I think I said something about always picturing myself with a white guy, which considering that's the way my family looked makes sense. But my mom was always very honest that the way our family did things wasn't the way every family could or should do things. And now in my life I have so many friends whose families…

She is! I'm glad that came across! I don't like to act like I've cornered the market on parenting, especially since I don't even have kids, but I feel like people could learn from her!

I had a very similar experience as a child and it really stuck with me for lots of reasons. I'm white and for my birthday (I must have been turning 8 or so) my mom was going to buy me a Ken doll. When we got to the store, they were out of any white Ken dolls and my face fell (I was old enough to know not to throw a…

Firstly, point taken about reading the books. It's unfair for people to criticize anything that they haven't taken the trouble to understand.

I haven't read the books several times, so go ahead and dismiss my opinion as not educated. BUT I'm pretty sure the only reason she was "obsessed" with becoming at immortal at 18 was because she didn't like being "older" (you know not in actuality but in looks which are the most important) than her boyf. So, fail?

Seriously, this makes me think that body dysmorphic disorder isn't as recent a phenomenon as most psychologists think.

Ohmigerd! This reminds me of my family's dog that died a couple of years ago. She was a lab husky mix and the most beautifully loving stupid animal that ever existed. Every time she'd sneeze she'd hit her head on the hardwood floor and you could hear it from anywhere in the house. So made my day!

Katniss is holding a white rose? Isn't that something of a bad omen in the books? Doesn't she see one and freak out? I need to go back and re-read them.

Honestly, I don't think this is excessive at all. I have a friend who was stalked by a pizza delivery guy in college, who got all of her personal information from his workplace and then used it to follow her around and in general be menacing. In this situation, a man who clearly has no sense of boundaries is now…

Always? Probably not. A lot of the time? Yes. I truly believe that a lot of homophobia is rooted in anti-women thinking. Basically, the hate comes from being shocked that another man would "allow" himself to be treated like a woman. I doubt that the kind of person who thinks this way would admit it or even be…