I'm really disappointed. I (seriously) pictured you in something like this the whole time :(

I can totally understand that.

First of all, I'm so sorry for both of your losses.

This. Looks. AWESOME!!!

I've lived in several different cities & states. I don't live there anymore but if I were single again, I'd be VERY tempted to move back to Austin, TX.

Apparently, Ricki Lake has a history of taking an interesting or good subject and turning it into a salacious horror show? I THINK that's maybe what the author was objecting to? I'm not entirely sure either.

Me too! I went on the pill, then Depo (for about 5 years), then the pill again. All-told, about 11 years. I just thought I was the kind of person who cried a lot, was very sensitive, wasn't that into sex, was chubby, drank a lot, depressed, slept for 12 hours at night, etc...

Then I went off all of it and, voila! I…

Not just one doctor. ALL of them! They also told me the feelings of depression & rage would go away. After a month, I was no longer yelling at my co-workers, so I thought I had "pushed through." 5 years later, when I went off it, my yeast infections, sleeping 12 hours at night, crying jags, depression, and…

For the record, I've never seen (and know nothing about) Ricki Lake documentaries. I'm reading, in the comments, that they're pretty salacious.

I don't get why this is a bad thing. God forbid women are completely informed on what they're taking!

I was also on Depo for years. I, however, DIDN'T know all of the potential risks because no one ever told them to me (other than the weight gain). So, that was fun. When I went off Depo (and, for that matter, when I went ON it), I became a totally different person.

I got my daughter one. It's horribly horribly boring. :(

This one is SO MUCH BETTER!!!

Oh yeah. Having a kid is absolutely amazing! The thing she says! She came home, a couple of weeks ago, and said she didn't like the color green because it's a "boy's color." HAH!

My daughter has never asked me why some people are brown and some are white. So I feel weird about just bringing it up. It's hard enough to get her not to discuss her own poop with strangers. I could VERY easily see her going up to people and being all "You're brown and I'm white!"

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that it's easy!

What if, and bear with me 'cause I know I sound like a crazy person, the next Disney princess just HAD A NORMAL FUCKING BODY?!

Like, she's a size 10 or something (or even an 8). That's far from obese. Although, in Disney (and Hollywood) terms, that IS "plus-sized."

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. Honestly, I felt really weird about bringing it up, which is why I did it anonymously online. I didn't know if people would jump all over me or what!

The thing is... she already knows that. She knows that some people are tall and some people are short. Some people are fat and some people are thin. Some people have long hair... some have short. Some people have light skin... some have dark. She doesn't particularly care, but still finds it interesting.

So, since we're talking race, here, I have a question. How do you talk to your 4 year old about racial diversity? Do you at all? She & I are, essentially, white. We had a woman over the other day who was black. My daughter was kind of talking to her and saw a black object and pointed it out to the lady. "That's dark.…