RE: Gwen's Harajuku girls, my friend dated one briefly. Her view was, "It was objectifying, sure, but I finally got work as a dancer BECAUSE I was Asian, when all of the casting calls were basically for anyone except for Asian girls- Nice to get a pay check."

That was exactly what I thought. She's trying to do the Kesha thing, which should have been pretty easy to replicate and put an "Avril" spin on... but this, I don't understand how this happens.

I think it's awesome that no one knew. That the only creature over at 1600 Penn who can have privacy and "just be" is some sad, tailless cat.

My favorite sleeping cuddle position—which is dependent on my husband not moving, so it's imperfect—is spooning against his back, a head below him. So my head is up against his back, and my hand rests on his waist. Very cozy.

And I feel that this type of comment amounts to silencing, pure and simple. This woman was likely suffering from a severe and possibly undiagnosed (or miss-diagnosed or under-diagnosed) mental illness and that's a very real, horrible issue that women all over the world deal with every day. Yes, I realize there is a…

hi selena, i have no experience but i think i would make a great manager. mainly i would keep you away from the devil child that is your (current? ex?) boyfriend. i think that will solve a lot of your problems <3

The implications of this are *huge*. Imagine doctors growing a new liver or a kidney for a patient from their own cells. No more transplant lists, no more lengthy waits, and no more immunosuppressive therapy to keep the body from fighting the donated organ.

This is amazing. Science is fucking awesome.

It's shit like this that justifies my refusal to go to music festivals.

Like a lot of things I think this can be good in moderation. My SIL uses an iPad with her 2 and a half year old daughter and she was able to read and spell words using an app on it by 2. I have a 7 month old that occasionally likes to "draw" on our iPhones but most of the time she can play with a toy phone if she…

I should also add to this that it's worth looking at what is happening in Burundi right now. Burundi experienced the same crisis (or rather a related one of their own) in which the eventual power dynamics were reversed and the Hutus are now in power. The genocide in Burundi was no joke, but it gets absolutely zero…

For anyone wanting to read more about the Rwandan genocide, I strongly recommend "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda" by retired General Romeo Dallaire, who was the Commander of UNAMIR.

General Dallaire spent that horrible time desperately trying to save anyone he could with the limited…

Was just discussing this and the model of restorative justice that has been developed in Rwanda since this horrific event. Amazing what kind of healing can take place when white hegemony refuses to participate. ;)

::reads your reply 3 times:: Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. K. NOW I'm with ya!

You absolutely learn how to handle dumb questions. It doesn't mean you can't laugh at the stupid questions later.

I know she won't do it, but please please please, Posh… do it at least once so I can see this again.

I <i> loathed Born This Way</i>, so I was pleasantly surprised with the new album. I actually like <i>Artpop</i> - I had to listen through it a couple of times before it grew on me, but it's a fun pop album. I just have to ignore Gaga, the "artist." She just tires me. She's a pop musician. She's not particularly new…

It's a lil unfourtunate that miley got real famous instead of tumblr famous. She reminds me of like a fun aquiantance you'd meet during your first dorm living year of undergrad hot boxing someone's old Camry in an empty on campus parking lot. Then you'd only run into when you are drunk and she would act like you were…