That Echo and the Bunnymen song, "The Killing Moon," is wonderful, and I'm sorry it had to be featured in such a mediocre Audi commercial. (Also recommended: "All That Jazz," "The Cutter.")

Oh! Well that's interesting, I never heard that before!

Yes, Magdalene has sometimes been intentionally mixed up with the woman at the well, though more often with the lady whom Jesus saved from being stoned to death for adultery.

My apologies if everyone already knows this, but there is nothing in the Bible that says Mary Magdalene was a reformed prostitute (or that she had sex at all, actually.) The church made that up, not surprisingly, as a patriarchy would rather have a bunch of meek and obedient Mother Marys on their hands than active…

You make good points, and the truth is I'm biased since I'm very bitter about their (reversed) decision to defund screenings at Planned Parenthood. What good is all that awareness, after all, to someone who doesn't have access to health care? I think they're only committed to middle-class women, and not to poor women…

We disagree to some extent on how their money would be best spent, but that is beside the point. The fact remains that their message and promotional materials do not accurately reflect their expenditures. I am hardly the only person who has looked into their spending recently and been shocked that research constitutes…

I agree. On a related topic: I'm pretty impressed that she lost 14 dress sizes. Not easy to do!

I don't think your argument holds up. Christians are unlikely to forget they are Christians, but many of us like to wear crosses. I wouldn't forget I was a Dr. Who and Supernatural fan, but I still like to have posters of these shows up at work. I imagine anyone remembers the time she went to Paris, but that doesn't…

That's weird. Why would your sister care?

I think Ms. Cody has often been the one to bring up her stripper past.

I was thinking the same thing about Radcliffe...the pressure must have been awful. I think he's a fine actor and I wish him all the best.

I hadn't read about it before, but I think it's great he's open to talking about it. I'm sorry he was struggling with an addiction. He did a great job nonetheless.

I didn't know "hearts of oak" meant that. Cool.

Agreed. And while tattoo removal can be expensive, rude friend removal is often free!

We romance writers second this! I hate that idea that if it's mainly for women, it must be bad...even somewhat feminist women can get sucked into that trap. (Hearted.)

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I have wondered about that before! In one way, I could see it doing that; in another way, I could imagine it might fuel dissatisfaction that one's house/wardrobe/life/whatever isn't perfect. I personally don't do the "aspirational" type of pinning (i.e. "look at this million-dollar bathroom! I wish it were mine!") for…

Also - I don't know why this didn't occur to me immediately, probably because I'm so used to objectification, but comparing a woman's body to a car is really distasteful.

Nice writing, Ms. Davies. "...I forced myself into thinking that I loved it for as long as I could"...I can really relate to this, although I have no tattoos.

I like tumblr, but it can make people too bitchy. Well, it especially makes me bitchy, and I don't like that. :)