Oops. 70-year-old.

Who cares? I mean, really, who the hell cares? There is a 70 year old woman who lives across the street from me who wears a sports bra when she crawls up onto her roof and clears her gutters. Then, there is the 25 year old crossfit crazy around the corner who does lunges in her underwear. I try not to judge…

You're not dull, you're just actually as cool as other people want to be. Keep up the good work.

They also think that I give a shit about shoes. They don't know what they are doing.

I always thought it had the texture and shape of worms. Never could eat it. Now, white rice . . .

Nope. It's been too long and I was originally in for an MA. Sadly, I must re-take courses that have since expired. Had I wisely gone the PhD route (skipping the MA) my credits would be good FOREVER! But once an MA candidate, always an MA candidate and the longer you are out, the more you have to take over. It's…

Yes! This consolidation thing is screwy. It seems like a good idea at the time, but then it bites you in the end. I went back to graduate school (and, then, had to drop out because it was too expensive) but because my husband and I had consolidated our loans I was unable to defer while in school. Luckily (I…

Two-time grad school drop out here. I have enough coursework for my PhD, but damn I can't pay anymore tuition. And I owe a giant pile of money. GradPlus loans are a rip-off. By the time you get out with an MA, maybe you can make in the mid-30s/40s but you're $80K in debt even at a little liberal arts college. …

Oh, God, enough with all the judging. Parenting is hard enough without all of you parents of easy kids and non-parents assuming you know what the hell is going on, when most parents don't even always know what's going on. Most of us do our best. Some of us don't. Kids are not little adults, it's true. They are…

I know, I know. And I never believed anybody. I also never listened to anybody who said, "Get all that traveling out of your system now! It isn't as easy when you have kids!" Damn if they were not all exactly right. Just make sure you are ready. Gestation and birth are the *easy* part but, oddly, the one we all…

I don't know. They don't look traumatized. But then I grew up in a household of incorrigible nudists. And we all forget to close the door when we pee around here—there is something about parenting boys that removes all modesty. First, they are notorious for jumping on the couch naked well into the pre-teen years. …

I think your feelings are completely normal for someone in this society in your position. Don't add shame about your feelings to shame about your body. Seriously, there is so much emotional trauma (good and bad) after having kids that you truly just forget about all that stuff or at least you are able to put it in…

Why? What's it to you?

You might not, though. I was raised by terribly vain women who believed any blemish, extra fat, stretch mark or "flaw" would make me worthless. I think the most amazing thing about having a child (by giving birth or by welcoming one into your life) is how it rearranges your brain and brings you clarity. Your kid…

Huh? I beg to differ—there is a high correlation between physical features and ethnicity as defined by . . . ? And, again, this would depend on the population. And I don't know what children you are hanging out with, but most of the ones I know wouldn't be able to tell you the difference between bias and…

What the hell is "race"? There is no clear definition for biologists—only "population". And facial features are variable within these groups. There is simply no way to remove the bias from a "study" like this. And, it is completely pointless.

I tend to think it's crappy science anyway, because I doubt they randomly sampled men (and women's faces) from every possible population. Generalizations about this stuff make me CRAZY. Also, I must ask: what purpose does this serve? Is there really any important questions being answered here? Good Lord, what a…

Yeah, that's unfair. I'm from the West (therefore, neutral on the North/South issue) and have done plenty of time in the Northeast and deep South—plenty of racism to be found in both places as well as out West and in the East, equally as virulent and equally as disturbing.

I'm going to weigh in on the side of a language issue. Not necessarily the precise word disfigurada versus deformada, but just because even when you can identify the exact word in another language, it by no means has the same connotation in another culture. Spanish is extremely subtle. Anyway, you cannot expect…

In fairness, the whitest people alive are the Irish and they also have the highest incidence of Celiacs.