I think we shouldn't be fat shaming; we shouldn't be emphasizing how much we eat or encouraging crazy obsessive hour long daily workouts. Instead, we should be addressing the Western diet in general. Michael Pollan writes about this a lot, that traditional diets (Italian, French, Japanese, etc) have survived a sort of…

So she's not naked in the photographs that will be published... But she was actually naked in a room in front of many many strangers to take the photos. So the "no nipples, no ass" thing... Jesus is ok with it if you show them live but not in print? Or is it a numbers game: like you can show your nipples and ass to…

Can you imagine if they had to stop production of hair dryers and flat irons because they needed the metal and crap plastic (I mean oil) to win the war in Iraq? And everyone was like "yes, definitely, anything for the war effort!"

While sure, we need to speak up and ask for the raises we deserve, we also need to work to change workplaces so that we are paid fairly and don't need to be aggressive and negotiate salaries. Aggression, competition — these are the ways that men succeed in business... We know that women tend to cooperate and…

do you get some sort of warning at 5:59 so you can point it away from your face?

My theory: At some point Madison realized how effed up this whole pageant bizniss was but that she was forced to be a part of it and her little identity just freakin' exploded and when the identity dust settled, there was Madison, a lovely little girl who doesn't have to do pageants, and TOOTY - an absurd caricature…

Jon - I was interested in you at first because your kids are so cute and you were in that really tough marriage... but the thing is, you're starting to freak me out. You're always around, it's like I can't turn on my computer without seeing your face! You're never around your kids anymore, and now you're smoking. …

I'm trying to get preggers. My husband and I go to CVS on the regular to pick up a pregnancy test. We always end up picking up 3 or 4 other things when we buy one. Why? Because once when we bought ONLY a pregnancy test the cashier smiled (friendly-like, in her defense) and asked, "Hoping you are or hoping you…

oh my god, Jessica and Nikki look sooooooo pretty! Hello Planet Beach? I'd like to make an appointment for right away - better yet, can I buy a "Tan All You Can" Package? What!? There's a Free Squamous Cell Carcinoma Special this week?! Yes, I'll take it!!

Five bucks says Brennen's consulting firm has a big name client who is a competitor of Apple's. Because doesn't it lower a brand's cool-factor to be labeled as "feminine"?

"Miss Alice B. Toklas, Miss Stein's traveling companion whose title is not 'secretary,' according to the author, was present. "

I was the (self-taught) doula when my sister had her first baby. She knew about the preponderance of not-entirely-necessary c-sections and wanted to not have one if at all possible. When there was "fetal distress" and a low heartbeat (as determined from the fetal monitor that kept her from sitting in the tub and…

i just had an adoragasm

@midwestdesigner: brilliant!! somebody please make that! every time he uses a shitty euphemism, splice in language from the police report or a picture of her after "what happened"

I grew up Catholic, and contrary to how I assume the rest of the world (and lots of Catholics) sees nuns, I always thought they were progressive, feministy, badasses. You put a bunch of women together and tell them to run shit and they'll do things that make sense. Sure, there's the whole misogynistic church thing;…

I recognize the tragedy in this story, but how awesome is it that she didn't come around for years and her family just assumed she was on a great adventure? I am so predictable and my life so normal that if I wasn't home 8 minutes after hot yoga there's be a search party called.

This is the way it should have gone:

Maybe these women intuitively know that they're high-anxiety, and they know that they lash out under high stress situations, and they are grateful and happy to be in a relationship where their partner understands them and loves them in spite of what may sometimes be characterized as a negative personality trait. (And…

I wish someone would call them born again on the Christian part. What celebrity reality show would Jesus go on? Which unscripted reality shitty reality program would Jesus not be an actor on? What would Jesus do without his dry shampoo?

omfg, i just stood up and gave LaMorena a standing ovation at my desk. Yes, crappiest of oh crappiest email dudes ever, fuck you.