I think the only thing that could come close to being a male equivalent to the like-moths-to-a-flame appeal of Sephora for women might be Home Depot. In HD, they are MEN! Men who can fix things with their bare hands. Men who are problem solvers. Men whose vast home improvement plans require many specialized tools. Men…

Mmmm...white bread and mayo sandwich.

I think we're sticking to facts here, per the OP.

Actual tweet hed from Cosmo today: "9 ponytails so sexy, they may cause boners." Guess it might take Coles some time to get the staff to focus less on the whole woman-pleasing-men thing...

Dodai makes an argument that the choice to photograph the girls in the country settings "recreates an age-old narrative in which anything non-Western is quaint, backward and impoverished." That's what I was reacting to.

So you're saying that they went all the way to Antarctica...then dropped in backgrounds instead of using photos that they took there? Clearly, all photos of this nature are photoshopped. But I don't think they faked the snow...they are many pics (and videos) of the behind the scenes of getting these shots. It happened…

LOL! Yeah, I'm not sure. I suspect that there is some sort of SI-specific Oreo ad in the Swimsuit Issue?

I would be curious to know how much advance work and cooperation there is between SI and the host country's tourism board—was the guy in the Namibia shoot a guide of some sort who ended up in the photos? Were the schoolchildren a propaganda move? Not saying it makes it all OK, but I am wondering if the…

Yes, she was (addressed elsewhere in this thread):

It's because of the depth of field—everything is in focus, near and far.

She's in Anarctica. It was like 35 below.

"Announcing" your pregnancy as part of a performance at an awards show, having a Tumblr dedicated to "personal" pics and camera crews document your life 24/7 doesn't seem very private to me. Seems that the only thing she kept private was her wedding. But it just seems fishy to me that she didn't do the bump kind of…

Me, too! I prefer the conspiracy theory that Bey & Jay used a surrogate. There's the folding bump AND possibly even moreso the idea that a woman who shares almost everything about herself wouldn't have done one of those naked baby bump portraits when she was far into the pregnancy.

Never said people don't tip, just said that's how they make money. I don't think any career server would be able to survive on compensation absent tips. That's what I said in my OP.

Shouting and running around are absolutely typical kid behaviors, today and throughout history. As a parent, it is your responsibility to ensure that this does not happen in public places, like restaurants. However, it seems that many in the current generation of parents either a) feel that disciplining their children…

Well, they wouldn't make good money if people didn't tip...you can't make good money if all you take home is you $3/hour salary.

I am not sure what age range they are referring to in the study/article, but here in the States, pregnant women 35 and up are designated as "AMA" (Advanced Maternal Age).

Morena Baccarin is beyond gorgeous. But she needs to get a stylist, stat. This dress could've been good...if she had bothered to have it tailored. Right now, the fabric is sagging under the bust and obscuring her waist. Tailoring, people!!!

Ah, just looked at your screen name closely. Got it.

Yes. I get that conventionally attractive people can get some advantages (I think the equivalent for guys is that height gives the advantage). Anyway, I lived a lot of my life being discounted because of my looks. My sister even admitted to me a few years ago that she had always thought I achieved my level of success…