Aaaah she's fine. This is a classic case of expression diversity: Paz is not adapting her expressiveness for the sake of the television format. She's even using her gestures which tell me she is really putting her words together expressively and thoughtfully. Good for her! Do you, Mama!

My cousin tried out for this league and made finals before being cut. She is a serious athlete, has a strong body and happens to also be gorgeous and smokin' hot. All kinds of beautiful women tried to make the cut who were not athletes or serious about sports and none of them could make the finals. Until she went…

When African Americans 'alter' pronunciations, abbreviate and create words, and misuse verb tenses, it's called Ebonics. What do we call it when other ethnic groups do it?

ME TOO. Being the English grammar/lit geek that I am, all I could come up with is that she meant to say, "Beauty is a VERB" —? Ugh.

I think it is difficult for someone who has not gone through depression, anxiety and panic to understand how each builds up over time and then explodes into episodes where fear quite literally take over and cause us to act in ways that would be considered drastic and out of character. I hope, as a society, we come to…

So I'm just waiting for New Edition's choreographer to announce they are suing her for stealing their moves. Could it be she is paying homage to all of the choreography she's 'biting'? Uh, yeah, I think that's it. You go B!

Dang. I really wanted him to say, "Dave, I really don't want to talk about it again, Man. It was an awful mistake on my part. I was insensitive and, again, I apologize for what I said and not being thoughtful." As.If.

No, but they want their kid to eat while at school. This part of the battle is waged around many household kitchen tables as well.

He needs to invest in a scrunchie or a headband when he's on his boogie-down.

Lest we not forget that Gaga is a talented, TRAINED vocalist. She is well studied and extremely capable. Love her voice this way as opposed to opposed to pop. More jazz, Gaga, more jazz!

More scary than big, hairy, or even otherwise tame spiders? The assholes who threaten to bring such spiders into the presence of those of us who fear them. The whole time, I'm insensed that this asshole is terrorizing people with the bug to begin with! Jerk.

I was JUST about to reference this book!

I had a horrible time in college. Women made such a big deal about it in the dorms. I think this could help people feel more comfortable dealing with 'human body' issues and functions. *shrug* Soap, deodorant are in the same categories-ish?

Thank you, SR, for 'getting' me. I hate when I sound like I hate kids. Nothing could be further from the truth. But having them is a lifestyle that I just can't get with when I am doing my very best to avoid it. I want parents to understand and accept that.

I have always loved Russell. And for his speaking from the heart, about someone he personally held so dear...now THAT started the waterworks well before the amazing clip.

I want to leave out the part about my choice not to be a parent, but I can't— it's too germane to the conversation. I purposely do certain things during less-than-family times. This includes my commute to avoid school bus and 'get them to karate' traffic, dinners out, movies...EVERYTHING. I live a child-less…

You have a good point, but, if you TELL people these things to begin with, what do you expect? If you keep your private life private, then folk don't have personal ammunition to fire back at you in the form of questions you don't want to answer. My mother told me a long time ago, "Once you give people information…

When Black women - not of mixed race- start to be referred to as 'sexy,' now THAT will be the day!

*applause* You expressed this much better than my twisting fallopian tubes and wrenching uterus could allow me to put together into words. #allthebloodrushingfrommybraint...

I agree with you on this one. We may not agree with the outcome of his judicial/ legal process, but he did go through one — and that's that with that, pretty much. Debt paid to society and all. In terms of remorse, He has apologized for his actions several times, hasn't he? And, most recently, it seems his victim…