Thank you for reminding he was 20 at the time. I keep thinking he was 18. From what I have observed it is a lot harder to get help once a child reaches legal adulthood.

There are probably enough differences between Columbine in '99 and Sandy Hook in '12 that comparing, as I did, might not be fair. But now, having read the piece with Peter Lanza and having read about the Kliebold's in the book Far From the Tree, in addition to David Cullen's exhaustive research [http://www.columbine-on…

I feel the same way. The father might just express himself in a way I don't understand, and god only knows how one lives with the legacy he must deal with — there probably isn't a manual for people in his position — however, the admittedly few things I have read regarding the dad and what I saw on a Frontline [http://w…

I'd like to recommend you watch this video by Frontline to understand what Nancy Lanza went through. She really, really tried her best. Very little was available to them and honestly, what kind of resources are available for a child/young adult who is SO ill? Be grateful you don't understand what it's like being in…

I've been so upset to see Asperger's (inevitably) come up in cases like Lanza's since the boy and his family obviously needed help and in our health care and social services system the child would need a diagnosis before he could receive any help. Years ago, before the condition now known as AS was accepted by…

I've been so upset to see Asperger's (inevitably) come up in cases like Lanza's since the boy and his family obviously needed help and in our health care and social services system the child would need a diagnosis before he could receive any help. Years ago, before the condition now known as AS was accepted by…

YES! I have yet to read the whole profile piece, so am not sure how the father speaks about his ex-wife generally, but if this is a representative sample it shows that the father doesn't understand how stressful and abusive living with a personality like Adam's would be on a daily basis. She was "walking on eggshells"…

Oh dear, I'm sorry you're going to school with people who think their opinions about what you eat is worth sharing. That said, my local Chipotle is crappy and I avoid eating there but would just say, "Let's not, I had a bad experience there", and hopefully have other choices for lunch.

I totally relate to this but was raised in Maine (by a family who had been there well before the state was even incorporated, so no influence from the Mid-West, just a lot of hardcore Protestantism). My friends from other rural parts of New England (mostly Vermont) also share a background full of the similar sentiment…

Yes! These designers and those who make their livings in the public eye have professional costumers to help them get everything in its right place and stay there. One of the reasons Versace's dresses became so popular in the 80s and 90s was because they were structured so that they did not necessary look structured…

That's me, a probably conventionally pretty face with "tuberous" breasts, but I didn't reply to just tell you that, I also replied because, 1) I totally agree that someone who looks "perfect" is almost never, going by conventional standards, 100% so and, 2) as a woman who has struggled with insecurity over what her…

Actually, support is often built in to dresses like those pictured above. When not purchased off the rack (heh) but specially tailored to a particular woman's figure, any piece of clothing can have hidden support. These actresses and starlets aren't just showing up at red carpet events after spending an hour at an…

Yes, totally! If anything, at least IME, it's felt like a measure to keep me in check, like, "Don't think too highly of yourself, because you have ___ fault / imperfection, so it isn't like you've got too many options left so be happy you've got my attention."

So, for the most part, this is a collection based on what those of us who were old enough to be buying clothing and dressing ourselves in the early to mid-90s were wearing via thrift stores, etc. This is why I've always been suspicious of CK: constant re-treading of a dress that looked hot on Jennifer Aniston or some…

omg, omg, you hit it perfectly! not quite 1930s depression-era U.S., not quite 1930s-80s USSR, but totally Adrienne!

Yeah, this is just his particular brand of objectification that happens to fit into a (his) body-positive argument. I've known some guys who act like they're doing me a favor if they're attracted to something they consider conventionally unattractive or "off" about me or other women and of course it's a major turn OFF…

It is SO wrong that they use slave labor: they act like they're doing blind, crazy cat ladies some favor by "employing" them to create this knitwear but ... I can actually smell the cat pee from this photo.

I'm totally with you: LAAAAAAzy. This shit is just lazy. (And probably coming to a Target or H&M near us soon. Ugh.)

This poor model! "I've gone through all that bullshit you've read about in the nightmare that is the modeling industry on blogs like Jezebel, finally get booked in what could be a career-making gig and I'm fucking put in a C3PO dress??!! WTF? Forget champagne, I need a goddamn sandwich after this shit!"

I'm really white and I definitely know the difference!