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Thank you for telling me! I'm actually very relieved to hear this, as it has been bothering me since 6th grade when I first read her diary and is what kept me from reading the unedited version that was released a while back.

I have always been quite torn regarding Anne Frank's diary. While it is an exceptionally important historic document that provides a window into the Holocaust for young people to access the subject in a way that more graphic works (Survival in Auschwitz, Night) cannot, I am very uncomfortable with the idea that she

Interesting. Where did the country club exclusivity come from?

I'm curious about something. What is the purpose of a sorority if not to create a sense of prestige and 'better than'? I understand joining a group dedicated to a particular cause (such as feminism), but I don't see the actual point of a sorority other than to give the in-group a sense of superiority over everyone

I don't think there is anything shameful in belonging to a sorority, but I think it would be useful if you stepped back a bit and saw that for many people they are inherently 'wrong' because of how they create prestige through exclusion and perpetuating judging people based on sexist, classist, sometimes racist

I'm sorry some of the replies have been rather caustic in tone. I think a large part of why many feminists have an issue with sororities is because even if some do good works they are still coming from a set of principles that is inherently at odds with progressive, compassionate, inclusive thought. It is meant to be

I don't think I've seen the director's cut, but if it has less Tim Curry and not more I don't think I need to! That costume/creature design was so awesome. And then the black dress for Mia Sara, I think that turned me into a gothlet right then and there.

Yes please! That would likely do very well. Who doesn't wuv, twue wuv, Princess Bride?

Yaaaay! I would desperately love to see someone do something with Legend. Remake, series, sequel, whatever. With casting changes and a few different design choices it could have been so much more. The dark, menacing sexuality of Curry's character, the beautiful costumes ... but then there was Tom Cruise running around

Why does it have to be one or the other? Why not an open adoption? She lives with the adoptive couple or her bio dad and has visitation with the other. I'm going through something like this right now and while letting my boy go is the hardest thing I've ever done, he's going to come visit for the weekend two weeks

I hear you on that! I hated buttercream for years until I found out about Italian Buttercream made with about a 1:1:2 ratio of egg whites, sugar, and butter and about as much vanilla and rum as the emulsion will hold (as opposed to American Buttercream made with powdered sugar and just a smidge of butter). That stuff

Have you tried French Buttercream? It's made with egg yolks instead of egg whites. It's pretty freakin' amazing.

I can't remember much of it, I was 8 or so and it's a bit fuzzy.

This show haunted me for years. I watched it when I was a kid and I was so young I couldn't really remember it. I just couldn't remember the name or anything other than a sense of total adoration and sadness it had been cancelled. Best Google day ever was when it finally yielded the answer!

I was heartbroken when they cancelled this. I adored everything about it. Serge!

Seriously. I sometimes think a huge part of why genre shows get the axe so soon is we're all terrified to fall in love so we don't watch until it's too late.

Me too! SyFy re-ran it a few years back, and I still enjoyed it, lame as it was.

Actually, no, he really films in slums. The stories from the District 9 shoot ... made me happy to live in my middle-class bubble and terribly guilty about it as well.

Pockets! How else does one look properly nerdtastic without pockets to rummage through? Is it even possible?

I love this, so hard. In addition to more fabric, I think they look more stylish. These are superheroes that look like an actual woman came up with her own outfit. They flow, they're alluring without being tawdry, and above all, they are much more powerful. If I were a supervillain, I would be much more afraid of