We don't need to—we already know that, at the v. least, oxygen is pretty bad for us. Damages cells and whatnot. That's what all the antioxidants we're supposed to be taking theoretically protect us from.

To be fair, sometimes the guy will go for a nerdy girl...but only AFTER she's had her makeover.

Agreed. Holding doors open is common courtesy. Yesterday I helped an old lady unstick some obstinate shopping carts. Obvs we both should have waited for a man to come help us!

So good article, whatever whatever, but I couldn't get over the glaring misuse (or lack thereof) of the subjunctive. If I WERE a lesbian, if she WERE a dude, &c.

Hey, I like comic books too, and please note that I didn't say they're FOR boys, merely aimed at them. At lot of different things—especially entertainment media—have target demographics that will dictate their characteristics. My question arose from the assumption that the Superman-related audience was predominantly…

But...weren't comics like this aimed mainly at prepubescent boys? I mean, not to downplay the importance of ingraining misogyny into young males, but why should they give a hoot about who's married to whom? I feel like at that stage they—and girls too—would be more interested in the story: super villains and cool…

On the other hand, if you've been out of skirts for a while, they can be a refreshing change! And long ones are back in for spring. :)

Right? I often keep objectively beautiful, but unflattering, pieces of clothing purely for the sake of aesthetics. It's only recently that I've been able to get rid of lovely things that just aren't lovely on /me/.

Edited b/c was redundant observation about "The Company of Wolves."

I take it everyone has realized what the Republicans are doing here? They've activated the anti-abortionists with the idea that that they'll vote to pass anti-abortion legislation, which means that the Left gets dragged into another pointless pseudo-debate over whether women deserve such basic rights as bodily…

I know it's cute, but there's no way those dogs are enjoying being dressed up. Tolerating, sure. But non-human animals aren't generally big fans of clothes.

Don't know about you all, but I always get pregnant on purpose. "Listen up, Uterus, Fallopian Tubes, Other Stuff!" I say. "We are going to be in the proximity of someone wealthy, so prepare to be fertilized! How else can we expect to make a decent living?!"

Ugh, that's some nerve right there, considering those tasks were v. likely mitigated by the fact that they had all the old tests/other pertinent material for your class (and all others) on file, to help ease the academic process. B/c we're not at school to learn, obvs.

You think we only spent three minutes on each girl? No ma'am. In my house (and in others, I imagine), we had to watch a PP presentation of all prospective pledges (sorry, Potential New Members), complete w/ pictures and info gleaned through facebook stalking and personal interaction. Certain girls were singled out…

Well, I /have/ read the Qu'ran, and it's not exactly rainbows and unicorns either. There's some pretty ugly language in there. However, the same thing could be said about the Bible and the Torah...and some of the Vedic texts also I imagine (although my knowledge of Eastern religions is spotty).

I thought I had beaten this displacement behavior when I got a short bob...but now I just tug my earrings instead. :/

Getting over the shame = easier said than done. I'm like Carrie at her prom, thinking "they're all laughing at me." :P

I started w/ eHarmony too! But I hated it! OKC actually has people I'm willing to meet...and best of all, it's free!

"...the life of an invalid, or even of a cosseted mental patient: wearing pajamas all day; rarely venturing out of the house; taking most of his meals in his bedroom."

I have convinced myself that Ke$ha is actually the most brilliant satirist operating today.