I forgot how much I loved Nigel until I was worried that he was assaulting people now! I haven't watched Top Model since cycle 7 or something like that (and aren't they almost to cycle 20 by now?) How they could fire Nigel and Mrs. Jay is beyond me.

Oh thank god, from the thumbnail of the Top Model story, I thought it was Nigel!

I went to UMass Amherst, Amherst College's resources may not be very strong to help survivors of sexual assault, but UMass has an EXCELLENT women's center that is free and open to the five college community and women from the local counties as well. It is awful that a student has to go away from their own campus for…

Very true, the only 2 times I've cared about the weight of my 2010 imac was when I was moving. Once it is on my desk? I don't care about the weight. And I like having a dvd drive. It would look slick in offices, though.

but the Macbook Air was the small laptop that *she* had. I don't think too many writers would say, "having a small laptop was a lifesaver." they would say "having *my brand of computer* was great"

...and saying that "if you hire women" you need to have flexible schedules so they can go home and cook dinner for their kids is unbelievable.

I just don't understand him. I've never seen a politician who didn't have any solid political beliefs! His one belief is that he believes he should be president.

Yes! I found myself making the same argument to my family——and I wanted to shoot myself for a moment. Same with Rick Santorum, he has extreme beliefs—-but he believes every single crazy one. And W f*d up everything he touched, but he didn't change his opinions. Romney went from 'I'm pro-choice because a family friend…

Yep, you've both got it exactly. I was just mildly underweight when I was dealing with my Eating Disorder and it screwed up SO many things in my body. Being underweight can get really really dangerous really quickly. You can be 10 pounds overweight and be healthy, I was 10 pounds underweight at my worst and I had…

If it is a part of your family's personal history, these items can hold a different sense of importance. Tangible items are powerful, I collect some of this stuff and old ads and dolls from the 1930s.

I think that racism makes people uncomfortable, and that physical reminders of racism are hard for people to deal with because they aren't sure if they should look at it and be appalled, or look at it and be interested or amused. But they know that it represents something bad, so they should think of it as something…

I'm an african american who collects african american themed collectibles. I don't see anything wrong with this. These kinds of items are a part of our collective American History (and European—-Noddy, Golliwogs, etc). Are these items supposed to be destroyed because they are politically incorrect? THIS is the way…

Soledad, thanks so much for never walking away from solid follow up questions during your interviews! In my family, when we are watching politicians interview with other journalists, we always wonder how you would have handled the interview instead. No question, but just wanted you to know that so many people really…

Yes, that was what I was waiting for too, especially considering the Akin story floating around this week. It did get me to read the whole thing though.

It would be cheaper to hop on Amtrak, come down to DC and have an appointment at one of the natural salons in the area! I've had great experiences with one in Silver Spring.

Unfortunately this would violate the academic code at many colleges. It sounds like a great idea though. My college for grad school was very strict about academic honor code stuff, although most are probably not as strict.

Yep, I think you are right. Prequels are boring when you know where they are going. Sybil and Branson though? Do they do all of their own housework? Do they have a maid of all work? Does Sybil cook! And babies! I would watch the f@#$ out of that show :)

I was hoping that it would be a Sybil/Branson sequel. A prequel sounds a little forced and flimsy, although I would love it as a novel instead of a show.

I've had "King Kong" show up a lot, without a profile picture. I've wanted to friend them, just to see who they really are, but haven't yet.

There's a book!