@PennyFarthing: Even excluding surgeries or botox, what wealthy women and actresses do to "maintain their looks" is well out of reach of the average woman - it goes well beyond a few facials, at least from what I've heard from a derm I know.

@rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: Peace, equality, integrity and simplicity are so goddamn subversive. The Quaker beat must have been the most relaxing assignment ever.

Why would the British government bother to inflitrate this group? Were they violent? A quick google search shows that "unruly" is the worst word used to describe their protests. Am I missing something?

This reminds me of a story my mom tells: the dean at her med school asked her to not apply to a high-paying residency because she'd get it if she applied...and he really wanted to give it to a man who'd applied because he needed to support a family. Whereas it was clear my mom was going to marry another doctor and…

Breaking news: Joe Lieberman is a worthless piece of organic material. (and unlike him, I can cite actual sources to support this.)

@Hey, Boo Boo: After I finish laughing and pick myself off the floor, I'm going to scrub my brain with soap.

Yes, because including queens in the "divine right of kings" will fix the discriminatory part.

Please tell me that's the wax figure of Kim K. Because otherwise her face really DID freeze that way, and I'm going to have to admit my mom was right.

@Graviton1066: mouth breathing is linked to sleep issues - I have a mild sleep disorder and it's something I had to train myself not to do (I had constant congestion as a child and had learned to mouth breathe, and had to unlearn it to improve my sleep.)

Every sane gay man I know refuses to date anyone who hasn't come out to their parents. It's a sure sign that they're not comfortable with who they are, and my friends refuse to be the person who helps them "come to terms" with themselves.

The man who made "Dances with Wolves: the Sequel: now with more aliens!" (working title: Fern Gully: Outer Space!) is blaming other people for degrading cinema and talking about a story crisis??

@SubvertAParadigm: In my experience, "tradition" usually means WASP or WASP-adjacent traditions.

I was going to finish the article but my feeble female mind got too distracted with the hearts and the pink...teehee.

This assumes that marriage means that there won't be the messy move out/kick someone out result. I (and divorce statistics) would beg to differ...and then you also have the divorce fees on top of it, and the sunk costs of the wedding.

@epurple12: I think the rates have been of increased autism and austim spectrum disorders, not necessarily of severe autism. When I was in the field, I didn't hear anything about an increase in normally developing children suddenly shutting down, maybe I'm wrong. When you are suddenly faced with a terrifying…

Who knew Bazaar used MS Publisher templates for their covers!

This has never happened to me (thank God, knock on wood, salt over shoulder) but I once made Thai curry paste from scratch using a ton of birds-eye chilies. I've handled one or two of them pretty frequently without any problems so I didn't think about it. Next thing I know my face feels like it's burning off, I'm…

@epurple12: Severe autism (especially when coupled with mental retardation) is really heartbreaking. A child can be non-verbal, aggressive, and totally incapable of anything but very minimal social interaction.

@rocketgeek: There was a measles epidemic in California about 20 years ago due to low immunization rates, I think. My parents, who were (conservative) pediatricians in CA at the time, were totally freaking out and I think it was the only time that they were in favor of a universal healthcare system to cover everyone,…

@jairip: If you made that shirt, I'd totally buy it. And also get spit on at the Farmers Market. But we've gotten vaccinated so we'll be fine!