Speak for yourself, lady!!! (Finger wagging!)

Amen, sister! 100% agreed. There is no love without respect in the relationship, and no love without respect for yourself.

I blame Disney and other books and movies where they have subtle messages of girl power and independence but the REALLY important thing is being in love with the hot guy! Love! Love is totally more important than anything else, and all should be sacrificed for LOVE or you don't deserve it! LOVE is what it's all about,…

It was my first time out of the country by myself and I went to Amsterdam with my friend. We were about 22 or so. When we arrived, it was too early to check into out hostel, so we decided to find a coffeeshop. Of course. So we finally found a place that was opened and ordered... a coffee... because we were tired from…

I think you are AMAZING!!!

FYI, the link to the petition is broken/incorrect!

Do you know what happened with the GOP Maine ladies? While I disagree with many of their positions, both Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins both strike me as rational, independent thinkers who have the ability to balk their party trends. Would be interested to know where they stand on this issue.

As a former psychology student, one of the most interesting things I learned is that positive reinforcement is equally if not more effective for changing behavior than negative reinforcement.

Yeah, he should just shave it and get it over with!

Hmmm.. did anyone else get the vibe of (from some not all of the responses), "We're not sexist, we have lots of women writer friends!" from some of these people?

Interesting point! Please see my response to Rooo sez BISH PLZ below. :)

Hmmm... I'm actually not sure you understood what I am asking. I am definitely not looking for anyone to absolve me of personal research, just interested in the topic in general and like discussing topics such as this with the Jezebel community. I really appreciate your links and plan to check them out in detail this…

Do you think that even with detailed and exhaustive research that said research will be able to accurately and non-offensively portray someone of color? I suppose you can ask this about any topic someone would be writing about and comes down to whether the author is a good writer or not. However, there is a…

Either Kendra weighs -10 pounds or bimonthly she puts the 10 pounds she lost in the previous 2 weeks back on.

Can a white author ever represent a black character in a novel without being offensive? I'd love to have this discussed.

That's not terrorism, silly. Only brown people with beards are terrorists. Haven't you learned anything over the past 10 years?

America is becoming a capitalist caricature.

What about all the studies that have come out lately saying there are many health benefits to circumcision including being less likely to contract STI's/HIV?

Beauty is not a skill...

I love this version a million times more than Lady Gaga's. This girl is incredible!