True. Her figure was, as others have pointed out, so over-exaggerated in a consciously tongue-in cheek way that I think the first time I watched the film it just collapsed into a collection of mental signifiers for me. It was definitely her attitude and her sultriness that made her so sexy, and you really don't need…

Yep. The last time my husband and I stayed at a hotel with a king bed I was all "This is amazing! I can't even see you! We'll have to send up flags to find each other in the morning!" and we both slept much better than usual. We could never fit a king-sized mattress in our bedroom, unfortunately, but we're saving up…

Pretty much. If I woke my husband up to bone he would be so pissssssssed. He sleeps like shit anyway (I tend to say he really needs his eight hours a night to get a better chance at sleeping for four of them) and it's not like we don't have enough time before bed to do the sexy times.

FGM isn't a religious practice- it predates the three Judeo-Christian religions and isn't required by any of them. It's certainly associated more commonly with some Islamic nations and groups, but on the whole it's far more accurate to view this as a cultural issue (which includes religious interpretation).

I agree it seems a little gimmicky, but frankly if so many garages are going to insist on remaining macho-dominated spaces that treat female customers like idiots then it's hardly surprising that someone would capitalize by going so far in the other direction. The creche/playroom is just a flat-out good idea no matter…

I don't get why so many people consider shorts innately "unprofessional." If they're the same length as a skirt and show no more leg, what is the big deal? I have a great pair of denim pedal-pushers (actually a pair of skinny I hemmed to the right length) and when paired with a button-down they look very 1960s chic.

I just couldn't deal with the nonsensical seasonal restrictions. When we first went back to school after the holidays it was invariably warmer than it had been for the rest of the "summer," but we still had to wear our shirts and ties rather than the polo shirts. And the regulation shirts (which were about $30 each)…

A little town in coastal Wales, actually. I have to admit, ours was a really objectionable uniform. Skirts and trousers (they started allowing trousers for girls two years after I left) had to be navy pinstripe until you were 16, then black pinstripe for the sixth formers. We had to wear button-down shirts and ties…

I also grew up in the UK, and attended state school (not an expensive private one), and I had to wear a uniform right through sixth form. We definitely weren't taught at all about dressing ourselves smartly, probably because we did have that continual uniform. So obviously it varies from school to school. For…

Actually, I believe this was covered by Jez the other day- the tattoo said "I am enough the way I am," which frankly is an attitude I wish more teen girls could buy into, and makes the school's decision to cover it up somewhat ironic.

I don't really mind uniforms, but I have to say that from my own experience of wearing them (from the age of 5 right through to 18) a lot of their virtues are somewhat exaggerated. Kids are really, really good at finding indicators of economic status so unless you also have uniform shoes and bags etc. they'll still…

Eh. I remember people freaking out about the short dresses and tiny tops the Spice Girls used to wear, and Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears weren't exactly known for covering up. Obviously not all female musicians dressed like that, but then neither do all female pop stars today.

The logic is working perfectly. By making early abortions as difficult as possible to obtain you will decrease dramatically the number of women who will be able to get their abortions done within the legal time frame. Especially among poor women who don't have the ability or the time and money needed to travel to the…

I mean, historically, that's one of the first things birthing mothers do, when they have the choice- they come the fuck inside!

That jumped out at me too! Or maybe he just really loves the charming little Iowa town? I hear the annual tulip time festival is really something.

I just don't get people who think being beaten by a security guard/police officer etc. is an appropriate response to provoking them. Was Martinez apparently being a dick? Absolutely. But if you're a security guard or a police officer it is not your job to freak out at anything less than violent physical assault. Even…

I've got to admit, I've never seen the appeal in tear-jerkers. I saw the trailer for this and just thought it looked like the most depressing thing ever.

Yeah, I'm from a small coastal town in the UK and one of our tourist souvenir shops used to sell these. Some older people continue to insist they're not racist because "I loved my Golliwog as a child!"

To be fair, that is one of the ASA's most complained about adverts ever- I think they received over 900 complaints from members of the public. And the ASA actually banned a YSL perfume advert from being broadcast on TV in 2011. I'd say the difference is not so much in what people find offensive but in how much the…

On the flip side...fuckin' Kevin. I'm not sure exactly why, but he really, really irritates me. I think it's because he has the happy, moon-faced grin of the born idiot.