Is it really usual in America for bridesmaids to pay for their own dresses?
I'm from New Zealand and every wedding I've been involved in, the couple pays for the wedding party's clothes. And often the couple buy a gift for their bridesmaids and groomsmen. Doesn't it seem weird to say "come spend the day holding my…

"Because no one in the world reads Fifty Shades for the writing, it's extremely logical to infer that the script won't be.... filled with three-dimensional, complex characters"
At the risk of being demoted from the greys to some even lower life form, I confess I don't think Christian Grey needs to be portrayed as a…

My suspicion is that things have always been this way, but now it is becoming more widely accepted that it is wrong. It never occurred to me as a teenager that my reaction to boys taking advantage of my inebriation should have been anger instead of embarrassment.

The expression on the mum's face has me in tears. So much pain and anger. I would be murderous if it were one of my daughters - and so, so proud of her for speaking out and realising that she has nothing to hide - nothing to be ashamed of.

There just aren't enough P&P jokes about, are there? Hmmm.... Oh, ok:

Which is why I prefer the system in my own country where the government just pays for the same level of healthcare for everyone. Yay! That means even the people who can't take care of their vaginas on their own thankyouverymuch still get decent healthcare! Yay!

Oh I know. I love my body, but I don't love everything about it. And I want it to be ok to have any kind of body whether anybody else has a body like mine or not and whether anybody thinks my body is nice to look at or not.
The fact is, I am conventionally attractive enough to benefit from pretty privilege, the same…

There are lots of things that are (figuratively) engrained into us, genetically. Humans are (arguably) naturally disposed to infidelity, infanticide, lying, rape, nepotism, exploitation..... Maybe we should just try harder.
The point I was making though is that it is not really helpful to say "don't change yourself…

You don't see why breast implants wouldn't improve the sex lives of women who don't want breast implants?

I know that this is a well-meaning comment - but I'm not sure it's helpful. As sure as I am that there are a wide range of tastes out there in women's bodies, I am pretty damned sure there is no one out there who likes my stretch-marks, my cellulite, my wobbly tummy.... Rather than telling women our bodies are ok…

It's one thing to say that women who wanted breast implants had better sex lives after having breast implants. I can imagine plausible reasons why this might be so. It's a very different thing to claim that "breast implants may improve women's sex lives" in general.

Oh my god, I thought I were the only one who were bothered by that!
(I'm kidding, guys. Put away your torch and pitchforks)

Am I the only person who hates the colour? Something about it make me feel quite sure the dress would smell like toilet duck.

70 suits me. I don't think I've ever made it with a higher percentage than that, though I have made it with a lower one - maybe around 50% - for those oddballs who don't like dark chocolate. But the current batch is 70% and divine.

The cake I make has very dark chocolate, eggs, butter, ground almonds and a tiny bit of sugar - and that's it - no flour (I don't have the exact recipe on me) and it is only cooked for about 15 minutes. It's very dense, very rich and very.... mmmmm. You need cream with it and preferably coffee too to cut through the…

I have a vision of something like a long planter box or a row of 3 or 4 pots with some tall plants in it - like bamboo or something (bamboo might grow too fast - I'm sure gardening stores could suggest something). Sort of screening your sleeping area without being too heavy.
Or! A really great bookshelf or two -…

I would be charmed by the gesture. Especially the salted caramel gesture.

I'm at this moment eating French chocolate cake with cream. You can keep your froyo, you hippy :)

Love the top. I like the simplicity of the pants with it. I feel like a skirt might make things too busy looking.

My sister just called me and told me that last night she was in bed with the guy she has just started sleeping with and she farted so loudly she woke herself up and she could hear his breathing change so he sounded like he had woken from it too so she just had to lie there really still for like 45 minutes pretending…