Wow. You have to wonder if it's even occurred to her that as soon as they're married, they'll have sex and not be virgins anymore and a full one-half of her husband criteria will be rendered irrelevant. And then from the sound of it all they'll have in common is that they're both Christians. And they will be sharing…

My $.02: I saw the second one and thought it was boring as fuck. I wasn't expecting great cinema, but so many people, even people who think the books suck, told me that the movies were fun and watchable, so I went with my little brother around the holidays. It's one of the few movies I've considered walking out on. It…

I find this so interesting because it almost seems like men get offended if women don't baby them, or soften the blow by wheedling or teasing or something. Which I would think a person would interpret as hugely offensive in a business situation, and yet I have repeatedly encountered the scenario you describe, where a…

If creationist logic is what Perry describes, "we don't know how or how long it took, but we believe a supreme being created the universe", why don't creationists just believe that God created evolution/God made the world, then evolution happened according to his design? This seems like the simplest answer to me. Is…

I'm so embarrassed for her.

I'm in Oklahoma, the land of no sex ed, so I didn't have anything - we had one afternoon in fifth grade where they split the boys and girls up and told us about how we'd be getting our periods and our breasts would develop (rather late for a good portion of our class) and that as we became adolescents our faces would…

A cell phone doesn't cost $60/month if you rarely talk on it and don't use it for internet and all that other stuff. My TMobile plan is $30/month for 300 minutes (which I never come close to using). If you want to text, you can add 400 messages for five bucks a month. I don't have a landline, but my mom only pays…

You're right, particularly when the drugs are mixed with alcohol. People can die. Whether or not rape was involved or was a goal, drugging anyone without their consent should be seen as a physical assault in and of itself, in my opinion. (I don't know what the actual criminal charge is, but I hope to hell there is…

Wow, I didn't know who either of those guys were, and I'm obviously not familiar with their acting ability, but based on a quick Google image search I'm intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Those are the best picks I've seen (far better than Alex Pettyfer as Peeta, no thank you).

I agree that Red Riding Hood was not very good, but not because of any sexual content. (It's actually giving the film way too much credit to say that it deals with any "tough subjects," because...it doesn't. It's a really generic mainstream film and not transgressive or original at all. The main character isn't…

I'm not familiar with Kathy Griffin's comedy, so I can't speak on whether or not she's a bully, but Sarah Palin making that accusation? OH HI I'M A POT AND YOU KETTLE ARE TOTALLY BLACK.

But we all know that in reality what he (and people like him) are offended by is women having sex without some method of male social control. He's just mad that Portman is happy and successful with her choices instead of being cast down into some time-warp shame-gutter where no one will hire an unwed mother and she…

I do not for the life of me understand how CPCs are allowed to pretend they are medical professionals when they are not. I guess they're not performing surgery or doing any procedures that require board certification so they're not technically practicing medicine without a license, but they ARE dispensing medical…

Seriously. The loudest voice branding her a "troublemaker" was always her own, and really, STILL feeling the need to take potshots at Britney and Christina? You'd think a don't-give-a-fuck badass like her would, well, not give a fuck.

I've seen a lot of people assuming that because Christina hooked up with Matt so quickly, she must have been cheating and the one to end the marriage, but I increasingly doubt it. When she and Jordan married she really seemed to feel that he was her salvation, and whatever led up to it I think she must be taking the…

I wish SOMEONE would raise the point that...SO WHAT if a fetus has a heartbeat? So what if we even consider a fetus an equal human being? No other born, sentient, heartbeat-having humans are considered entitled to subjugate other humans' bodies for their own use. We don't even give born, sentient, heartbeat-having…

This exact thing happened to me! Except that the guy said he was playing Truth or Dare for a prize and his friends dared him to polish my boots. (I'd ask why "I'm an adult man playing a children's game" seems to be the go-to lie, but apparently it works.) I'm ashamed to say I let him. I have social anxiety disorder…

@kookla: In my experience, you wear the purity ring until you get married and replace it with a wedding ring (because the "purity" is usually tied to religious beliefs and you're supposed to remain "pure" till marriage). I'm in the Bible Belt, so maybe the convention is more hardcore here, but I used to do wedding…

@stoprobbers: I agree. This article from last year has a former Kennedy staffer talking about some of the factual inaccuracies, and it looks like a lot of it was just made up. Supposedly the script also implies that the Berlin Wall was JFK's idea.

I swear, whenever I see her, hear her, or read quotes from her, all I hear is Miracle Max's wife from The Princess Bride going, "Liar! Liar! LIIIIAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!"