"What is context? I use the word a lot so people will think I'm smart but I'm not rilly sure what it means." Farrah, from I'm Pretty Feminine, Uncut.

I just had my last pregnancy scare. I'm 45 so it was either pregnancy or peri-menopause. Hello peri-menopause. I never had children even though I always thought I would. I had issues, and a long relationship with an alcoholic. At 40 I began my relationship with Mr. Graham. When we got together it was a…

At my conservative high school in Texas the cheerleaders only wore their cheer outfit for pep rallies and games. During the school day they wore sweatsuits with their names embroidered. They wore them tight and they looked hot.

Yes! Let the power pose kill the hand-on-hip with legs crossed fear-of-fat pose!

I agree with you and the points made in the piece you linked. My problem is that the perpetual institutionalized racism from men in pop music gets a pass and always has, but Miley's racist behavior gets covered by every news outlet. Why? Because she is a woman and 20 something women should be above objectification?…

I often ask myself "What would Bette do?" so I was excited about this post. Then I read it and poured myself another glass of wine. Sigh. My questions would never have made the cut. And I'm guessing these answers were made with bourbon and laughter.

Care to elaborate?

Well said. I am beginning to think Miley is the sharpest knife in the drawer. She made Thicke look like a pedophile and challenged everyone's expectations. We expected our Disney princess to blossom in her sexuality but she showed us exactly what we are feeding young girls and the fucked up results. She looked…

Boys have been appropriating African-American culture during their late teens-early twenties for years and all we have done is laugh at their big pants. Suddenly a Disney Princess starts twerking and we are offended? Appalled? This says more about us than it does about her. She is throwing back at us what we have…

A good rule of thumb is to check the bathroom before zippers come down. If it frightens you then imagine what is unseen to the naked eye! Pretend to puke and get the fuck out of there. Hopefully he will think it was his bathroom that caused you to puke and he'll clean that shit up.

I'm sure there is an Achy-Breaky pun in there but I'm not going to look for it. The more I think about Miley's performance the more I like her. Twerk on Miley!

There is something very right here, very, very right. I hope this type of practice flourishes and beats the pro-hanger community at their wicked game of dirty pool.

I don't understand all the outrage. We have all worn hotpants when we could, worn ridiculous hairdos, and made silly faces all in an effort to demolish the expectations our family and/or society placed on us. We just didn't do it on the VMAs. And if you haven't done any of those things yet, start twerking and do it…

It reminds me of the Janet Jackson Superbowl "wardrobe malfunction". Do you think this is an homage?

I've been posting since 2007 too! But Kinja has kicked me to the grey (Bitter, party of one!). Does anyone know what happened to BAngieB? Every time I see a Lilo post I think of her and the early days of Jezebel. Good times, good times.

It was/is my belief that anyone who loves books loves libraries too. I couldn't get down with anyone who didn't love the library :)

You win. I want to open my eyes there!

Oh yes! This spring I drank a bunch of Red Bull and organized my books according to the Dewey Decimal System. God that was a fun day!

In my 20s if a guy wanted to buy me a drink or chat me up I would ask to see his library card. If he didn't have one the answer was no.

I have that same Flannery O'Connor book on my shelf. A friend lent it to me about 7 years ago. There are many others so I can't take shelfies. If I do everyone is going to ask for their books back. I can't let that happen. I know, I'm terrible. I admit it.