God I love your writing, Dodai. Though I do own the ridiculous see-through dress, and have to defend it on the basis of the fact that were the model not so depressed that she wandered out into the forest naked but for a diaphanous scarf, she would have worn a damn slip under it, and it would be REAL cute.

Awwwww. My dad went all the way through grade school and high school with her and he told me about her when this first happened. I was 12 and I remember thinking she was a wicked badass. Dad confirmed.

@KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: Grew up there too, and currently voting absentee from college in MD. It's my first presidential election (I was 17 and 3/4 last time around) but for every state and local election I've tried to vote in, my ballot has mysteriously arrived just one day late despite requesting a ballot…

I am offended by anything short of a full on, hungry-jack-lumberjack-dude BEARD on most men. I have no idea why I find that particular brand of biscuit-related masculinity really hot, but I do.

Don't go to college?

It's totally bizarre, but I know if this were just some generic underwear model, I would be TOTALLY offended at the apparent "message" of this ad—as in, all lady scientists are content with their jobs until they can become, by the magic of a morphing bra-atom, a sex pot showgirl being worshipped by a bunch of dudes!…

I'm so confounded? You can't wear heels and above-the-knee skirts in starbucks/in your life as a regular american idiotwoman? like, is there a no shirt, no foxy stilletto heels, no burka no service? quoooooooooi?

All the ones I adore adore adore have been already mentioned (miranda july and lorrie moore are total stand-outs in my book). Also: Pam Houston, George Eliot at moments, and, uh, hopefully me in the future but I'm not old enough yet to write a novel that wouldn't be totally immature. Still! It's comin.

I would NOT ask my best male friend to "sire" my child. My best female friend, however, would be an awesome candidate to contribute genetic material to my zygote, should scientists develop the technology. We actually talk about it. Like, a lot. Though mostly in the form of "eee it would be so pretty and smart and…

political polls are fucking ridiculous. they're only conducted on landlines among voters that participated in the last two elections. which means no one who uses cell phones instead of land lines (ME), and no one under the age of 26, min (ALSO ME. AND MAYBE YOU). garrrumph.

This just single-handedly inspired me to download the dangerous minds soundtrack. consider that a compliment.

The 10s among us, both male and female, want only to date other 10s.

Honestly? In my own situation, this is true. But my mom has several untreated mental issues and my dad is (for lack of a scientific way to say this) a very, very good dude. I mirrored a lot of her behaviors when I was a kid and a teenager, until I learned that they were just that—behaviors, symptomatic of a disorder,…

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do."

I love that someone has the title "head of reality." I can just picture the press release: 'We're considering hiring a young up-and-coming named God, but we're still evaluating his credentials."

hooray! you're my favorite jezebel by far far far, congratulations on becoming a mrs. jezebel. post pictures/obnoxiously thorough wedding details, please!

It's so hard to argue, because while the age limit really should be enforced at LEAST as incentive to let these kids have a childhood without the pressure of being world class athletes, there's really no proof that their training standards would be any more lax if they weren't allowed to compete early on. I think this…