And how powerful would that be to turn it on its head and for someone to look at a magazine and realize that people aspired to be a lot like her? That would be amazing. Instead we all aspire to be fictional waifs.

yeah, the Diane Keaton call-out made a lot more sense to me than the rest did, because she actually knew the whole family.

I don't really have the option to just up and leave a difficult conversation. Also, when I'm at my desk and think I can take a moment alone, I can be ambushed at any time (which is what happened the last time I cried at work—I was taking a moment but then forced to have the conversation at exactly the moment I knew I…

I don't know what your work environment is like, but I can't just up and do those things whenever I feel like I need a minute. I've cried at work, and often overstimulation plays a big role—not having the time to take care of myself and not being able to take a minute to even think when my boss is being unreasonable…

I also take such issue with that word, "lazy." I have trouble maintaining a workout schedule, but I am not lazy. I'm extremely dedicated to my work and at a point in my career where it pays to work a ton of hours and be in on every project I possibly can. My body has a hard time coping with that, but the amount that…

I guess if you take them out of context they look like they could go together (see: diagonal stripes), but then his colors blend so much better with the background while she's trying so hard to stand out. But agreed that Sally is perfect for this era. Looking a little younger than I expected though, still very…

Nice to see that Don and Megan are still together—their ending last season left me wondering.

I actually think it's sort of refreshing to hear a star actually *enjoying* being a star. I'm tired of all those interviews where everyone's like "at the end of the day, I just want to lounge around at home (implied: just like YOU!). I'm so tired of all this travel and nonsense!" Her success is new enough that it's…

And this is a reason I think the advice on that letter is off. LW can turn this around and get her friend to see it from her & bf's perspective—they're aware of the budget constraints, in fact are doing a ton to help with them with that $600 cake. Add that when bf agreed to host the bachelor party, that was with the…

Well actually, she thinks the kid's the best thing to ever happen to *her.* No word on whether she's ever considered it from the kid's point of view...

There's problem #1. Then problem #2 is that even if there were a way that victims were supposed to act, expecting someone not developmentally typical to act in a typical manner is mind-bogglingly short sighted.

"FYI: The best way to get someone to lie to you is to set a standard for unattainable perfection and sit back a crack open a cold one"

I think you've hit on the key here - these morons think that they ARE discussing biology. They think every effing thing each of us does is dictated by hormones.

I'm sorry but a reasonable assumption makes you sick, and your reasoning boils down to, she'd be thinner if she was an addict? No.

"I'm not allowed to do videos with men anymore" is miles away from "I'm not going to be all over other men anymore out of respect for my partner." It's about both who is making that decision and whether its a reasonable limitation. No men in her videos at all seems extreme to me.

oh there's no need to make excuses to me. I rewatch the first few seasons semi-regularly. They're perfect for background noise while I work.

what was UP with that episode anyway? Just because I loved the music of Grey's first seasons (have the albums for the first two), doesn't mean I want to see other people singing it completely out of place. The thing that made the songs great was that they encapsulated the hope and angst and persistence the characters…

well when you're drugged into a stupor, everything in your physical power = nothing at all.

We mostly just can't look away. I know it was miles better in seasons 1–3, but I still can't stop watching for some reason.

It's a bit disturbing how happy I was to read this. I identify too much with Christina, and despite her saying that he took little pieces of her, the fact is that on the big stuff he rolled with who she was. Like the author I see why he had to go, but the character of Burke was perfect to me and the show is lesser for…