If Carter convinces even a few people to see the feminist movement in a new light and be more receptive to women's messages, how is that a bad thing? If we want to actually live by a feminist agenda, all voices should be given consideration, gender and privilege notwithstanding. I don't think we can, or should,…

You're perfect just the way you are.

Absolutely wrecked me when I was a kid.

My Barbie rode a giraffe, glued her hair into a mohawk, and sometimes left her baby in the microwave oven. I failed to live up to the potential she set for me.

Oh please, Kate, your wigs are getting less and less convincing as the seasons drag on. You have to go back!

Seeking refuge in Kitsap in two weeks, but I think PA is trying to break my spirit before then. Why do people live on this blighted coast? :(

I guess my serial murder comment didn't tip off the sarcasm, but, uh, that was all sarcasm. Most of the people I know from the area are nothing like your description, so I thought I would try it on for size.

As a Western Washingtonian, I would like to say that, while I respect your opinion, I feel that you are misrepresenting our many advantageous qualities. Of course, you are from California, so I can see how you might not understand our preference for quiet contemplation and serial murder over uncouth boisterousness. It…

The first time:

Boyfriend and I went to see it based on the reviews. About ten minutes in, we considered walking out and later regretted our decision to stay. I don't get why this movie is still plastered all over my Facebook feed. The music was bland and predictable, as was the storyline, and there were only a few parts that really…

Existing entirely outside the realm of yoga and yoga pants, whenever I see this brand I immediately think it must be some kind of super powerful digimon. And that makes me happy.

Augh, I can't. One of those puppies looks just like my recently deceased boy when he was a baby. I've been getting an overwhelming mix of sadness and heartwarmth that I can't quite process every time I see that picture in a news feed.

This pairs up surprisingly well with the Muppet Treasure Island clip someone posted elsewhere.

You wish you were that nine-year-old girl.

I'm up in Berks County where we just got another 6" of snow on top of the shit that hadn't even melted from last week. I spent most of December/January in Seattle where it was 40+ degrees all the time and flew in just as PA hit that -5 period. That took some acclimation, but at least I missed the initial polar horror.

Central Market's jalapeno popper pizza is enough reason for me to stop by regularly, but Red Apple is the obvious choice when sneaking foods into the movie theater.

If you have secular parents, it's actually not a bad place to grow up. I spent my childhood wandering around the desert on my horse and reading, and if there were drugs and drinking in my peers, I saw none of it. I moved over to Kitsap when I was 13 and was horrified by all the profligates around me. Then I…

I have a bunch of aunts and a grandmother there and always enjoy visiting Spokane. My mother drags me all over the place showing me the fields where she used to ride her horse way too fast (they are now mostly strip malls) or telling me about how she would walk to the World's Fair every day in 1974. Glad you guys are…

I have so many old friends whose first jobs were at Central Market. :) I get to move back to the area in May and the months cannot be going any slower.