I think a lot of people seem to need someone to feel superior to. I look at them and think "you're fine; why do you need this so much?" It's the same people who used to hate-watch Jerry Springer and openly admit it was because they wanted to feel better about themselves. I never felt like I needed that. I feel…

::SCREAMS IN HORROR, RECOILS IN TERROR FROM DALILALALA::

I'm originally from the South, and I have a saying when I encounter tired stereotypes. This is best said nice and languid-like a la Diana Scarwid in Silkwood: "You know, I can always tell the really intelligent people, because they don't think in stereotypes." And it's true. I have a creative job, so I am usually…

This is so true, and so sad, and so frustrating. The South has a race problem. What it does not have is a monopoly on racism, past or present. People are and have been terrible pretty much everywhere in this country. :/

Amen. Also a Texan who has lived in other places. I never attempted to adjust my accent, and frankly, people who underestimate my intelligence because of the way I sound are free to do so. A few may find that they have done so at their peril.

YES. I grew up in Texas. My parents are both from the north. I think they were a little horrified after I developed an accent. It's not strong, but I definitely twang a bit here and there and it used to embarrass me. But when I grew up and got a bit more of a sense of self I decided that I like a lot of things about…

Preach.

Aww, my engagement ring came in a light-up box! It was pretty helpful, as my husband proposed in a theatre after the performance of a show I was in, and all the house lights weren't up yet.

Seems as if they'd be better off selling it to jewelry stores wholesale than selling it to individuals.

As a current fancy pants jeweler, I loved your story and am now jealous that I do not have a "the engagement ring I designed was mistaken for an explosive" story. =(

AHAHA. That's hilarious. I hope they didn't lose the ring!

Walking around the night you plan to pop the question with that awkward ring box bulging out of your back pocket is a dead giveaway.

Most victims of domestic abuse stay with there abuser. So everyone needs to back off the "she's doing it for the money.".

Well that's just a whole bunch of sad right there. Sad because she thinks it's a ratings ploy, sad that she defends her husband, sad that it reminds me that even after everything that went down she made that man her husband, sad that it took the second video for this punishment to come down when the first was horrific…

Agreed!

So much this. If it's not consensual it's not BDSM.

It's almost as if gay people can be gay without it being a huge defining trait in their personality and/or storyline.

He had a contract laying out terms for a fairly hardcore BDSM relationship - which in its self is OK if both parties are into that, but since he broke all the rules its irrelevant. Since she only signed it to stay with him and not because she really wanted to, its irrelevant.

No matter if you think it is a sex crime, they were still criminally obtained. If someone hacked into your online banking and stole your money you wouldn't be quite so blase about it. If someone used your image without your consent for purposes of profiting off of it, you'd probably be pissed. If someone broke into…

And never forget the safe word. Ouch ouch ouch apple pie!