THAT'S what you got out of my response? Um, ok....

The rape referenced in this article occurred in 2010. There are few, if any, articles circulating anymore about that incident - for better or for worse. Highly unlikely that this is a wag-the-dog situation. I'm curious, LibbyBells, what headlines you've seen recently about how ND doesn't care about rape victims. …

I went to Notre Dame. I know what it's like to be there. In fact, I was the first director of The Vagina Monologues as part of the college campus V-Day campaign in 2002 because I felt so strongly that women needed to carve out a place on campus that demanded respect and a voice. I was president of the Women's…

ummmmmm I don't get it. Are these jeans supposed to reduce the appearance of cellulite while you're wearing them or simply apply some re-usable lotion-y stuff to your butt so that your cellulite is less noticeable when you take them off? Cuz as far as I know it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to see someone's cellulite beneath…

You're right - there are plenty of skinny, unhealthy people out there (see: relatively skinny UK teen hospitalized after eating only McNuggets for past 15 years for a great, recent example). But just insisting over and over and over again that morbidly obese people are just as healthy as their skinny counterparts is…

It's just impossible to even discuss health issues related to weight on this site, isn't it? I mean, there's just no way to have a meaningful conversation about what to do about the obesity crisis and the very real effect it's having on people's quality of life because the second you mention that being overweight…

this is a very very very very common thing here on Jez. It's like if we recognize that a 400 pound person is unhealthy (at least in some respects) that means we think that person is also useless as a human being. We all have issues and problems and things we could improve upon. Recognizing that unhealthy weight is…

I totally agree with your point, however, I want to make it really clear that I"m not suggesting that restaurants or stores donate "food garbage" to shelters. I hope nothing in my comment actually supports that impression - particularly since I specifically mentioned food safety and how important it is...

Well that's good to hear. I don't have TV so I don't get to watch all those shows although, as I said, I did scroll through quite a few red carpet arrival photo montages and they were not complimentary.

Do they actually donate it? I have no idea either way, but was just curious if there's actual evidence to show that they do donate. Lots of places claim to donate and then just say that they won't have any product that's adequate for donation, thus meaning that they never donate a damn thing. Just curious if you…

I loved Lucy Liu's dress. Just loved it. I wish she hadn't put her hair in that strange fishtail braid thingy (is that what was going on there?) and instead put some lovely waves in it (although maybe tricky with Asian hair?) with the same side sweep and it would have been perfection. I found all the boob-sling…

I am speaking totally out of my ass here as I've got no idea which state you live in or whether this is actually the case, but my gut instinct is to wonder whether there's some manner of "safe harbor" law to protect companies like the restaurant you mentioned from liability related to food donations. I mean, all…

brilliant.

Thanks thanks thanks!!

Which NPR show did she interview for? Would like to find and stream it to ignore the fact that I'm totally bored at work. :)

I know, right? I'm totally out of it and super sad about that.

What's the name/model of yours? I'd like to look it up but I don't recall all Lelos having skin-like coverings, so I'd like to know which one you've got!

did anyone else get the sense that their apology was basically, "oops! Sorry you prudish North Americans got wind of the gruesome zombie torso boobies statue we were planning to give away in Europe and Australia. You weren't supposed to find out about that!" I still really really really don't get what the statue…

bravo.

No you haven't done all you can do. Vaccination is one method of prevention. Washing your hands, avoiding unnecessary contact with small children and the elderly, using hand sanitizer, eating well, drinking plenty of water and exercising... these are all things you can do outside of vaccination to "diminish the…