Would you say your affection for Katniss. . .

I don't think you're overreacting or reading into it too much...I will say that maybe go back and read those scenes and then read the scene where her father dies. (That's what I had to do, because Tris killing Will really bothered me too and I wanted to see if there was a way out of it for her.)

Goddamnit, these books are SO good. I honestly thought that everything except the worldbuilding blew The Hunger Games out of the water (I kind of hate the faction concept - maybe because of the lack of exposition to explain how they actually came to exist, or maybe because of the stupid names, idk). A female…

I understand that we don't want to slut shame Miley. The thing is... are we not allowed to criticize this performance? I have seen a lot of slut shamey posts about it, but also a lot of comments on how ridiculous she looked — which is distinctly different than looking like a whore. She came out of that bear and my…

Ugh THANK YOU. Also, she fucked a foam finger for like...3 minutes. She left the door pretty open for this discussion.

Agreed 100%. I do not give one shit whether Miley is wearing a thong or a parka, or if she's grinding on a dude or joining a convent; it's the ridiculous minstrel show (as BurtReynoldsIsMySpiritGuide put it last night) that's sending me over the edge into the "do not like" camp. She flat out smacked a black woman's…

So pretending to lick the ass of Black woman with the sterotypical "big bootie" and slapping said bootie (repeatedly) in front of millions of people is somehow ok? I don't care if Beyonce/Rihanna/Michelle Obama/Oprah/Kerry Washington/Mother Theresa did it—-It's. Not. Ok.

It took me awhile to figure out creeped me out so much about that Cyrus clip: I can't think of a more clear mixture of female infantilization and sexuality. Teddy bears throwing candy and rim jobs? Skeevy.

I don't think that was it though. Madonna's performance while controversial didn't look so forced or embarrassing. Madonna had an allure about her that made it look like she knew exactly what she was doing and how to capture the image of the oh so virginal girl touched by sex but Miley dear god, it was like watching a…

Seriously, kid? It was an embarrassingly bad, phony, phoned-in "performance" calculated to have us all talking today, had nothing to do with pop music, and that's what makes her so stomach-turning.

I was just paging through the VMA tag on tumblr, and apparently this is what Selena Gomez wore:

You know, I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw everyone freaking out on FB about Miley last night. Then I finally got to see the whole thing during the encore performance... I think the difference was that Miley was just awkward with the whole thing. Was it even choreographed at all? She was just jumping…

I will never not see her as Anne Boleyn.

ummm a.k.a. Anne Boleyn.

My daughter's troop is headed by a dad who is a HUGE hiker and camper. There is a big focus on the outdoorsy stuff along with the rest. I'm in a big city, but one heavily focused on outdoor life. She really enjoys getting to do it all. She is proud that she won the campfire building contest her first camping trip!

I've seen that a lot around different sites. People will defend to the death their right to encourage their daughters to wear "play" makeup and wear mommy's dresses and heels because it was fun to them when they were little... but as soon as something society deems as "feminine" is marketed towards girls, it's labeled…

When I was a child light up LA Gear shoes were THE THING. When we went back to school shopping we went to buy these cool-ass shoes...but they only had black and red light up boy sneakers. I was fine with it. I was all, "Shit yes! Lights when I step! POW POW!"

But then, the other 10 year-olds teased me, and I felt all…

What, pray tell, are the UN's "anti-population" goals? I presume they mean contraceptives and condoms, but that phrasing is so stupid. What, this planet is just so dangerously underpopulated? Packs of animals have taken over entire cities (besides Detroit)?

Your example makes me even more sure of what I suspect: conservatives really just have a problem with teaching girl children anything. Period. I can't imagine a less objectionable, more heteronormative charity for young girls to participate in. It's all "babies yay" and "responsibility yay" without being overbearing…

As my friends' kids get older, I find I'm less bothered by companies doing this shit (although you should stop, companies, if you're listening) than I am by parents buying into it. My best friend's sister has a 6 year old boy and a 3 year old girl, and the boy plays all kinds of sports, and when I asked what age she…