All the black women characters are otherwise occupied being tough-but-fair judges.

I agree, let's focus on the real issues, such as whatever of your disturbing and hypocritical sexual behaviors we have yet to find out about.

Right, eyebrows don't get raised because faces were already frozen into masks of irritation and disapproval.

SPIDERS FUCK???!!??

I think it's a big assumption that whoever might wind up tending to children while their parents work doesn't really care about them. That is not my experience of people in that field at all.

Sorry, thinking they are both assholes is against the rules of this game. You have to pick one asshole and vigorously defend the other person or the universe will explode. Don't cross the streams!

I love her hair. When I was in grad school someone did a class presentation that involved everyone drawing a picture of themselves depicted as another ethnic identity. I (a white girl) drew myself with a very similar natural 'do (in my mind I got to be Lauryn Hill). Of course I have long basically straight hair so…

One thing that happens once you have a professional license is, you become very aware of all the poorly qualified and inept people out there giving your profession a bad name (even people who are licensed themselves). So having gone through the process you feel very protective of the licensing system because it is at…

Steve Almond said for men going down is like the idea of reforming the inner city. Venturing into this intimidating and unfamiliar terrain with nothing but the best intentions and then congratulating yourself on your liberal enlightenment, i.e. do-gooderism. He put it much better; it was funny. In his story "How to…

Basically! Ad nauseum.

Hush your mouth, girl. He'd never!

This whole either/or thing is driving me crazy.

Please tell us who. We swear we won't tell anyone.

Oh brother. Okey dokey artichokey. I really don't think she's a douche, but I think she stirred up a bit of drama. It's hilarious to me that anyone would take issue with that part of it. (I also don't have a particularly histrionic reaction to the term shit-stirring. It's a word I use to describe my own actions on a…

Your funny story on Twitter = my shit-stirring, that's all.

Let's not rule out reincarnation just yet...

Actually not that I necessarily agree with this but I think s/he was saying neither one was a crime and in both instances MS or anyone else could just opt to keep her distance from the whole thing and let someone else's marital problems alone. (Once she got off the plane at least, amirite?)

Dear Brian and Melissa, Actions have consequences. Sincerely, Nilla

Or if you are more traditional, you will be more traditional both in parenting style and with respect to sex roles.

Of course now that I think about it, "sit and be" time is the time I'm most likely to make poor food choices. Hmm.