What I'm thankful for: celebrating thanksgiving with my mom's chill liberal side of the family, instead of my dad's mostly ex-military, right-wing side of the family (one of whom called the people of Ferguson "savages" on facebook last night).

Now THOSE are my kinds of clubs! *grabs heating blanket and snacks to prepare for thanksgiving nor'easter*

Can I still join the awesome feminist knitting group if I don't know how to knit/don't have any desire to knit?

That's what baffles me so much. They look EXACTLY like something my younger cousins would post, yet they're not famous. Why follow someone you don't know when you can see the same pictures from your friends?

Luckily in this day and age, there's a digital trail the author (or even her oh so skeptic reader) could go down to see if that's how she really interacts with her fans.

Always does, haha!

Your first comment set off my snark-o-meter, but then your second one had me doubting. My bad.

Same here, in a weird way. Not jealous in the now (I'm very happy with how my life turned out and have no desire to be internet famous), but jealous looking back and thinking, "hey, why didn't my teenage years involve sassy clothes, frolicking on the beach, and kissing boys underwater?"

I'm not hating on her. It's the phenomenon that I find baffling. I'm just so curious that she's gained such a following from young teens who are bullied, when based on my personal anecdotal data (very scientific, I know), my high school self and her band of outcast friends would have assumed she was vapid and shallow…

Exactly! High schooler logic!

This blows my mind. It's been almost a decade since I was in middle school/the young impressionable high school years, but I couldn't image myself or my socially awkward, bullied peers, who took refuge on the internet, devoting ourselves to someone who basically embodies the "popular girl"—skinny, shiny hair, nice…

Song of Solomon is one of my favorites books of all time too.

Yes on rugged bearded Jesus. No on bouffant dirty dancing Jesus.

This is exactly how I felt yesterday as my facebook feed flooded with my proud fellow 20 -somethings bragging (or lying) about going out to the polls and how important it was to exercise their patriotic duty. They were all for it this week, but where were they every other first Tuesday in November? Where were they in…

Ah, the change in title sequence perfectly mirrors Jess's transition in the show from quirky and nerdy, to mainstream, cool and blah.

Recommended because of Band Camp.

This is why I'm sad Colbert is taking over for Letterman. I doubt the main stream late show will let him have the same freedom to expose these issues.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Finally! This is my favorite time of the year!

That's funny, cause I'm from MA and all I see is NH ads.