Re: Bo Derek
It's also bullshit to reference a movie that came out 35 FUCKING YEARS AGO as a trend-setter TODAY.

So...when you say you were not involved in it and it's all a lie, what you're really saying is that you WERE involved in it, based on everything you said out of your own mouth in the interview? Got it.

As another former bullied teen, I'm taking this the way it's been presented. Two girls agree to give up the crown for a friend.

Not necessarily the prettiest; more along the lines of "most popular." And there's a football game and dance.

You know, I always read about "Homecoming Queens" in American media and I'm starting to realize I don't really know what homecoming is, other than 'important HS event, not as important as prom, but more important than that Sadie Hawkins dance I heard about"

Tell me about it. I was like, Im not even sure WHY your mad at me- and now your hitting me with a stick?

Gah! Same! Years ago I was a starred commenter and took great pride in leaving righteous comments. When the site went through re-design after design I just gave up, weeping the saltiest tears into the wine glasses I clutched in my left hand while scrolling with my right. But my love of the Jez is too strong! So I made…

OMG yes. I've been a Jez commenter since like 2007 and recently lost my login because I decided to wipe my cookies and never wrote down my password (I KNOW) and so I'm on a freaking burner, which is so embarrassing. If I could get out of the grays, it would make my day. I don't post spam, I don't troll, I am…

Being in the greys is really sad. I feel your pain. :(

Starred here years ago; now also relegated to the grays. Holla!

I hear ya, darlin'. This lovely shade of gray is my punishment for being kinda shy and not as quick on the commenting uptake as everyone else. *tragic sigh*

Former starred, long-time commenter here, now consigned to the greys. Maybe we can hold hands and wait it out together? I washed up, promise.

"Oh, but you'll feel differently about your own kids!" or some variation of that. I have heard that so many times in the great conversation about why every woman wants to be a mother deep down. That you will automatically fall in love with your newborn and become a mother is one of their big promises. The choice of…

OMIGOSH. I just posted a similar (though perhaps not quite so eloquent) message. MAY I ALSO BE SO BLESSED?

I, too, have been stuck in gray "Pending Approval" purgatory for far, far too long.

I <3 it when my two favorite ladyblogs cross-over into a third dimension of awesome. Welcome!

Thanks for this. There's a lot that goes into the decision to have a family - societal expectations are part of it, as is family pressure, etc. I could see how she thought "well, maybe I just didn't bond with this child, it could be different with a second." Or as you said, maybe she thought it was selfish (a lot of…

It's because you are struggling to read his tense.

So he took away Yo Gabba Gabba, and tried to not do it hard enough to leave bruises. I get it.

"We are doing this for your benefit"—every asshole ever.