I was slightly less ambivalent than you - I was pretty sure I wanted a baby when my husband and I got married, and at 35, we knew we couldn’t wait too long. At 37 and 1/2, I had my daughter, and I am glad. The funny thing is, I would have been just as glad if for some reason we weren’t able to have a baby. It would…

I was both amazed that they lasted that long and sad that they split. Whenever I saw Paulina and Ric together, they seemed so genuinely into each other. Alas, it seems like love can’t last I this modern age, especially if you’re famous.

I’m not a New Yorker, but I’m one of those people who can’t stay clean for anything, and I too favor mostly black ensembles. Black clothes also tend to wear better over time, and it’s generally the best choice for investment pieces as you won’t have trouble matching them later. So yes to all this.

It’s still hard to imagine him as an art-school kid after all the years he spent as the poster boy of the heartland.

I can’t read the list properly because I now need reading glasses or bifocals apparently (getting old is a bitch people) but someone please tell me if the babadook is on the list?

This was an excellent read. As someone who has struggled with body-image issues for decades and rode the diet/wellness/whatever-just-make-me-thinner train for most of them, I have to say I really connected with all of it. When she talked about her own struggle with just knowing how to eat, all I could think was “ugh,…

I have mixed feelings as well. She’s a straight up thief, not even a Robin Hood type. However there is something weirdly glamorous about the title “Jewel Thief”. You instantly picture someone going in on a zip line from the roof and hovering above a glass case guarded by lasers. This mental image become hilarious when…

I know! My hair actually does this naturally. I actually have it side parted, held in place by bobby pins because I need a trim bad, the humidity is hella high and that’s the only way I can stand myself.

I liked her shoots a lot. She had an interesting, off-kilter beauty that lent itself well to the high-fashion shoots she was in, and, as others have pointed out, she wasn’t just some other celebrity’s kid. But good for her for being able to “retire” at a young age. I would love to be able to just quit my day job and…

I can’t be mad at Batfleck. At least she’s got a career and is age-appropriate. I always thought it would be weird being a somewhat normal person dating a household name. Maybe it’s not her first time at that rodeo, either.

Really very well put. I go back and forth in my own head about the subject at hand, and I don’t think there is one right answer for any of it. You’ve expressed the ambiguity really well.

I think these only work if they are in a breathable fabric that still has some body to it. The polyester jersey versions, even that modal junk that they always try to market as being upscale, those tend to cling and drape in ways that are just not flattering on most bodies. You need something like a nice woven linen…

I’m glad it wasn’t just me. It sounded like the kind of sloppy rant you go on when you’re well into your third Mai Tai or whatever the youths are drinking nowadays.

Have you tried putting deodorant or Body Glide where the blisters occur? I know it sounds weird but it’s worked for me.

How disingenuous. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Now I don’t feel so bad for thinking Joan Jett and Pat Benatar were the same person when I was a kid. I could totally see mixing up Groban and Groff, too.

I think of that, too. I will admit I was a mess at that age, though in a different way. Access to a good stylist would have helped immensely, though I probably needed a good talking-to when I was her age, and a dermatologist. I’m not against her showing her body, or dressing the way she wants to, even if it offends my…

Oh, so it’s anti-feminist to have different taste? Sorry I didn’t get the memo. You do you, sweet pie, I’ll do me, and we’ll both be fine, I promise.

Starred mostly for the Smiths/R.E.M. reference. Winters’ mom sounds genuinely awful, and I want to be 100% behind her, but whenever I see the pictures of her outfits, all I can think is “oh, honey, no”. She’s a cute girl but the dresses and the styling do her no favors. Her taste is very different that mine, that’s…

I hear ya. I am a slim woman all over except for my legs. My body image issues have been ongoing for years - even when I was practically skin and bones on the rest of my body, I still didn’t have a thigh gap. I’ve slowly been learning to accept myself as is, but I could have used this song a good 10-20 years ago.