@Snowbunny: I'm a chick who hates condoms. i take BC, and ditch the condoms as soon as I trust the guy to be telling the truth about no STDs. Fiance and I agree that if I get knocked up, it's abortion time.

@chickachicka: I'm guessing the fear is that all the plants will die, turning it into a big, brown, muck hole. So, I guess that's there preservation angle?

@OneTwoPunch: Not sure that Bergdorf Blondes really counts as literature... perhaps crappy pop fiction, but not something that readers of actual literature would necessarily know.

@footnotegirl: I figured it was more of "crazy weirdo chick gets a buy" Amanda Palmer is cool, but.... Really, really not mainstream. But everyone knows who Mo'Nique is!

@Stacy Davis: Also, how is this going too far on Brown? This isn't so much a criticism of him as the media and society.

@Stacy Davis: bathing suit =/= naked. Beauty pageants are something treated as awesome by these people— appearing topless in Maxim would likely not by those same people.

Well, students at BC reacted more strongly to a female law student posing topless but covering her breasts with a pennant than they did to Brown in the 80s:

Um. While all pop. They also all have different styles. Forget the lyrics, the musical tone of each singer is different. I think that matters to listeners more than image does.

@allyzay: Well, at least this way they're making sure not to step on any toes with the copyright... assuming they have a license to use this pic, at least.

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: My partner and i are both such ridiculous spenders that I almost think us both hiding money would be a good thing... as long as it gets pulled out of hiding when realize we have no food budget for the rest of the week.

DO NOT WANT. This makes my stomach all queasy.

At the time it pissed me off, and I felt like he was treating them as props. then I tried to imagine it in Obama's voice, if he had older daughters and it seemed less offensive— more sort of joking dad making awkward fun of his kids. It is less likely he'd have made the comment if he had sons, but given the number…

@cand86: My concern is that women like me (and there are more than just me) enjoy sex in and of itself. The process it takes to get me to orgasm— well, the orgasm itself is nice, but the process to get there is sort of annoying, and distracts me from the pleasurable aspects of sex. A good bout of sex leaves me weak…

@cand86: Agree, agree, agree! I feel like people put waaaay too much importance on whether or not there's an orgasm. It's one of the things I strongly disagree with Susie Bright on, to the point that I called out one of her columns on my blog. I disagree with the general Jez stance too.

@TimFritz: Wanting nothing is not "normal". If it bothers the individual, it is a dysfunction. If it doesn't, that's fine. But having at least some sort of sex drive is normal.

Psh, I like lover and darling. And I know I'm not the only one. And I'm not opposed to talking about sexually satisfying events. As someone who has had some super low libido times with super low enjoyment, and who still has some... erm... fit issues, it's not a terrible thing to pay attention to whether type x of…

@JaneGalaxy: I find redheads in green so boring. It's such a go to for them. As much as the color was used, i think ti looks awesome on her. If you're a pale girl who can pull pale off, dooooo iiiiitttt.

I actually think the dress looks fucking awesome, and she looks fucking awesome in it. Sure, it's a little retro, but it's not the norm for these red carpet things, it's both fun and formal, and it complements her curves awesomely.

@madeofawesome: I'm going to have the opposite of the second problem in a couple of years. I call my fiance by his initials, as do all of his other friends— but when he gets a job, he's going to go by just the first part of his first names (he has two first names. yeah...) because his initials are also a term for…

@Agumen: I totally agree. I'm actually glad the defense is going forward, bc I want it to be shut down for ever— but defending the judge has basically gotten me ripped apart here. At any rate, the legal issues are going to be really interesting to watch.