Who would have been a better Carraway? I ask because his character never seemed that clear to me.

Exactly. I was referring to never having PIV sex again. It's definitely not the best option out there, especially for me because that shit can be more painful than anything else.

Good god re:the teacher.

I totally agree that dick shaming is an unnecessary way to end this article. I also think your description of sex makes me never want to have sex again.

What's questionable about it? Plenty of boys have heroes and characters that carry weapons and their weapons are with them on tee shirts or with toy depictions of characters.

Disney sold weapons with the Mulan doll as I can recall. It wouldn't be the first time. And they shouldn't, I don't know, create an ENTIRE MOVIE around a girl who uses bow and arrows and does "tomboy" activities if they don't think the merch will sell. And I'm sure parents who are buying their kid Merida stuff let…

That's what bothers me more than anything. I don't see a really radical departure, but the lower neckline and missing bow and arrows bugs me. And she doesn't have that adorable ruddy nose. This pale girl born redhead thought it was nice that they showed a real redhead complexion, complete with a Rudolph the Reindeer…

While I agree that people shouldn't have children if they don't have the resources, that doesn't mean people who can't afford to live anywhere but the suburbs shouldn't have kids. The suburbs are way too expensive. Now a rural village is less expensive and has a lot of greenery in which to play but the schools and…

Um, not everyone can live in the burbs. Your privilege is showing. Not only is there a world beyond the "burbs," it's called "rural," but some place can't afford to live in anything but public housing in cities, sometimes in dangerous areas. Millennials come from so many different classes and backgrounds but the only…

I'm with you, says the girl who plans to wear a bowler hat, shirt with a black leather peter pan color and oxfords tonight.:-)

Yeah, I do get your main point about princess fans though. I don't know many who aren't a little too well-suited to be on The Bachelor..."Let's go on this journey together." "I want Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet...white picket fences."

Yes! Why is this so hard for young men to understand? Men are really comfortable discussing women's sartorial choices but they rarely make any effort at it. Come on, now.

Definitely not obsessed (I have no princess-related merch and I'm more of a villain fan) but I loved those Disney movies, and I love hanging out in dirty bars.

Yes! I didn't want to be around them when I was IN college. Maybe that's why I'm so happy to be 24.

It's unfortunate that simply because shows feature strong female characters, maybe the a main character, and are written by women that there is an assumption it is FOR women. I don't see why men and women wouldn't like Scandal. It's always assumed that men like to watch shows about political intrigue (a lot of men I…

I'm all for rocking crazy nail polish colors and funky sneakers until I'm 80 (talking about youth culture in general not Avril's less than updated look) but then there are women and men who really don't believe in ACCEPTING aging, and I what I mean by that is going on and on about how young they look ("The taxi driver…

Oh my god, I said sad five times. Not writerly of me.

Sad to say my name, not pen name but birth name, is androgynous, and the sad thing is that even though my mom didn't know I'd be a writer, she thought I'd be better off with a name that wasn't girly. That's kind of sad. I've seen men who present themselves as intellectuals on dating profiles who list female authors…

I can see how becoming an artist would help an average-looking guy with little income, who wouldn't stand out otherwise, but his art sets him apart. I haven't noticed many outright ugly artists who get a lot of women to sleep with them, but I'm not saying they don't exist. I just see a tipping point when the novelty…

Usually that is the case, I know. I've seen that in DC. But he wasn't asking for donations or selling them. I got the impression he must have bought them for some woman who didn't want them and started handing them out to avoid wasting them, but I don't know for sure.