I've never posted to Jezebel before, but here goes!: I was 7 years old, and living with my family in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - my dad was a management consultant and the firm he worked for moved our whole family there while we were on contract. We lived in an ex-pat compound within the city, and due to some botch…

"You are weak and soft and dressed like baby." Priceless!!

They were the real stars of the show.

I wrote a collage paper about W&G and my professor gave me a B. Telling me I overstated my argument for a show I enjoyed. Wish I could tell her to her face Joe Biden agrees with me.

Have you tried Cetaphil? I know a lot of people who think it's too heavy, but I use it at night and Clinique moisturizer during the day and it seems to keep my dry skin at bay for the most part.

Frankly, though, I dropped the ball, because this might be more appropriate:

I meant sexually excited.

Something I noticed when I'm around a woman in an authoritative position, sitting as described above, I think less 'submissive' and more 'coiled,' like they're aboit to move. I don't disagree with the findings, but it makes me wonder if there are other cues being presented to change the 'language' from one perceptive…

Shoulder Pads FTW.

I've read articles about this recently and have been trying to be more aware of my own body language. I'm always reluctant to hold eye contact and I crack my knuckles and fiddle about when I'm not feeling certain of myself or the situation I happen to be in. When I notice myself doing it I stop and try and adopt a…

I have had to spend significant amounts of time and energy trying to convince a couple friends this week that the music festivals/Burning Man that they find so awesome sounds like a weekend of almost everything I hate, and just the thought of having to go makes me want to pop a Xanax. I can be a not-hater only if…

Sometimes to get the image of Miley's dancing out of my brain I watch Salt n Pepa videos

EXACTLY. It's so nice and easy to point out "stereotypes" when A. you're making them up (vag shots are Latina?? Mother and daughter sleeping with the same guy is Latina??) and B. when you conveniently forget all the other characters who don't fit into your argument. As you pointed out- both Chang and Norma don't speak…