s asinine tweets are the perfect cover as they are both sensational and largely inconsequential. Let’s give it a rest. Please? Our way of life, based on some of our…

I think we “owe” it to her not to criticize her based on her physical looks. She is a morally repellent sycophant who is trying to put a veneer of normalcy on a madman; that is enough to comment on without resorting to using patriarchal beauty standards against her.

I grew up in an area with a lot of Sikh immigration, in Canada, and this was definitely a thing people did across the country in the wake of 9/11 to try and encourage people to learn about Sikh culture.

I stand corrected. I assumed that given celebrities penchant for appropriating other cultures in the name of fashion (Gwen Stefani and her bindis) or just wearing interesting headgear (Pharrell and his Arby’s hat) that Nick Cannon fell into one of those categories. Hence the joke. That’s great he is channeling his in…