I don't get it - so they're okay with Miss California strutting around in a bikini on national television, but a topless pic on the internet that barely shows any boob makes them turn up their noses?

@missnicolec: This is what I'm saying - the only time I've been faced with stillbirth was on an episode of Grey's Anatomy and even though it's just a TV show, yeah - it was still heart-wrenching to watch. If the incidence of it is so high, then why the hell aren't we talking about it more in the media?

Natalie Portman and Sean Penn... I know it's trivial to care about celebrity romances but I'm still making a scrunchy face.

I'm actually of two minds on this issue: On the one hand, it is unquestionably discrimination to fire a woman because she is pregnant (or will be - ew, i detest the term "pre-pregnant"). On the other hand, I know other coworkers resent picking up the slack when someone is gone on maternity leave. It *is* different…

@amowls: I agreed with you up until the conservative right started using her as a prop for their own agenda. A "business model", if you will.

@Wit is periodically disensouled: See, I don't mind if walnuts are in anything else, just not with chocolate. I seem to have a "civil unions are okay, just not marriage" policy on walnuts :)

@victoriasauce: Precisely - and Hasselback says we should respect her personal opinion?? I don't respect hate.

It is my personal opinion that walnuts have no business being in brownies.

Apparently, she had a restraining order against him in the state of New York:

@SarahMC: ball-cutting cybersuccubus: That's an interesting connection to make, and I wouldn't be surprised either.

Liv's dress reminds me of a figure-skating outfit. I'm not saying that's bad.

I'm so bored with the massive amount of celebrity content in women's magazines these days. Ashely Olsen's makeover? Really?

@irishbender: I agree! More women's sports pics please!

i've been thinking that was Hilary Duff on the cover since yesterday until i read the fine print just now.

in my head, i read "Couture Torture" as "Co-TOOR Tor-TOOR" — anyways.

woo! finally, i can stop jumping all over the page to follow responses.

@subrosa: great analogy!

i figure if another organism is dependent on my own body for its own lifeblood and sustenance, then i should have the option to rid myself of said parasite.

[Both of the companies condemned the violence and expressed a commitment to "animal welfare and humane handling" and that the pork industry is "full of good people."]

man, every time i start to like a magazine, it goes under. can i have a monthly publication without the usual magalog drivel, please?? decent culture reviews and stop trying to sell me every new thing on the market!!