@Donovanesque: I luckily was under a rock or something when the Oprah thing happened so I didn't have any preconceptions when I picked up The Corrections (anecdote: I was in a small German country bookstore and it was one of the three books in English there).

@Damien Lavizzo: Sylvia Plath only wrote one fairly short novel, so her life doesn't really apply to the point of the article. And Ayn Rand is a whole different discussion for a whole different day.

@Keep it cool: "Maybe if we saw models not as the "prettiest" among us but as people born with a special set of photogenic features teenage girls wouldn't feel the need to become a model in order to be validated."

People don't realize that you can be super pretty, like really truly incredible looking, and yet still be 100 miles away from what a model "needs" to look like. It is a very exact equation that mostly relies on cheekbones + height + a certain set of measurements. If just one of those things is just slightly off, there…

@The Lonely Tourist: Don't forget the lesbian service member she brought to the show. Apparently she counts.

@The Lonely Tourist: Yeah obviously she isn't the only pro-gay major pop star. I specifically meant speaking at a political march in Washington, she's the only one.

@voteforme: Ummm, she marched on Washington. That is pretty damn good I'd say (and a first for a pop star re: gay rights).

@Lady Subrosa: Ugh, the worst right? No I do not want to watch a live feed of a bunch of chairs.

@Graviton1066: Hater hate on.

Oh wow, the caption for 20 is just perfect.

@Birthday Girl: I don't think it was staged. Kanye ended up canceling his tour with Gaga due to the whole thing. Seems like too much to through away just to drum up a little (a lot) mostly negative publicity.

I'm waiting the Stevie Nicks song about the time she was forced to share a stage with Taylor Swift. From what I remember, there was a lot to be angsty about.

Semi-off-topic, but:

@AraRichards: This is rather mean but, oh, it does make me laugh.

@marvel girl: I've had people say it too (I'm male, 6'4" and slim which apparently equates to 'model' in some people's heads). It's so damaging for those who believe it. I know many a girl who has entertained totally unrealistic fantasies due to people irresponsibly saying that instead of just "you are pretty". It's…

God, how depressing. Telling people "you should be a model" should be illegal. That just fucks with heads all around.

@miss.fatima: We're asked to not make comments about people's size, positive or (in your case) negative. It's part of the no body snark policy.

22 is a direct McQueen ripoff. I know Christian interned there for like a minute and name checks him a lot, but come on!

@miss.fatima: Comment no-no, darling.

@lodown is waiting for MizJenkins: In scientology, children are meant to be treated like adults from birth. Hence the creepy precociousness of Suri/Jaden/Willow et al...