I’d really rather look like a bitch than go along with a hug I don’t want. And I’d keep stiffening up when the VP does it, too. It may not be creeping in a sexual sense, but it’s a way of infantalizing you and taking away your agency. Does the VP hug other women on his level? Are there other women on his level? Might…

God bless you and the work you do, Ashley!!! This is the most useful and uplifting (pun definitely intended) post I’ve ever read on Jezebel. For the first time since I was about 14, I have real hope that I’ll be able to wear spaghetti straps!

Hugging my baby boy throughout his teen years was a little like being body-tackled by a sweaty grizzly bear: smelly, scratchy and disorienting. But wonderful all the same. Good luck and good hugs!

After seeing that, I do not want to know what this shit actually smells like...

Don’t know if I could have shown your restraint with the green skirt, but, yay, you.

This! We keep ours in the freezer. It has the advantage of almost instantly cooling/congealing the fat as you pour it in!

She has two gorgeous little kids, who, I’m guessing, are have nannies to take care of many of their needs. I know from experience that if she looks after them herself, especially while holding down a job (and maybe even cleaning up part of her large gorgeous mansion), she won’t have time to sit around feeling all…

We have enough problems, thanks.

With my super-sensitive skin (just reading the label of one of those perfumed cleansers - even so-called “naturally sourced” ones - gives me a rash) Cetaphil is the only cleanser that doesn’t irritate my face. And since my skin is super sensitive everywhere I have skin, regular soap is too irritating to my nether…

The first one works, if you’re tall, wearing that exact shirt, those exact earrings and are built like the model.

Yeah, hearing her voice is devastating. She may not be eloquent or educated, but she’s certainly not stupid. And she sounds as sane or saner than most people.

I don’t think she was kidding about the dungeon. The sex bench is there with her “other secrets.”

An argument for use of the fat suit would be that gaining weight, as Christian Bale did for Dick Cheney or Robert DeNiro did for Raging Bull or even Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones Diary, just isn’t healthy. These actors often report that their metabolism is never the same afterwards.

This kind of performative feuding and juvenile behaviour from adult women who should know better isn’t entertaining to me anymore. I’m done watching these shows and clicking on stories about them. I have better things to do. Done.

Slice them thin with a mandolin (the kitchen kind) and toss the slices in about a tablespoon of olive oil. Lay them out on a sheet pan, sprinkle with garlic salt and grated parmesan and roast them in oven until they’re golden brown and crispy around the edges. Good and good for you!

Mr. Rochester once kindly (over)inflated my bike tires for me as I was getting ready for a trail ride. On the way to the trail, with the hot sun beating down through the windows in the back of the SUV, the tires expanded and the back one blew. I was going about 75 mph. The effect was basically the same as if one of my…

Probably because people have realized how offensive it is and mostly stopped using it.

I believe your interpretation is entirely correct.

I also love their vacation, as seen through this endearing corny slideshow of their trip to Mexico, set to James Taylor’s “Mexico,” in case you weren’t clear on where they were or why.

Mr. Rochester and I say this all the time. While he was matinee idol good-looking when he was younger, he’s looking rode-harder-and-put-up-wetter as the days pass. Here’s hoping he uses that as an excuse to stay behind the camera -- where his real talent lies!