Actually, the research doesn't tend bear this out- the traits valued in mates vary quite a bit culturally. For example, a large cross-cultural study found that in places with low indices of gender equality, men do tend to value beauty while women tend to value wealth. However, in places with high gender equality,…

I love this. They look like a troupe of badass warrior-nuns.

Meatpacking is one of the most dangerous jobs in America. Using faux-concern about field workers as an excuse to snark on vegetarians is pretty silly.

Yeah, it made me wonder which NYT staffer is her aunt/husband/college bestie. Because her story CAN'T have been considered front-page-worthy (let alone newsworthy) without a connection there, right? Either way, I'm a little sad for the old grey lady.

I love Anne and her approach to friendship. I read the Emily of New Moon series too, and always related more to Emily, except that she didn't have many female friends and her relationship with Ilse was sometimes fraught and sad.

So they're making some empty gestures for the sake of good PR?

It seems weirdly racist to assume that non-Western people don't ever use medication or medical intervention during birth.

This is all that needs to be said, right?

I'm so excited! I am a little disappointed that she didn't end up at the FBI, though.

I see your point, but I think there's a pretty significant difference between a hedgehog and an orca. Cetaceans are highly intelligent animals with complex social structures, so captivity is likely to be far more traumatic for them.

I hear you, but I do think its fair game to discuss how fake orgasms can be part a somewhat dysfunctional sexual culture. It's totally fine if you want to fake it- but I also think the general practice should be up for criticism. What does it say about us that so many women aren't comfortable saying "Sorry, this…

I can definitely see why people would get defensive. There's already a lot of pressure on women when it comes to sex, and this kind of criticism does add to it in a way. But I don't think that means we shouldn't discuss the consequences of fake orgasms as they relate to our wider sexual culture, especially since I…

15 or 16, you say?

I agree. I had the same experience with my first boyfriend- he swore up and down that the dozen or so women he'd been with before had all had insta-orgasms from sex.

<3 u, Rob Thomas.

I've been watching this and enjoying it. Though, am I the only one who finds the main character pretty irritating and unsympathetic? I know she's supposed to be a little ditzy and privileged, but she's just so bland and childish, especially compared to the supporting characters.

Slutever!

In order to not be a slut at all, at age 28, you can have had, at most: 3 sex partners, 5 kissing partners, and 5 oral sex partners.

Eh, I'd never wear them, but I don't mind this trend.

I was just about to write the same thing. It's nice to see that even some of the most beautiful humans on earth look actually human instead of unreally perfect.