If they can find a barn on the beach they'll have struck Wedding Industry Gold.

Also why is my cat obsessed with licking plastic bags? He never eats them or chews them, just licks them incessantly.

Exactly. I think she's doing a great job of shedding light on the gender disparity in literature and criticism, but she's doing her argument a disservice by making her own work the main example. She writes fun books that are extremely popular, and that's awesome, but we'd all raise our eyebrows if James Patterson…

Love this analogy!

Weiner is the subject of a fair and friendly profile in this week's New Yorker, thanks to her sideline as "unlikely feminist enforcer," as the piece puts it.

Just need to chime in and say THANK YOU about Jemima J - possibly the worst book I've ever read. I don't read much "chick lit" but that one was like a parody of itself it was so horrible. I did like Jane Green's novel Bookends, though.

I read a series called The Castings Trilogy by Pamela Freeman right around when I read ASOIAF and really enjoyed both, though ASOIAF has way more characters and political intrigue. The Castings Trilogy does have a great female protagonist and some excellent historical flashbacks to previous generations of the fantasy…

Well, anyone who's getting married in that is probably a huge toole.

Wait, wait, is that bodice also semi-see-through? Because that would make this the Wedding Dress Trifecta!

Well I just stared at this GIF for an inappropriately long time...

When will the cowboy boot wedding trend die already? Sorry, but unless you grew up on an actual ranch and/or are riding a horse down the aisle, it's just not as cute as you think it is.

Dead and buried at "Britknee" - A++

But does she pronounce it Raquel? Because that would be even better.

Thanks for responding. From your original comment I had no way to know that you already work with homeless women and children, and that you've personally been harassed by homeless men. Good on you for volunteering, and I certainly don't encourage women to approach men when they feel uncomfortable or unsafe. I was…

Agreed. If they so object to the idea that employees may choose to obtain birth control of their own free will, they need to base their organization on volunteer work only.

Stories like these just reinforce for me the need for people to donate more to organizations that help the mentally ill and homeless. 80 percent of people are chronically homeless are struggling with mental illness, addiction, or both (source: Project Renewal) and many of them can go on to live healthy lives in…

Like, if the act of doing something good gives you pleasure or satisfaction, does that dimminish the act?

I agree — though maybe LW#1's friend really was shitty about the autism thing, it's not the only reason she could have ended/backed off of the friendship. I've started friendships with people who seem like great potential friendships on paper (i.e., we have friends in common, are in the same club/group, or in the…

My mind went immediately to Tyra Banks, too! Not sure whether I'm proud of that or not...

I almost googled "booty bumps" to find out what they are, but then I decided not to.