During the "Take Back the Night" campaign a few years ago, I heard a statistic that really stuck with me: Only 1 out of 10 women end up reporting their rape, only 1 out of 10 of those cases are investigated, only 1 out of 10 of those cases are then prosecuted, and only 1 out of 10 of those prosecuted cases ends up…

My new yoga teacher concern-pulled me aside last night to ask if I was OK because I was so red and sweaty. Embarrassing to explain that's just par for the course for me when there is more than 10 minutes of warm, wet weather! The more in shape I am, the more I sweat, too. Damn Scottish ancestry.

I. cannot. stand. the. word. "genitals." That is all.

This is how things are in France, and I think it's fabulous. When my French husband and I were married there, were were married by the mayor of the town in a civil ceremony and then moved on to a symbolic ceremony that I planned to include the traditional American wedding elements like bridesmaids, vows, etc. Very…

Beverly Hills, What a Thrill!

I actually just got gear gunk on my long skirt on the way to work this morning and was wondering how to get it out. Thanks!

I think the correlation probably has less to do with encouragement of males (and not females) to drink as it does with the encouragement of males to play with fireworks. And then compounded by alcohol. My dad calls the 4th of July opening day of the Darwin awards.

Haha, let's hope so!!! Although I might be a little desensitized to it now anyway, and I would probably find incidents like this less embarrassing now as an adult... but one never knows!!!

Several: (1) cheerleading in front of the entire town at the local fair with a huge red stain on the back of my little skirt (and my crush watching... he's the only one who had the heart to tell me, too. Mortifying!!!), (2) when I was staying with my friend's family, her dog pulled all my carefully wrapped pads out of…

Jezebel should do a contest for most embarrassing period stories. I'm pretty sure I could win....

Liars! That Gummy Bear sandwich totally features Nutella, not peanut butter.

That girl totally needs to lose the baby weight.

Neutrogena Ultra Sheet Body Mist sunscreen is my favorite. It is not greasy at all, is noncomedogenic, and is super easy to apply. Plus, it protects against UVA and UVB rays, and goes very high up in the protection numbers. Can't live without it!

I grew up watching my mom smoke YSL cigarettes. I think she thought it made her look sophisticated. Anyway, I was surprised to learn later on that you could buy YSL *clothes*, too. I thought they must be pretty low-brow considering they were made by a cigarette company, lol.

I just asked my husband if he wanted to check it out with me this weekend, and he said, "sure." Simply suggesting a funny film may also work!

There are also a million videos on YouTube with interviews with survivors and perpetrators of rape in the Congo.

I have strong hatred for "hubby" as well as the all-too-common "preggers". Ugh.

Fox News viewers use Twitter? I thought they were all olds who never heard of the internets.

My husband's family is French and often have an aperitif before dinner. His uncle and father, who are in their 60's and 70's, are the only ones to drink bourbon. ( I believe it's considered uncouth in their family for women to drink that.) HOWEVER, I'm an American girl who loves her whiskey and bought a bottle of…

These people are called independents. Also known as idiots.