Yeah, it´s not easy to live with that type of body hair... I was sure I had PCOS because I had all the symptoms, but no,not one single cyst was found. Neither do I have thyroid problems, just weird and embarrasing body hair. But you learn to live with it, you have to...

I wouldn’t grow a beard, but have a lot of very noticeable chin hair (thank you, white skin and black hair) and does it grow... I tried wax and tweezers and both irritate my skin, making it red and puffy. Out of laziness started shavig and it does the trick. Have to do it two/three times a week but it works. Lady…

It’s like she’s talking about a whole different species. Isn’t she a woman too? Plus I wouldn’t want to hang out with her like that, it sounds inane .

I gave birth for the first time in February, normal birth, no complications. I don’t know if it’s normal or not, but I was grateful I wasn’t even encouraged to stand unless I had to go to the toilet. Sol getting up, putting on make up, pantihose and heels... Yeah, no.

Blanche, hands down. She was perfect as Blanche.

Why, thank you Penn, for your extreme wisdom. Thank you for telling me how you’re supposed to feel towards childbirth. I mean,I actually gave birth to someone, but could only put it in perspective with the help of your insightful tweet.

Did a double take myself about that one. But then I AM turning forty this December, making me officially an OLD.

One of the things I truly appreciate about bein ateacher is how much freedom I actually have. Sure, the pay is miserable, parents and students treat you like a servant, the workload is usualy endless... but you can manage methods materials and processes al on your own, and at least in this country, no dress code. I…

I hate tampons and prefer pads, there I said it. I fail at tampons, how ridiculous is that?

I chose a deep pink almost twenty years ago and have bought several iterations of it over the years. I’d love to be more adventurous but just can’t. Plus I feel funny with lipstick, like a little girl playing dress up. I’ll be forty in December so... it doesn’t get better with age.

Me too, I love the look of heels, but not actually wearing them. With calcified, crooked cervicals from too heavy totes full of books (teacher here) heels are painful. Not a tragedy, though, because I’m tall so cute ballerina flats it is. And sneakers, lots of sneakers.

Me too! That’s why my makeup consists of primer, foundation and translucent powder. Eyeshadow attempts are usually hit lor miss.

Did gels for my wedding and had them taken ohh immediately after the honeymoon, how do people even function with those things? I was useless.

Me too! My hair looks like a halo it’s so frizzy. I use loads of conditioner to keep it sorta straight. Doesn’t allways work, though.

Really? I wearthem a lot to conceal the fact my boobs are kinda huge.They have to be a)super long and b) kinda thin. Heavy fabrics are just not effective. These are my favourite styles and they seem to work (given that I’m plus sized and not everything does)

Well, as the proud mother of a two months baby I see her point, he does go into withdrawal, crying inconsolably if my breasts aren’t readily available by the time he gets hungry . I can only imagine the epic tantrum if he missed a dose, I mean, a feeding.

My most memorable concert was an opera, actually. Me and three other friends went on holiday to the South of Spain and ended up in Cáceres. It was the celebration of Verdi’s centenary and there was free opera in the bull fighting arena that night. We ended up going and it was glorious: second row seats, the clearest,…

Well, she was quite close to Queen Mary, another very cold mother, so she must have gotten her parenting style from her own grandmother.

I asked the same to my mom, who was born in 1950. All the photos show perfect, perfect skin and grace and poise. Her answer? Oh darling, they were all retouched to erase imperfections... So, grain of salt there.

Now I know how I’ll dress my little revolutionary for mardi gras nex year, tiny kilts are adorable, cultural appropriation be damned.