"I'm a strong, self-made woman who believes women are strong, intelligent, and have the capacity to do anything they set their minds to, but no... no... I'm definitely not a feminist!"

Lingerie for a fun, special occasion (ALONG with something that is actually for me) seems totally acceptable. Passing off a skimpy teddy that I can only wear in the bedroom, and probably only for a few minutes before it goes on the floor as somehow a gift specially for me does NOT seem acceptable.

Freya is the shit!

I guess it's true, the grass is always greener (or more plain like/mountainous) on the other side.

With the way they pump out different styles so fast, you'd think they'd have a way of incorporating different sizes on both ends of the spectrum. Though I did hear someone say, "it's not cost effective to process clothes [or bras] for either end of the bell-shaped curve". As someone who wore the wrong bra size for…

I've worked in retail, so I know it sucks... I just couldn't help but get frustrated the last time I went in (which I admit was a long time ago) and I said, "listen I do not want padding, I have enough padding of my own" and the girl (and I think I can say girl because she couldn't have been more than 16 or 17) kept…

Actually the online/catalog version of VS and the in-person, mall shops are not the same company anymore... interestingly enough.

I'm sorry ladies - the "real sized boobs" comment came from a place of anger and jealousy. You are all right that there is no such thing as "real sized"... I meant ample-chested but misstated.

I DID say I was jealous. And I'm not ashamed. I'm frustrated.

Yes - it was totally an anger-post, as I hate that I don't feel like I can have the fun of buying not overpriced, fun, COOL LOOKING bras at this point in my life. I'm just super jealous of women who CAN, while I'm stuck either paying an arm-and-a-leg for a (somewhat) cute looking bra, buying one that doesn't fit and…

Sorry - you're right, but I meant boobs that wouldn't comfortably in a tiny strap, one clasp bra. I am speaking from frustration, but that isn't fair to many, many women.

I stand corrected!

Wait, are you sure mean Arizona? Like, "legally stop people on the road if they are too brown" Arizona? Are you sure you didn't mean Portland? Or Mars?

I'm just wondering... do grown-up women who have real-sized boobs actually buy bras at Victoria's Secret? I mean, someone must, as their entire profit margin can't come from the "present of lingerie" (which, btw, is not a present - it's a self-gift for guys). But I, with a not enormous but definitely not a petite…

We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon, but there ain't no whales so tell this tale and sing our whaling tune.

I think J Alexander has the right thought on this one.

WAT?! Haven't you seen the commercials that state that it's made from corn, and corn is from the ground, so duh it's obviously not bad for you?!

I vote because I was indoctrinated by the angry P Diddy "Vote or Die" campaign. Just like I don't do meth because I'm scared I'll go crazy cleaning my bathroom with a toothbrush. Sometimes advertising DOES work.

Sci fi as a whole has definitely molded my political views and hopes/fear for the future, but interestingly I JUST finished Oryx and Crake right as I was casting my ballot in California. The horrible descriptions of the genetically manufactured food and animals in that book made push down EXTRA hard on Prop 37 to…

I'm all for advancing science AND protecting animals, but I can't help but do a little "unhhh" noise inside my own mind, for fear that this will go horribly wrong, and as a backlash, the rest of the world will turn against cloning.