There's a difference between a look and a leer. A look is fine. We all look, we're only human. A look turns into a leer when the viewer isn't so much acknowledging your presence as he is staring right through you. In that moment, you no longer feel like a person: just a pair of legs with tits.

YIKES. That made me go, "NO. NOT MY PLEASURE BUTTON!"

Am I imagining things, or did some ancient cultures use something called birthing blocks to help women birth babies in a squatting position?

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And they're also tall, all the better to reach knobs and counter tops. Smart too. You can see the little wheels spinning in that doggie brain of theirs as they watch you opening doors and such.

I remember Jez did a piece not too long ago on Irish women who are survivors of a procedure called "symphisiotomy." Essentially, a woman's pelvis is sawed in half, with only a local anesthetic (if any) applied, in order to facilitate the passing of the fetus through the vaginal canal. And the kicker: this procedure…

I just googled "moonstone and diamond ring" and picked the purtiest picture.

Such handsome boys.

I hate to be one of *those* mothers, but LOOK AT MY BOY IS HE NOT HANDSOME?

I've been fascinated with moonstones ever since I was in college. We had a delegation of Tibetan Buddhist monks visit us (they created the most beautiful mandala I've ever seen on the floor of one of our student lounges) and they brought over some stuff to sell, including a GORGEOUS silver and moonstone bracelet that…

Bag, Borrow, or Steal has Chanel and LV bags. As will most consignment stores.

Engagement rings are patriarchal, actually. Think about it: the dude doesn't get a ring, but the dude buys a ring for his fiancee, which she wears as a sign to other dudes that she already has a dude and that her dude would not be cool with other dudes tryin' to muscle in on his turf. His. turf. Oy.

Anal sex: not just for evangelical christian girls. I have a friend (well, acquaintance, actually) who was raised conservative-leaning-toward-reform, but who knows orthodox families through his parents and other relatives and has fooled around with orthodox girls because "they let me cum in the backdoor."

You have a lot more restraint than I do. I would have foregone the rational, verbal response and would have just replied with this gif:

Ummm...hi! I take it no one here has heard of Bag, Borrow, or Steal? Consignment stores? Ross/Marshall's/TJ Maxx? There are ways to get your mitts on *real* designer handbags on the cheap. Sure, you won't have "this season's" bag, but you'll have a Michael Kors or Gucci or Prada bag for about 200-300 bucks off the…

Lena Dunham: "Rihanna and Chris Brown's new duets make me want to go hide under Gloria Steinem's bed for 72 hours."

Awww, she mentioned the Mexican name thing! I looked her up after watching 12 Years a Slave (GO SEE IT IF YOU HAVE NOT; I MEAN IT. DROP EVERYTHING AND GO NOW) since I thought she might be Afro Latina with such a Mexican-sounding name. Turns out she was born to a Kenyan diplomat who was on a mission in Mexico at the…

The headline of this article immediately made me think of this:

You beat me to it! The Torygraph also has a video. It's slightly longer in the beginning, with the military-esque dude chatting her up a bit before the announcer called "civil division." I'm assuming he said something like, "Nervous, love? Don't be." And she was all, "Thanks. I kinda am. A little."

She totally does! — Mexican girl whose parents regularly took her to see Mariachi bands play