Hmm... no I don't think so. Friends with another neighbor.

Ack! My friend lives on that street. She is probably the hot girl next door. Good stuff.

I agree, and I don't think the responsibility it is limited to famous people with a "platform." Arguably the most effective way to get people to change their negative assumptions about LGBTQ people is learning that their friend/neighbor/family member/co-worker/favorite celebrity leads an "alternative lifestyle." No,…

Yeah, as an adult I'm glad my name isn't even in the top 1,000 nowadays - it makes me more memorable, and as my name was top 30 in the 1930's, I get to bond with a lot of sweet older ladies with my name.

I second that emotion. I'm mentally filing BAMF stories like these away to inspire me the next time someone creeps on me hardcore (or does the same to someone else in a public place). Though I have to say, I'm not sure what I would have done as a bystander in this situation. I'm not absolving their behavior, but I'm…

haha, Hampden.

I actually saw a bunch last night in Baltimore - in one particularly hipster 'hood.

I totally agree. It equates the rights of actual people of color to the rights of imaginary rainbow people! It's so flippant, and it's the tone-deaf equivalent of "but some of my best friends are X."

I knit one last year and it remains the classiest and most impressive piece of knitting I've made.

For a little perspective, 4.1 million seems like a lot, but Obama raked in 70 million this quarter, and Romney got 14. I think Bachmann knows this is a VP campaign at this point. However, to give credit where its due, Bachmann was one of the most beastly fundraisers in Congress in 2010 - she raised over 5 million for…

True story, and I hope I'm not the only one: watching Now and Then with my friends, and pausing at the precise moment where Devon Sawa drops his towel. Oh lord, we were so creepy.

I could think of a few fat female politicians at the national level, but most of them have been in office a very long time - since before media body snark reached its peak. But I think the best example of how women are put to harsher standards is all the coverage Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (one of my heroes) got when she…