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Was it just me, or were the costumes and props some serious next level shit last night? Seriously, just look at the still of the Ariel sketch up there! Let's hope this trend continues.

Same. I've always called it 70's porn style bush, but that hasn't been all that effective of a moniker at the waxing parlor either.

My crazy ex-ruemate finally answered the age old question, "what kind of person would actually respond to a cat call?" She loved to tell me about all the men who "hey baby"-ed her on various forms of mass transit, and the dates she agreed to go on. This behavior finally spiraled out of control to the point where she…

FWIW, my mother deeply lamented my stick straight hair, insisting that a tight perm is "prettier" and "easier." She kept me in a spano perm for a straight decade. No kidding, y'all, cousins I haven't seen in a while are all, "when did you start straightening your hair?"

Who are all these people who give all these fucks? I've encountered plenty of transwomen in bathrooms and have never been anything close to bothered. In fact, I'm usually just embarrassed that I notice and hope my noticing isn't noticed.

Spike, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Swoons for miles.

Pad See Ew forever! I genuinely don't understand why everyone's go to is Pad Thai.

Those aren't food inspectors, those are dairy workers. My comment was more aimed at Russia's "experiment" with limiting inspections to once every three years, which is shockingly similar to the inspection practices of the overburdened, underfunded US system.

This is disgusting, but also sounds a lot like US food inspection practices.

This idiot needs to go read Tuck Everlasting. Immortality is boring and for cowards.

I'm familiar with the general camp of post-colonial/post-structuralist theory, but are there any FGM advocates who claim to be both feminist and victims of FGM? I ask for intellectual curiosity's sake, in the interest of honing my position against the most legitimate opposition.

This is extremely solid, sensitive advice. All of it. I like the way this column has developed.

True story: Flying from SLC to NYC (with a layover in Orlando), I was seated next to an 18yo Mormon girl who was part of a 20 girl group going on their mission trip (to Orlando). It was the first time she'd ever been on a plane, she was terrified, we held hands. When we flew over the mountains, she was amazed…

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My wedding dress also cost $100, but was (to my eye) classier and more expensive looking. This photo doesn't really do it justice. It was great palette for retro styling.

That's cool. I feel similarly about people whose identity is tied to the goods made possible by society (like eCigs), yet fail to take any to take any responsibility for that society.

The plan isn't to ban vaping, but to regulate it in the same way that other tobacco is, in order to prevent the undoing of the long, hard fraught decline in tobacco addiction, which is not a victimless crime. Or put differently, perhaps one of the reasons that you (or I) became addicted to cigarettes in the first…

eCig companies are actually making no claims about the comparative health benefits of eCigs. A brief perusal of Blu's FAQ has them talking about their "commitment to quality" and better "user experience" but they are largely prohibited from making substantive health claims by the FDA (which requires evidence). eCigs…