@bluebears: I've always been more terrified of the "oh my god, I'm [x] years old and I've spent my entire fucking life worrying about what men think of me rather than what I think of myself" dead end.

The most irritating thing about pieces like this is that "having broken up with various partners in the past" is automatically equated with "having trouble dating," as opposed to, say, "exercising a modicum of selectivity, self-reflection, and perhaps even a sense of deserving when looking for a partner rather than…

My all-girls' school had skirt measuring and purity retreats. I feel cheated, but at least I have a handy excuse for alcoholism.

I got engaged two weeks ago, so I've started reading stuff like this with a less cynical eye than I used to... more than anything, this woman seems to be acting out the very real fear that, should her marriage fall apart, she'd spend the rest of her life wondering what she'd failed to do. There are far worse wastes of…

@winner: Well, that's all meant to be "within a cinematic context," of course. While I'm not ready to definitively categorize the world as "shitty" or "not shitty," it's unquestionably true that film presents people who look a certain way as the Winners. Example: the legions of tweens currently being brainwashed into…

I can't for the life of me find it now, but I recall reading an interview with Sidibe where she said that she's been portrayed in a number of articles as someone who was, in fact, Precious-like in that she was shy and ignored and downtrodden due to her physical appearance until she got her break — her response to all…

"Sit quietly, in case he decides to say something important to you."

Goddamn it, Cosmo, you're the one who keeps shilling the "finger up his rectum" line. STOP FLIP-FLOPPING.

Ugh, this is yucky to bring up, but since I'm all worked up now I'll just say that I experienced something very similar when I was younger, and it damn near ruined my life in high school. I'm still jumpy around popular haunts in my hometown. I feel like the coverage of this case (and similar cases) is only increasing…

@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: it's the criminal defense equivalent of that sack thing from American Apparel. Switch up the belt for a whole new look.

So the "she was asking for it" defense now works against women who act "prudish" as well as those who act "slutty"? Effing awesome. It's great to know that every woman everywhere secretly wants to have sex with everyone all the time. So glad we cleared that up.

While the point re: marginalization of domestic violence that doesn't fit into the commonly-held view of how such violence works is well made, I'm bothered by the conflation of "violent act" with "domestic violence," which latter, to me, implies a kind of deeply ingrained pattern of behavior in which two people…

@futuremrsrickankiel: ...seriously, anxiety disorders can be really scary and baffling to both the people who suffer from them and those close to the sufferers, and it might not be the worst thing ever if professional sports bodies started being more pro-active about screening their players for mental instabilities.

LOSING IS A DISEASE.

Fan-fucking-tastic. If only Brodie Croyle's throwing arm were as sharp and accurate.

@DennyCrane: Matt Cassel?

But what of Joe Piscopo?!

Keep your fucking shirt on, for Pete's sake.

Out-of-your-league ass is the only kind of ass worth going after, say I. And I refuse to believe that prowess at Madden isn't a powerful aphrodisiac.

Hi Will!!!