I've definitely had that thought about Dirty Dancing before. It's entire plot hinged on a character getting an abortion! And the movie presents Baby as getting the money for Penny as the MORAL thing for her to do. It was the Ayn Rand reading Robbie who ended up shamed for is (in)actions.

I never said baking was unimportant, I said it had nothing to do with the skills making someone a good wife/partner.

Yeah, I've donated to help the Prop 8 case and all, but I'm really waiting for DOMA. That's the bigger one, in my opinion.

While you're sounding more like a troll, I'll still respond, for now.

But being a good baker does not make you a good wife. It makes you a good baker. To assume that being able to make cookies will make you a good wife is sexist, because the skill of baking has absolutely nothing to do with the skills of being a good spouse, unless you assume it is the job of a wife to bake for her…

I'm curious to their definition of 'overweight'. If they're including people who are 10lbs overweight with people who are 200lbs overweight, the statistic isn't really useful.

They should all be in the public domain: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42

Aww. This makes me sad. I never much fangirled Jennifer Lawrence, but I liked her well enough. :(

That's the comment that I think should be the bigger uproar. That one seemed just nasty and mean rather than frustrated, especially seeing as it was written after the comment that the patient had had a stillbirth.

Yes. Belle was valued because of her principles, bravery, and intelligence.

Except, don't they do things like provide hip-replacements and treat broken bones for prisoners, even those who are murderers? That's not a life-saving procedure, but it is medically necessary. That's the category that SRS is being classified as. I don't see people protesting and appealing hip-replacements and it's…

The problem is his "we don't care" was followed by him saying that it's because those people can't take personal responsibility for their lives. "And so my job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." Also, dismissing people…

"and no, he will not be voting for Romney this November, so marital discord averted..."

"you're using your vote to say money matters more to you than marriage equality, fair pay, reproductive choice, etc."

Thanks! When I have a spare few dollars, I'll definitely hit the bookstore(or, rather Amazon, which has the Riverside one listed at around $80 new, under $40 used. Yay! for saving money!). And as often as I end up on Cracked.com I never would have thought to use them as a resource for Shakespeare stuff! I'd love any…

Again, did not know that. I knew the about the peasants standing in front, but did not know about the seats behind. On my one trip to the Globe, I was sitting, but in view of the stage. And how come I never learned this cool stuff in my (only) Shakespeare class in college!? Do you, by chance, have any good book…

That tidbit about the bed is totally cool. Thanks.

?? I use an e-ink, not a tablet...

Well, since my e-ink Kindle lasts about a month on a full charge, it's not that bad.

And I wait a lot, because I don't drive.