My son used to lick the dogs' feet and he is a-OK.

I'm sure there's going to be people who comment on this and go, "EW! SO GROSS! I would never do that!" but let's get that out of the way right now and admit that all of us have a gross habit, maybe it's not this, but we're People Who Eat Things That Fall on the Floor, or People Who Stick Boogers Beneath Seats, or…

A giant bun?!

Do you guys all live in the Midwest or something? My husband's barber charges $28.

It's worth it. I've had my hair cut by stylists that charge $600, so my point of reference is probably different than most.

If I couldn't afford the cut, I'd probably try my hand at trimming it myself. I can't go back now.

I found my current stylist with that line of thought as well. I used to think, "black women will know how to cut black hair, right?" WRONG! So many black women get their hair relaxed that stylists only know how to cut relaxed hair.

If you don't have curly hair, you don't know what kind of upkeep/styling is required to keep it looking sane if you don't get a good cut.

Right?! Sad that I have to spend $200 (the $40 is a tip) to get someone who knows how to make my head look lovely and normal, not like some kind of snake pit/birds' nest.

These ladies are lucky that they can find stylists at all price points to cut their hair! Us curly-haired women have to pick our stylists more wisely... you'd think everyone would know how to cut curly/kinky hair... but you'd be wrong. Lots of, "you should definitely straighten it!" to deal with from stylists who…

HERE'S A CRAZY IDEA! Why don't people just start treating fat people like people instead?

The first and only step is: starve yourself for approximately every day until you die.

A lot of the pants in my size are either capri pants (LOL NO THANKS) or pants with some kind of weird bow, tie, or zipper on the bottom, so I empathize with your weird shirt problem.

I wonder a lot about this every single time I go shopping. My butt and thighs put me squarely in the "plus size" area of any department store, and I'm always kind of perplexed over why everything is a weird print, overly bedazzled, or a nasty color. Or all of the above.

Sort of - the aim was to have everyone insured, but private healthcare insurance companies have a strong economic interest in maintaining the current system, so it's kind of a compromise. It's better than what we had before (now, for example, a company can't establish a lifetime, dollar amount maximum on how much…

Doesn't Ireland have a single-payer nationalized healthcare system?

I'm pretty sure most of the time people just want you to see what they're eating.

This is such bullshit. These Saviors of Black People (thanks, guys! don't know what we'd be doing without y0u) want to "encourage" (coerce) black women to keep their babies, but once they're born, if they're low-income, that's too bad, better make it on your own.

I appreciate it every time you write about fatness, Lindy. I've been far unhealthier than I am now, at a much higher body fat, and after I started working out, my weight actually increased. My thighs and butt (which are large) stayed large, but now they're toned instead of squishy. When I go to the doctor, s/he'll…

My friends from college (I went to college in the Bay Area) were shocked and disgusted when I got married at 21. "You're a baby!" they said. "What are you gonna do when you get divorced?!"