Ugh. I have such mixed feelings about jane pratt. Some things are so admirable and other things are just so pathetic. She's like that girl you went to college with that you really thought you liked, or wanted to like, but then you realized she spends 100% of her time trying to convince you she's an open minded,…

The best thing that can happen to a woman in our society is to be born pretty, rich and stupid. She's got all the advantage and none of the existential guilt.

My hunch is that the teenage boys watching it don't get the subtlety, which is all that needs to be said.

It's fine if it begins and ends at verbal banter. But fact is it doesn't. Women don't have the same opportunities/chances as men do in the kitchen and that's really what the issue is.

this doesn't surprise me. Kitchens are notoriously sexist, dehumanizing places. Ask any waitress or female chef or bartender. I worked for five yrs in the restaurant industry and it's disgusting.

She's one of those self righteous women who thinks she's made super great choices and that's why her life has 'worked out.' She ascribes other women's tragedies to their lack of foresight rather than to the fact that we live in a fucked up world. She's kind of mean girl sometimes.

Exactly. If you'll rape a drunk girl, you'll rape a girl who's sleeping or a girl who's fainted or a girl who can't speak or whomever you see as in anyway vulnerable. It's not about the drinking. It's about the fact that some men don't view consent as necessary.

I completely agree. Unfortunately, in our society we don't think that way. We like to isolate, ridicule and abuse those who've already dealt with terrible misfortune.

Generally, I dislike the phrase "personal responsibility". Not because of the sentiment, but because of the way people throw it around. The people I know who like to brandy the term, don't usually take much "personal responsibility" of their own. It seems to be one of those phrases we only utilize when we're talking…

Yeah, this is disgusting. It's doubly disgusting coming from women. When will women learn we need to support one another? It's disturbing that this rhetoric exists amongst older women who are supposed to be younger women's mentors and roll models.

I don't think they're unlucky in love either. I think they both like dating around and won't be tethered to someone just to have a relationship. Society paints women like this much differently than men who do the same thing.

I call guys like John Mayer "frat boys with good vocabularies." Basically, it's the guy who thinks he's deep and caring because he's read Virginia Woolf or listened to Neko Case, but in actuality is just as self-centered and douchy as your run-of-the-mill beer bonger.

For everyone who's making light of these conditions, the thing most reports aren't mentioning but has some validity, is the real risk of contacting dysentery or cholera in these situations. This isn't just about "getting a grip" — these conditions cause life threatening illnesses in some.

In Beyonce's world, being an independent woman means "I can buy myself really cool shoes."

Can we also teach them not to hate on one another? The worse things I hear about women come from other women. We're constantly pitting ourselves against one another, judging each others choices in ways men don't. We have to learn that there are not "worthy" women and "unworthy" women and support women who've made…

I don't think a number means you're doomed to fail. I just think cultural trends can indicate something that's true for MOST people. There's exceptions to everything, though.

I don't think all older-younger relationships are doomed to fail, but most people seem happiest with people who are withing 5-10 yrs of their age. (there are some studies that have indicated this). You're still in this bracket with your husband. I'm glad it worked out for you, and perhaps you're in the best situation…

I think it's pretty clear that the slate photo was taken a long time ago. (Probably in the 90s) and that after two kids and hitting 35 she's gained a bit of weight. Which is fine and she still looks great. The point being they chose a photo from when she was like 19 and tried to pass it off as a 36 yr old woman. Way…

I find this story (not the article, the series of events) really convoluted and hard to follow. I am really still insure of what was actually going on with these people. It sounds like a bunch of really retched individuals who like drama and one of them happened to have a mental illness, taking said drama to a really…

I think it was a big deal when there were no antibiotics.