I've been very lucky in that I have a group of friends who a) don't give a rats ass about anyone's marital status so long as they're happy and b) a mostly older family who's very non-confrontational and prefers to talk smack about people behind their backs. As one of the few young'uns, I only started getting the…

I find it interesting that the discussion has veered so much towards student "comfort" more than anything else. Some girls work better with all girls, some girls do not — different strokes for different folks. But academic achievement is an individual thing based on so much more than who sits next to you in class.

Former admissions staffer at an all girl Catholic high school chiming in with some anecdotes... I heard a lot of those statistics being tossed around by my former employers, their competitor schools and parents when making the decision of where to send their daughters to high school. In all honesty though, other than…

Where is the study that shows what Viagra-hopped up men pee out? Or no one cares if the fish have erections only that they show more female traits because of TEH ESTROGEN, OMG.

Psst, dude? Not only is your argument awful and wrong, it's not even unique. In fact, racist, misynogist menfolk have been thinking that for ages now. They even got Cary Grant to make a movie about it (Dream Wife - made in 1953 - [www.imdb.com]) where he JUST CANT HANDLE the awesomeness of State Department Diplomacy…

Does Gregory Peck's character in "Roman Holiday" count? Swoops in, spends memorable couple of days with Audrey Hepburn, changes her life forever, but then they go on with their separate lives at the end?

I bristle whenever I hear "be yourself!" mostly because, well, who else would I usually be?

The "Smart Bitches" had a recent post of good/bad BDSM romances in response to the popularity of 50 Shades ... I'd say their list is a good place to start.

Scott Farber totally nailed it. As much as admissions people will be impressed with a student individually, they have to build a successful class. If the student succeeds, well, that's lovely too. But they want to keep their jobs, and that depends on delivering a group that fills a whole host of different…

Admissions officers like to think of themselves as benevolent life guides. If they are going to give away a spot in their class, they want to give it away to someone who is going to love it and be grateful for it, not someone who is filling the slot because their dad used to go there.

THIS. I used to work in (private, all girls high school) admissions, which scarily is becoming as super competitive as the college application process. We always could tell the kids who were involved because Mom or Dad made them, or their school required participation - the enthusiasm just wasn't there.

Thank you! ;) Those men need to take one big step off of Oh Hell No Pier. As a former genre snob who got converted simultaneously to romance and sci-fi in college, I refuse to get uppity about anybody's choices. If you like it, my first question should be "what's good that I'm missing out on?" not "but whyyyyy? you're…

I am not a fan of most of the modern rom-coms (Cary Grant is my favorite romantic leading man and I cannot fathom the likeability of Matthew McConaughey) but as problematic as some of them are, I don't think it's a reason to hate on the genre. I mean, I don't hate on sci-fi movies because the SyFy channel brings tripe…