Karen Milton:

My favorite Russian cheese is a nice Tsarmigiano-Romanov blend. Unfortunately, they don't make it any more.

My nurses rocked, as well. I think I'll always love them.

Based on her history as a writer, Alessandra could write "shit" thousands of time in an article and she'd still be employed.

"Ms. Rhimes chose a performer who is older, darker-skinned and less classically beautiful than Ms. Washington, or for that matter Halle Berry."

I agree. And your comments usually are hilarious. However, like ArcherEscared said, your point wasn't clear with the joke. After you explained it, I get it, but I didn't get it at first. And that could be because I'm having a rough day. Because anyone who reads comments knows how you normally comment, I just don't…

Thats the thing that makes it so tricky and why I can't actually be mad. I definitely cringed when I read the "joke" and it made me feel really uncomfortable BUT that is where the threshold thing comes in - I cringed because of personal experience, it seems especially distasteful but that is really just my opinion of…

If you think the intent of that joke was to goad hormone-addled moms into yelling at me about what a terrible person I am, you're way, way off base. I mean, I'm not going to claim that my comments are totally inoffensive or that I don't ever try to toe the line, but I've said plenty of things that are objectively way…

Is it pleasurable for you, though? Generally, I really enjoy your comments, but you're getting defensive. Your comment was intentionally provocative, and you know it, but you clearly don't like it when "dullards" comment back.

We don't have baby pictures of one of my step sons until he's 6 months old because of his brain injury. All of the pictures of him are terrifying; covered in tubes, wires, and bruises from all of the procedures done on him. He's nearly an adult and we still live with the daily challenge of having a kid who nearly…

That *other* Washington is always trying to take subtle jabs at the actual Washington. We've had enough, dammit!

I was thinking that it was "perfume pretty" Barbie.

Where did they find 1950's original Barbie head girl? She has the head squish and everything. O_O

It's kind of funny that you think I'm hyperbolically pissed off. I just think you say provocative things you don't really believe for attention. And I'm giving you that attention, so I have to ask what's your problem, then?

You'll notice I used qualify-ers like "might/in general". I did this consciously, so as not to imply that I thought it wasn't possible for someone who wasn't a parent to have the same/ a similar reaction but I have the feeling you were just scrolling, waiting to pounce on what you perceived as some self-righteous mom.

we're moms and in general there's something about joking about dead kids that strikes us differently (more deeply) than it might others. It's hard not to knee jerk when someone cracks a joke about something that affects us so personally. It's really that our threshold for that type of joke is just quite different than…

YES. I've been saying this to everyone I know each time the NFL's fuckery comes up. I'm much more of a soccer fan though, and Hope Solo is an abusive menace.

Agreed agreed agreed. Lots of negative things said abt the headline, but after reading it... wow. Very sincere and realistic. I gotta lot of respect for her, and her writing is just perfect fr the topic. I think I'm gonna get that book of essays.

this was excellent, harrowing, sad, and fascinating all at the same time- each little bit of it, from your experiences to the history to the description of mike and the security guard. thank you.