I come from a small, mostly white town in Ohio, but I went to college in a city and I remember the first time I saw a section of beauty products in a store for black women. It had never even occurred to me that until that point that these stores and products were catering to my needs, but not everyone's. I had no…

I guess the line, "the vegan who is nice but silently judges" had me freaked out. I'm worried that people think I'm judging when really it started because I was gaining a bunch of weight and I didn't want to give up beer.

I guess just because a decent number of people in my office know I'm vegan (just from catering events and the like), and if I say, "I had a chicken sandwich for lunch," there's a 70% chance they'll reply, "But aren't you vegan?" So I just insert the word to avoid that, I guess. Plus my stuff usually looks slightly…

Do you happen to know offhand what size ends "regular model" and begins "plus-size model"? Or does it vary?

Sometimes I'm terrified that I'm the nutritionist, even though I don't get up on other people about what they eat. It's just that if people ask what I'm eating, I mention that it's vegan, and if people ask me why I'm vegan, I tell them. Can someone help me answer this question: Does being a vegan make me an asshole…

I wouldn't be surprised if that were true. I'd like to think it wasn't what was going on in my case, because I was at my college's women's center and their whole thing is sex positivity and getting birth control without having to tell your parents about it. I've always figured that she didn't know how scared I was…

Perhaps it is. If all she wants is a fuck 'n cuddle followed by some breakfast, a good-looking but dull gentleman might be just the ticket.

I too had a bad first experience and subsequently a fear of pelvic exams. I was trying to get birth control, since I had just days before started having sex for the first time. When she was getting ready she asked me if I was sexually active, and I very tetatively said yes. Then she went, "Well then this shouldn't…

Agreed. I'm an expert sleeper. I'm asleep right now, in fact.

I'm vegan, but I'd be willing to renounce that in a second for some Hamm.

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I've worn corsets for 6-8 hours a day for several weeks doing theatre, and yeah, basically you just can't eat. Even when it's off, you don't want to have too much because you know the second you have to get back into costume it's going to be mega-painful. I've also honestly felt my appetite go down when wearing…

I totally know what you mean! I stick to leggings cause I'm just too damn curvy for low-rise. I've seen high-waist styles here and there, but I really need a pair with a skinny jean-style cut so I can wear my boots. I've stopped trying to find a pair that meets these needs.

You should read Dave Zirin at The Nation. He writes about how important sports are to us as humans and how events in sports/related to athletes bring attention to political issues they might not get otherwise. His writing is brilliant, but he's also spoken on Democracy Now and Fucking While Feminist recently, if…

That to me isn't nearly as annoying as the, "She looks like a REAL woman," thing. They all look like real women!

I'm crying so many happy cries at this picture.

Free spot (since it seems to apply most of the time): Despite multiple witnesses, tweets, texts, and photos, police unsure if they have enough evidence to prove it was rape.

Hahaha I was going for the continuance of the joke. Although I do get a little Heart of Darkness-y when I remember sitting through that movie with them. The horror!

My dearest carbs,