Oh, no way - it's permanent? Well, that would suck.

I am just pale and sun-sensitive and so I try to cover up, too. Whenever I get wistful about people's pretty tans, I just look at pictures of Cate Blanchett and Catherine Deneuve, and how well their skin is aging.

Yeah, really, what the hell.

Maybe he's referring to colostrom...but I think he's just being weird.

I doubt it's what they have, it's probably more what they don't have.

"Breast masseuses like Xaiohong are indeed neck deep in money and the rich, creamy breast milk they massage out of new mothers."

The high-five with the Buddha was the best! The people who put this together were clearly taking this would-be Barbie-astralplan[n]er-pop singer exactly as seriously as she deserves.

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I know you probably really aren't going to like this...but it sounds like the problem is the apartment, not the neighbours. I guess moving is not an option?

I am imagining a Super Vibrator super hero who swoops down and rescues women from life without regular orgasms...

Just stay in touch. Isolation is such a powerful tool of abusers, whatever the nature of the abuse. Listen to her, do not be judgemental (you probably know that, but it's hard, because one really wants to be) and just let her vent whenever she can. I have been in her position, and I totally fell into that really…

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If I was designing a robot, I would make it look like Michael Fassbender, too.

Uh, I don't think you are on the hook - she called it off, so that's not your fault. And I wouldn't go on your own, even if he's a really great guy. Something is up with your BFF, and if you go you will undoubtably make it worse, no? Going despite her?

"Equating feminism only with choice-making ability would, for instance, make social conservatives such as Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin feminist, even though many of the policies they choose endorse would culminate in the severe restriction of women's rights."

Double post.

Well, thank god. I don't really trust Baz Luhrmann to make good choices, after Australia.

Do something to distance yourself from the situation, like read a book or watch a really involving movie. Then, talk out your shit with a good friend who is not this guy. Then, when you have untangled your emotions and have a grip on what is making you so erratic (because that does sound erratic), and ONLY THEN,…

I read once that introverts salivate more than extroverts.

Despite being Canadian, I bet Rachel McAdams would have been an amazing Daisy.