@interpretedworld: That's exactly what's happening. I was a thoroughly obsessed English major, and the resounding nothing I feel for most modernist works (Prufrock is a notable exception) makes me feel poorly read and dumb. It's not that I don't UNDERSTAND modernism; it's that I can't be made to feel anything for any…

@slightlyhardup: I love it too. Also, the various fabric pants—if not lovely, they look INSANELY comfortable. I legit want that first pair of knee-length shorts for me.

@stacyinbean: Yes! I love me some babies, but the idea of them physically attached to me via tubes just sounds like parasites.

@JanicefromSA:bacon and butternut: Hemingway makes me want to punch myself in the face.

@ninles: I don't know that including strippers in your story necessarily "honors" them—it recognizes them. Similarly, receiving awards for playing them doesn't honor the stripper, it honors the performance. I don't think murders should exist, but that doesn't mean I want people stop making "Silence of the Lambs".

@undefined: Depends on where you are. Parts of the Lower East Side and especially Midtown (by Times Square, its own special hell) are filthy to a soul-crushing degree. I live in Morningside Heights, up by the Columbia main campus, and it's entirely inoffensive—and even cute. Having come from southern California, where…

@bangers: From personal experience, I can tell you that guys make passes. Sometimes they start with, "Can I try on your glasses?"

Am I weird/naive to have given the issue of pubes almost zero thought in 24 years? I shave my armpits and legs, and the very outside-sides of my lady hairs, so it doesn't poke out of my underwear/bathing suit. Is this just because mrteenwordpower and I have never been with anybody but each other? When he ultimately…

@undefined: @prestocaro says, just keep spending your dumb money, rich a...: I didn't know ANYONE did. So much learning today!

@ApteryxAwl: And this is what I will be doing in my head for the rest of the day.

This is rather beside the point, but what was wrong with the name "The Frog Prince"? I understand that we want to draw attention to this princess, but "The Princess and the Frog" has a clunky sound it to it. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" and "Beauty and the Best" both have a nice alliterative quality, and the…

@maggeimerc: Ha! Me too! And she has stopped being the first daughter when I was 16.

@midnightecho: You wouldn't use those compound adjectives because they're normative, and thus assume-able. However, one would say (I know because I've seen it) Jewish American, particularly if you're trying to draw particular attention to both parts of someone's identity.

Question: Is Kanye West actually a genius, as well as being insane? Or is he just REALLY insane?

@Hamsterpants: Udon noodles are my favorite!

@bernadeez: And then on the other hand, I'm relieved they're getting some income.

@missteenwordpower's stage name is Dorky McWeirdopants: Where ARE*. Someday I'll learn to proofread.

I'm sorry, but where is Belle's library and Ariel's sea-water pool, for when Flounder and Sebastian come to visit?

@VadgeWig is more socially acceptable: My theory is that this is all a reaction to the life she lost out on when she married into the family. While her mother's life was clearly nothing to strive for, she died exercising a lot of freedoms Margie gave up. Margie's response seems, in part, to be to romanticize what her…

@amowls: Actually, if a women was listing the price of all her clothes, bragging about her alleged former modeling career, and showing disdain for her date based on his weight and outfit (assuming the outfit was appropriate for the venue), I WOULD call her an asshole. You don't have to be into someone; you DO have to…