I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of shit for saying this, but India just does NOT seem like a safe place to be a woman. At all. In any capacity.

Maybe India would care more if all female tourism completely stopped.

We love you for your optimism.

I know that it's possible they'll figure out a way to blame the nun for this happening to her, but I'm going to cling to the very tiny shred of hope that maybe this will make all the victim blamers pause.

Well, thanks to Dan Savage...we all know what Santorum means...

I wish I had that many colorful power suits. As of now I only have one.

Someone insert the "That's enough internet" kitty here please.

Is Jezebel ever going to admit they were wrong about basically calling Caroline Wozniacki racist for imitating Serena? Wozniacki who is her tennis BFF. Serena was going to be a bridesmaid on her wedding before it got cancelled. Who Serena waited at the finish line when she ran the NYC Marathon. Who after facing each…

I just listened to a grand jury report on sex abuse in the Philadelphia archdiocese, and what you often saw there is families trying in good faith to go through the church first, getting promises from church leaders that, yes, they'd make sure the offender wasn't around kids any more. Of course, none of these…

For the actual ceremony, I had to provide a copy of my baptismal certificate. They wouldn't have allowed it otherwise as an "official" thing otherwise.

Sweetie, it's L.A.: if you're rich and/or famous they'll prescribe you painkillers if your hair hurts. Which is not to say that everything Tori Spelling says isn't bullshit, too.

(Six of one, half a dozen of the other)

Unpopular opinion alert...I look to flight attendants to be able to save my life if need be. I don't want to deal with their zaniness.

Indian cuisine lends itself really well to frozen vegetables. I like getting giant bags of spinach from costco, portioning it into smaller bags, then freezing it for later use in a curry or with paneer.

"Well, Mr. President I'm sorry that today isn't what you were expecting and I agree that History will almost certainly remember her as being the most important member of the Scooby Gang but Selma, sir, is the city in Alabama"

whole aside: I truly love that Rep. John Lewis is still around to tell his story on this momentous occasion. He's a true American hero.

Missing from this article: arrive with wine — a moderately priced bottle will do. Substitute specialty liquor or foodstuff from your hometown if your host is familiar with it.