Hahah yup. It's a slightly diff situation - Zhiyi is def viewed as uppity, and as a bit of a social climber (only dating old, rich white guys $$$) and but I think her biggest offenses is the fact that she's very-well known in international cinema but doesn't really pass muster in her own home country as an actress.…

Yah. I definitely know the "Omg, people hate me cuz I'm beautiful!" types when really what they need is a little more soul-searching. But regardless, you can't deny that physical beauty has significant effects on people's interactions with others...the knife does cut both ways. A beautiful woman has many advantages:…

PREACH. You have no idea how many GORGEOUS, successful women I know who have gotten into toxic relationships with less than attractive/successful men that routinely put them down to 'level' them so that they maintain the power in a relationship. effed up.

Aishwarya's gorgeous but she has always had a LOT of haters, even before the pregnancy. I'm not surprised she's getting jumped on about her weight. (From what some South Asian friends have told me, her public image is something like JLo crossed with Angelina Jolie - like someone who knows exactly how beautiful she is…

Aw you sound like me. I had to sit out on all study abroad activities but was lucky enough to get an academic research grant to go somewhere for one semester. That was the best thing that had ever happened to me but without it I would have never had enough money to travel. Good job on being so diligent with working…

hahah! my boyfriend thought the same thing and he nudged me and said, 'OMG DID HE JUST TIP HIM!'

Agree, but there is a caveat to the sucking-up process. Maybe it's an NYC thing and there's just a higher concentration of people that are EXTREMELY rich, but I tried that game with those people and most of them are so mind-mindbogglingly selfish and privileged that even if you help them out with favors nonstop, they…

No, I agree with you 100%. It normalizes unrealistic behavior and it is extremely unfair and if you look at industries that heavily rely on upaid internships, you'll see that it leads to an eventual decline in the quality of their output due to lack of (economic and otherwise) diversity and fresh talent. Prime…

Isn't it fucked up that our country punishes you for being a responsible person by paying for things in cash and saving instead of taking out a line of credit? Don't get me started on how much I hate credit policies....auuugh! My friends who are unemployed and drowning in school debt have been turned down for jobs as…

Ha! Where were you, Lindy, when I graduated? Regardless, I'm sure that someone at some point has tried to get these points across to me, but here are just some other tidbits I'd like to throw to your list:

You're right; their marriage didn't start out badly, but I definitely don't think he was ever playful or open with her the way he is with Megan. Even when he was at his best with her he probably saw her, like you said, as a symbol and not so much a person. And he probably spent half of his energies in his dealings…

My heart broke in a zillion pieces for Betty when she read Don's note. She took it out very childishly on Sally and all and it appropriately backfired on her, but nothing sucks more than seeing an ex treat someone else the way they never treated you.

Yup. When I watched that scene I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach. A lot of women have been in that situation before and it hurts like hell. I think the worst part is knowing that you spent so much of your time with that person forgiving and trying - being patient, forgiving them, teaching them the error of…

I think the teenage obsession with boobs pretty much proves this! Beginning in fifth grade when girls start growing breasts they became the total obsession and the standard by which 'hotness' is measured - who has big ones, who has small ones, who had nice round ones, who has big droopy ones, etc. When I was in high…

I have no idea how I managed to reply to myself instead of you. Lol. Anyway my reply above is directed at you!

It's not your suburban fail - happens to the best of us! I'm a born and raised New Yorker and sometimes I try to prove my city 'toughness' by putting up with weirdos. Then they get real weird and I end up having to haul ass anyway. I think as a woman especially you're told to 'be polite' and that causes us to…

Ladies who take public transportation on the daily all know this to be true! Sometimes there are people that just make us switch train cars or exit the train at a completely different (public) stop even if they haven't said a word to us. It's like every hair on your body stands on an end when you're around them.

"What, I meant it as a COMPLIMENT!"

"Well-spoken": the favorite backhanded compliment of racists everywhere.

Oh the best is the shit they say to you especially if you're viewed as an 'unconventional' minority so they think you're cool with the wink wink nudge nudge not-talking-about-you little racist jabs. I'm Asian and in the arts and you would not believe the shit I hear on a daily basis about Asian dudes (cuz u know,…