I would say it is NOT worth it to take out 100K in loans for NYU SCPS. Go to state school. Save the money and the "maturation" argument for graduate school applications - getting expelled (rather than suspended for a semester or two) for plagiarism at a top school typically indicates there was some pretty egregious…

I am a (straight) woman, so that would be a problematic bet. Your assumptions are really fascinating. I have zero sexual attraction to Ms. Atencia, or any other woman with breasts.

I don't know, I view the issue slightly differently. While I certainly agree that it is wrong to suggest that women with big boobs shouldn't be in the courtroom if they have a legitimate reason to be there, it is the case that attorneys can and do use physical characteristics to make an impression on juries. This can…

I definitely think I'm hotter naked than in (most) clothes.

My guess is they Photoshop them out but she could just not get them (some women don't). I of the tiger striped ass and stretch marks if I eat fried chicken for dinner wouldn't know what that was like.

It's interesting (unsurprising) that they chose all white women for this shoot (I think? Perhaps one Hispanic woman). Darker skin is harder to light appropriately flatteringly in black and white (of course, not impossible, just harder) and I wonder if that played into it.

I'm trying to figure out if they were directed to look sad (ie, "You have no makeup, it's a hard knock life for you") or if they are just doing ModelFace, and without the makeup and retouching to put a glint in the eye, etc, ModelFace is just a sad face.

I don't disagree with you but I would point out it is dangerous to depict things as unequivocal fact in the absence of a guilty verdict (in terms of general argument strategy, but also in terms of libel.)

I definitely agree with you on the culture thing - see my comment above about how cultures developed. I'm less familiar with Goa beyond the whole, ruled by Portuguese, but at least for Kerala, Christianity and Western influences have been around since 52AD. I didn't know the caste system existed til middle school, but…

Yup! Bangalore is smack dab in the middle of the south. I'm less familiar with the culture in Karnataka (the state Bangalore is in) than with Kerala, where my family is from, but I know in Kerala, women's literacy is over 90%, the vast majority of women attend college, women were working in professional capacities as…

I think my dad did some sort of awkward laugh and was like "Oh... yeah." I think he honestly had no idea what to say. It's funny because my dad is the biggest supporter of women's rights I know (and was an AWESOME parent to daughters to boot).

When we were in India and I was seven, my dad was out with me and my two sisters. A shopkeeper looked at him and said, "All yours?" and my dad said, "Yup" and the shopkeeper said, "I am so very sorry."

Step 1) Make friends with someone who is a frequent/prolific consumer of the company, ideally through their B2B service division.

So what? It sounded to me like a slightly more religious way to say "I lucked out. It wasn't because I was extraordinarily special or more deserving than anyone else, but for some reason, I was in the right place at the right time with the right skillset and a series of events I didn't have control over is responsible…

I totally did walk a mile to kindergarten on my own (after a few weeks, it was all the neighborhood kids walking together). One the first day, my mom made the nanny tail me in the car because she was worried, but after that I was on my own - no older sibling, no parent, exactly 1.2 miles. This was in the mid nineties,…

There is a really excellent survey called "Listening to Mothers." Unfortunately, the most recent results were from 2006, but they are still striking.

Well like any professional, there are varying levels of certification and obviously, as the ease-of-entry into the certification program, and often work required during the certification program, decreases, then it stands to reason that the quality of the professional decreases as well (and expenses and fees for the…

Oh interesting! I may go for this next manicure - I can't seem to go more than a day without chipping.

What's the removal process like? Will it eventually grow out or are you pretty much forced to go get your nails redone every two or three weeks?

I wish I could give you a hug. While I might get him being annoyed/a fight over it, a breakup seems really harsh and out of proportion to what you did. I might have gone for the floor in that situation but I also wouldn't have broken up with someone for not going for the floor, though I might have made the fact that I…