She really does excel at playing really assholeish people (definitely Elaine and Selina Meyer but even Old Christine to a degree, she was a softer kind of asshole who was just really needy and self centered) so maybe she's just tapping into her natural assholeishness.

It was also relayed in the book Top of the Rock, only in 2012 but still, just another case of that story being everywhere.

He's in a unique position of getting a constant stream of letters/calls complaining about the ways monogamy has failed them (either they've cheated, been cheated on, can't get enough sex/the sex they want within a monogamous commitment) so he's just developed a bias. Plus he's personally "monogamish" so that has to…

Plenty of the male strippers I've seen are playing no character, they are just dancing in they g string. Some are in cowboy gear (it is Texas after all) and some of the dances have themes, but don't think that is much different than a female stripper coming out in a sexy nurse outfit or something. I am not actually…

I have a long history of dating only men who have not graduated college (my husband didn't graduate high school!) It doesn't have anything do with intelligence; the dumbest guy I ever dated was the one with a college degree! Some people are "school people" and some aren't. Luckily, my husband stumbled into a field…

It's weird to me in libraries how it also plays out even among peers, the male colleague is so often deferred to. I mentioned it upthread as well but it just seems like it's hard to unlearn being used to voice of authority being male.

While you CAN be attracted to someone without objectifying them, I don't think that's what's happening at the male-featuring strip clubs I do to, though, it seems like they are just seen as a hot piece of beefcake, not really that different than a female stripper (although the power dynamics are definitely different…

It's titillating. I'm a lady and I enjoy both male and female strip clubs. The male strip club in my town is so very entertaining, they really focus on crazy routines and don't push lap dances. Unfortunately, most of the female featuring strip clubs here (and most of the big, traditional ones, anywhere) are the…

Exactly, it's the "glass elevator"- men in female dominated fields rise to the top faster. I see it personally in libraries where I work, 90% women but men are often deferred to even if they aren't actually in a position of power. It's annoying as hell especially because I don't think women realize they're doing it…

I was weirdly invested in the whole Carmen Electra enterprise, watched her reality show with Dave Navarro and owned all of her strip aerobics DVD's. It was a weird time. But I do actually see Dave Navarro on a regular basis because I've been bingeing Ink master on Hulu, a show I did not know existed and has been on…

I was the perfect age to really resent Limp Bizkit as just the most disgusting, lowest common denominator garbage (since I was such a music snob at the time.) But I've always enjoyed their cover of Faith and have developed a low key nostalgic enjoyment of some other big hits. The music is big and dumb and just think…

Hmm, I think he just meant that they did not have traditionally good singing voices but wanted to sing their own material so thankfully, they just went for it. They were very talented and it is great that their singing voices were made iconic through sheer quality of the songs. Durst didn't have a great voice, pushed…

It does seem weird to point out you're cis when it isn't relevant. In the context of her question, being trans wouldn't really be relevant either so I think that's why it stands out. It's a very nice trans ally thing to do but it seems a little overkill.

It's "rethinking" not "totally excusing and giving a thumbs up" which I would disagree with. I've dated a guy like that too, gutted by his wife cheating on him and never quite getting beyond it. But the mentality we have about infidelity right now does not seem to be preventing it any way and leaving people devastated…

Her book Mating in Captivity is great. It's very focused on monogamous relationships, so she's not some kind of big infidelity booster. But why shouldn't we rethink infidelity? Traditionally, especially in advice columnist world, it seems like a sexual betrayal was held above other kinds, Dan is mostly just saying a…

I just think he is biased because he sees the failings of monogamy everyday, constantly. People who are doing monogamy well aren't writing him. I'm proud of my monogamous marriage- I feel like we're uniquely well matched and happy and honest- but hey, so did the letter writer. I trust my husband as much as I can trust…

I have no idea if it would work, or if it's true, but saying it isn't a priority for you and marriage is not the definition of fulfillment for everyone. I have a childhood neighbor who has a few reasons why she isn't desiring of a marriage relationship and he mom hammers her in the same way but she just can't be firm…

I've been enjoying it and yes about the hot parents, I've always liked Peter Gallagher fine but he is so alluring as Mr. Do Gooder Jewish Surfer! Thankfully Ryan's haircut improves even if his punching tendencies don't.

I recently started watching it, I somehow just totally missed out on it when it was airing, but somehow never knew she died! I can't call spoilers when a show's been off the air for 10 years so it's all good. I guess she finally got herself in a situation Ryan couldn't punch someone to save her from, I can't wait to…

My friend was always telling me how good Good Wife is (usually within the context of trying to convince me Logan from Gilmore Girls can play a non-horrible character) so I pulled it up on Amazon and started watching and was liking it but also felt like "damn, they didn't waste any time jumping into the plot, I don't…