So, my favorite super-commercial Minaj work is her verse on "Monster" (though I've watched some older videos that people have linked here). That level of aggression practically begs for a costume/character. I think she could pull off the demure beauty at movie premieres and tougher character in music videos though —…

Yeah I <3 old Nikki too. But if I had the opportunity to outshine a Playboy swimsuit model at a premiere...luckily this is all very theoretical for me and I'll never have to make these tough choices.

It's enough to question my stance against plastic. Dayyyyum. But then I have Ms. Natural Beauty Diaz bringing me back from the brink. And reminding me to stop eating cookies and do more yoga. Whatever.

I mean, I really thought my computer was going to explode after reading his super-secret spy message from the Universe of Men. I just wish I had a better sense of humor or we might not have lost this valuable ally here in Womanland!

God, can't you take a joke? Every good comedian follows up his joke with an explanation of why the joke can be read straight, just not if you take any issue with the point being made. Then it's a joke!

Also - those girl friends you have to whom you give this "joke" advice should probably be let in on the joke, don't ya think? Moving goalposts ftw.

"How exactly do you not suck?" Oh shit. YOU GOT ME. I have no idea! You're right, I totally apologize for failing to get that really clear joke (??) you made and then attempted to justify as though it weren't a joke and then personally attacked me over and over and over again. Yep, I suck. Good point. Off to go…

Holy shit.

No, thank you! Sometimes I get too into these internet arguments and know I'm losing sight of reality. This really inspires me to start going up to guys I think are hot (especially if they're conventionally good-looking!) and be all: "baby, I know you think you need to hit the gym 5x a week and drop your dollaz on…

I didn't label you "Nice Guy" or say anything defensive to you until you actually said to me: "You. Are. Bullshit." I said we're used to getting these same messages from the Nice Guy YouTube guys. If you were satirizing these guys, I completely missed it, and it's something you maybe should have pointed out before…

I wasn't considering doit2julia's comment. I think there is still a difference between her opinion that men who try to be sexy usually suck at it and therefore fail (which I don't agree with anyway), and describing a specific aesthetic look you think of as sexy as something men in general think is sexy. This might not…

A friend recently shared with me that he thinks any time a small group of women go to a bar or dancing together, that they clearly don't have partners and are "desperate." (Yes. We fight a lot.) He says he can tell how desperate they are by how dressed-up they are. So, there is at least one guy out there who thinks…

" You. Are. Bullshit." Okay. I'm sorry. You seem like the perfect person to explain how I can be more attractive to men while preserving my self-worth.

Calm down. I didn't call *you* pathetic — I said "perhaps" you think women who dress are trying too hard. I said "perhaps" as an invitation for you to engage in that discussion — not in an attempt to dismiss you.

I wanted to keep this all really civil, but you realize there are scores of Youtube videos made by Nice Guys(tm) trying to let women know they think we're beautiful the way we are? This isn't exactly a revelation that many guys think they think we're gorgeous without any makeup on, or whatever nonsense. Truly, the…

I think you'll find the vast majority of women, outside of work, *do* wear jeans and t-shirts on a regular basis. You just don't notice them because you actually don't think they're hot. You probably think hot women are hot, even if they're wearing jeans. Perhaps you think women who try too hard to impress men are…

I can't access the original article. But the Nerve author worded it in a way that made it sound like men were *better* at projecting confidence in their voices when asked to do so, and that the study authors concluded that was because of an evolutionary advantage in that confident men sounded rich. Just because men…

Psssst. Don't let women know I've told you this. Often those slightly sweaty women in jeans and t-shirts, who you mysteriously still find sexy are wearing "natural" makeup and know how their asses look in those jeans. At the very least, if it were me, and I actually wasn't wearing makeup, you'd be asking me if I were…

Stop raping people, bro.

I'm feeling slightly guilty here because you did more exercise your first trimester than I did last week. Sounds like Mama and Baby Minkoff are in a good place now.