I think after the first set of twins (especially under legal drinking age), I would have had to had a biiiig vat of margaritas to conceive the 2nd before they were potty trained. I feel for her/ her husband and for the kids with having so much on her plate so young. Sure, she gets help, but what about her…

I could be wrong but I read somewhere that mom is only 20 years old. Let that sink in for a moment.

The onus is definitely on the single friend to maintain relationships.

I have never understood the type of person who dumps all her friends immediately when she gets a boyfriend. It’s dehumanizing, depressing, and if it happens more than once I usually am not there for a third dumping. Fuck those people.

For me, it’s kind of the opposite. That is, I feel like I did a lot to maintain my friendships with by best female friends and ultimately it didn’t matter because the second they got in a serious relationship everything changed. Now I see them once every couple of months and I feel like I can’t just randomly ask them…

I might feel more convinced if I read the whole work by Robinson, but I have to say I really disagree with this. I don't disagree with the idea that Anne is homoromantic in that she feels romantic love for other women, just with the notion that she is not in love with Gilbert. I'm not sure how this would "label" her,…

She's not hounding Louie. He keeps running into her, they have a great time together and there's chemistry, but he turns her down for "dates". At the beginning of the clip, he's blaming that decision on the word "date", when in reality, he's just worried what other guys are going to think if they see him with a fat…

I think she got that perception from how much they enjoyed talking to each other. Louie was having a good time talking to her, laughing at her jokes, and then would only become uncomfortable when she would bring up the date. She definitely noticed that.

Exactly, it's a complete double standard. If she were saying this say Brad Pitt then our reaction would be different but she's coming from a good place saying "you're fat too so you have no reason to not like me." That doesn't mean she's right but she's right to point out that double standard.

I think you're right about preferences to an extent, but I think this speech was more aimed towards men who do secretly like the fat girl but don't want to really admit it because of some dumb notion of shame.

When it's clear that he's only resisting to date you because you're fat, as it is very clear with Louie, then yes you absolutely should call him out on it.

To the second person, I remember once on an article here, someone put a burgeoning relationship thusly: in the beginning of a relationship, the significant other often feels threatened or jealous because romantic relationships are about building primary intimacy. As a best friend, you have the primary intimacy, and…

@Rosa - que seria de mi?!: @Justine:

Iman once yelled me when I worked a red carpet, and she's pretty scary in real life too. I watched this last night and thought it was okay, but I AM tired of this whole reality-fashion-competition genre. I'm bored of Project Runway, too, and I still think that's the better show.

@Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: Thanks for your perspective. I'm sorry if I was offensive, I wasn't trying to be.

@liberatedword: I agree that making sure they have access to employment benefits is essential. I am not trying to mock domestic workers or the people who hire them, but the issues I've discussed are fairly well-documented by womanist writers.

@liberatedword: Yeah, I've worked as a house cleaner too. The richer people who employed me weren't oppressing me, they were paying me a fair wage for a service(and I'm a woman of color, too, oooh!). It's a direct way of sharing wealth downward. Why should busy people who can afford it clean their own floors? That…

@Wandell: I think that was mostly about how pretty she was, not her attitude. Charlotte was a straight-up gold-digger when the show first started and though she matured in a lot of ways, her need to find financial stability through a relationship never left her. Also, her petty mind games and social-climbing. She was…

@whynotshesaid: Speaking as a woman who was once upon a time paid to clean other women's (usually) houses, I was pretty happy that the opportunity was there. It's a good job for some people, so perhaps instead of deriding maids/home maintenance professional work or the people who employ them, it would be more…

still wondering why successful single women buying things they like for themselves is so bad... so wrong.