Thank you for that explanation. (Douching is really bad for you, btw. It upsets the natural chemical balance of your vagina.)

Not butthurt, not crying, not male. I am white though! Congrats on that!

Being nice to sick children in one’s superhero costume is pretty standard but... before the film is even released? Before it’s even finished shooting? Presumably actors show up at these events in costume because the kids they are visiting have some interest in, or at least awareness of, the character they are…

All this over left shark?

In 2009, my family was visiting Disney World for my daughter’s 6th birthday. We had reservations at 1900 Park Fare, a buffet restaurant in the Grand Floridian Hotel. Reservations had to be made MONTHS in advance. You dine with characters from Cinderella, including the evil stepmother and stepsisters. But on this…

"It's been made clear to him that it was wrong" is pretty sad, too. He didn't know it was wrong before someone spelled it out to him? It's a shame this woman thinks so little of herself that this is who she feels she deserves.

I don't know what their ships are!

It's on Celebitchy, too. She's a famewhore, even though this is apparently her first appearance with him. And Harvey Weinstein is involved somehow - either he's arranged the whole thing or she's been working for him all along, or he's demanding they get married so Cumberbatch can win the Oscar, I forget the exact…

As someone who lives in a school district that offers horrific, misleading, abstinence-only sex-ed, I'd be happy for the opportunity to opt out of that bullshit.

Fundy craft chain Hobby Lobby does not use barcodes. It's such a noticeable big deal (what other national chain with hundreds of stores doesn't use barcodes?) that they put it in their FAQ. They "do not feel it is right for us at this time."

My daughter's civics teacher said that if any students refused to say the pledge, he would inform their parents. When she told me that, I emailed him to tell him I already knew. I tell all my children they do not have to say the pledge. F

I recently saw paparazzi photos of Benedict Cumberbatch arriving in NYC - this is clearly the reason. He's been released from his cupboard.

I have a teenage daughter and several of her classmates are or have been pregnant. They did not get pregnant because they watched a Beyonce video. They got pregnant because their parents refused to give them factual information about their bodies, human sexuality or birth control and the philistine gulag that is Texas…

The charity books - Fantastic Beasts and Quidditch Through the Ages - are funny, charming, and for a good cause.

Forgetting Mel Gibson's Hamlet can only be a good thing. :)

IIRC, there's only one line in the play that suggests Hamlet's age - the gravedigger says he's been a gravedigger since the year Hamlet was born, which was 30 years ago. But Hamlet certainly acts like a teenager.

There may have been some off-camera encouraging from the parents but it's pretty difficult to get a baby to do something he doesn't want to do.

I don't need an excuse for not living up to Maria Kang's personal standards.

I am in deep admiration of your ability to not engage with the crazy. (Which is also a good way to deal with preschoolers demanding cupcakes.)

There is no one to root for in this scenario.