I am still stuck on that "effortless perfection" bit. This is just so insightful and explains so much for me. Can we have a post just about that? I would love to hear how people feel about it. I am now realizing this has been my way of dealing with a lot of stuff, including parenthood (ironically enough, considering…

I also don't like her implications that the "choice" that is at risk is the choice *not* to have an abortion. That is one is quite safe, thanks. She has her secret language to the people that think they are losing the right to be Christian when KMart puts up signs that say "Happy Holidays".

I was so annoyed in her speech today when she praised Hillary, she talked about the 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, and basically how she was going to finish the job. She didn't start the job. She doesn't get to take credit for Hillary's work. And I didn't even vote for Hillary, but no way, no how, no Palin.

(no snark intended)

Dear Moe,

Tatiana, you are a very good writer. I loved this line: "And if his portrait of personal growth just happens to require two women to be the canvas, well, so be it."

@citrus_buddha: I totally agree with you on this one. This is a "mommy wars" kind of moment, where women get permission to bash other women and doubt their experiences. It is so much more fun to be holier-than-thou than to actually admit lots of people experience lots of things, even without going to Sudan.

This is totally off-topic:

Women have been having babies forever. True. Quite likely the women who have experienced pain and fear and trauma (not due to "fantasy-land" expectations, by the way) have been denied and told what they were feeling didn't matter. So perhaps, instead of deciding this is somehow all absurd, it is actually women being…

@Amy: "There would have only been a crime here if they bound their feet too. All they did was push the envelope a little. "

@formergr:

I am really kind of disturbed by this whole thread. Dumb kid-stuff hazing done by teenagers is stripping someone down to their underwear and covering them with whipped cream in the middle of the McDonald's parking lot. Potentially DROWNING someone is NOT just acceptable hazing! If this was done to prisoners, it would…

Miley's quote didn't seem that bad to me. It sounded like she was actually saying that the new girls were coming up on their own merit, not just riding her coattails to replace her. And besides, I wouldn't like hearing everyone saying someone was the new me.

This is the problem with letting women into the military. The military has to actually start caring about them, and that is so hard for them to do.

@achuckbarrisproduction:

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@ButtonGuinnett:

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@d.ham: