I've only recently started to read resumes at my workplace, but I totally agree with you. I work at a reputable nonprofit where most of the resumes I'm seeing come from Ivy+ schools and we all pretty much collectively stopped and stared at a girl's resume with four years of work experience at a fast food chain in…

But that's the thing. I don't consider myself inspirational. I think I'm average actually and that's the problem with this show - they're painting themselves as 'average' when they are not. I'm just trying to make do and my friends are trying to make do. The point is that human shittiness/goodness is pretty much the…

As in life, the divide between those who understand and those who don't is evident in many of the comments. I think many of those who are commenting on their own experiences of being self-sufficient aren't bragging (as others have accused them of) but the fact that they are tired of feeling marginalized by practically…

I totally agree with you but man, makes you wonder, WTF happened? It makes me SO sad that if Fresh Prince of Bel-Air were ever piloted today it'd either flop completely or only exist on BET. How did we manage to regress so much?

Everything you speak of (which I totally agree with, btw) boils down to one problem: access. Every single one of the actresses in 'Girls' is a progeny of a famous person. I'm not saying that Lena and co. haven't worked hard and aren't talented in their own way; they are. But they also belong to that one small…

Don't forget some Isabel Marant thing that's like kitschy Americana that you'd find in a thrift store in Kansas but they teeny tiny and made French-y.

I have the same issue with perfume as you do - I hate, hate sweet and floral scents but I have to say even the most floral-sounding Serge Lutens scents are amazing. They're really complex and not nauseating at all, and they have tonssss of woodsy, musky options. [www.barneys.com]://www.barneys.com/Fragrances/womens-f…

Oh I had no idea. I always thought it was something you can just apply topically. Well that sucks. I don't think I'd be so shocked if it weren't Madonna just because she is someone I think of as having like ullllltimate dominion over her body. You know? Like everything perfect flawless all the time!

ugh. 'serious' celebs always pull the 'RESPECT MY PRIVACY!' thing but then they turn around and do circuitous press reveals.

Why does it seem like the jewelers are always blabbing to the press? This happened with Natalie Portman too. If i were paying mondo bux as a celeb I'd want them to pipe down...but then again I'm assuming that celebs actually want to keep things private and not coyly fake-reveal.

My impression of Lady Edith has less to do with looks than the fact that she just has a snively, shirking air that makes her unpleasant to others. Plus her intense jealousy and sibling rivalry. And I think that's how they try to play her - not physically ugly but compared to clever, witty Mary and badass Sybil she's…

They're good, I find that they run slightly smaller than size, kind of like Rag & Bone. I am very petite but I have defined calves because I run a lot so I find their skinny jeans a bit tight. Anyone else have this problem w skinny jeans? Like if I size up to not choke my calves, the waist/hips are too big, but if I…

Oh my god, I just almost threw up. All that money and she can't fix that? (Or more appropriately, all that obsession paid to her frozen, flawless, poreless face and she goes out with her feet like THAT?)

I've said the same thing in an earlier post and got flamed for it. Privilege isn't only Paris Hilton levels of money. It's about a confluence of factors and Tavi was in the eye of the perfect storm - teeny cute fashion blogger obsessed with high-fashun Japanese brands, willing hippy liberal parents that thought it…

Hands down, as the child of immigrants who have no idea how to handle money in the "real" world (their bank is a wad of cash stuffed under the mattress, lol) this was the absolute best book on personal finance is this super funny, clever and informative book by Ramit Sethi: [www.amazon.com]

YUP. It's one thing for interracial couples to like each other and just have another relationship but there are plenty of Asian women who have SERIOUS identity issues that exclusively date white guys and spout of all sorts of racist crap about patriarchy or asian culture not being 'creative' enough (like this author…

Why?

Well I see your Mel Gibson and raise you a Marky Mark Wahlberg. Somehow everyone has conveniently forgotten that he literally BLINDED AN INNOCENT VIETNAMESE MAN by hitting him on the head with a piece of wood in a drunken, unprovoked rage. And yea, this pretty much proves that Asians are the most invisible minority…

To be fair, and as a longtime reader of SoS (in the past, as she's gotten kind of boring and so this whole mess could be a very savvy, calculated publicity attempt IMHO), I always assumed that Jane disabled her comments because she was so, so young and that it was done as a small measure of needed protection. I mean…

Yep. Just because they're making fun of her inappropriately about her weight doesn't mean that she's beyond reproach for other things. And one more thing - I am sick of people talking about her shoe company like it's proof of her hidden genius and business skills. She was incredibly LUCKY to have her name slapped…