So true. I cannot tell you how AWESOME it is to be old (I'm not even really old), and free of the constant scrutiny I subjected myself to when I was younger; both self inflicted scrutiny, and allowing others to scrutinize me.

Oh my god, that is like something out of a horror film. I had a bad experience with a doctor when I was in my early 20's, and I didn't even realize how far out of line he was until about five years later.

I have a feeling he is a loan shark.

I always pictured 1980's Carrie Bradshaw as a totally smokin' metal babe in the for some reason.

I am amused by your use of the first person. I always knew raccoons were smart enough to type ;-).

Here is austin there is a BBQ joint named the Salt Lick, and that is the first thing that came to mind ;-).

This is a very helpful post. Thanks very much, and good luck to you.

JT Leroy was actually not a dude. It was a huge literary farce/fraud on the part of the author and her sister in law got dragged into it too.

I think the world would be a far better place if more middle-class white men did go to therapy and deal with their shit.

She looks like J.T. Leroy. And about as convincing. That is all.

What a lot of women don't realize is that happiness and health are the ultimate beauty treatments...that, and hanging out with guys who can appreciate women as people with lives. It's rarer than you think.

Seriously-I love Kate because she is a crafty little fox from Croydon, and this makes me love her even more :-).

I had me some bathroom sex, back in the 80's, but I still married an accountant and moved to the burbs. no lie.

as the possessor of a magnificent bosom and a proud pair of hips, I could never fit into that ideal anyway, even when I was 15-16.

No, actually, as the owner of a large pair, I can say that my relationship with my body, gravity and physics would all be improved if they sat higher on my chest.

First of all, I read 'audrey rose' when I was around 8, and just thinking about it still creeps me the fuck out.

It seems like such an abomination now, but the privilege of outliving one's children (or expecting to) is a fairly recent one.

This is actually kind of a saying? a cultural meme?

Srsly, to me he just looks vegan here....

OOOOOO, Lines, my auntie was one of their founding dancers, and before that she sued SF Ballet because they tried to fire her when she reached 30, as they did with all dancers in the corps because of some aging related injury that she proved was made up.