I'm pretty sure someone has already written that story. Just can't remember the title.

Just wait until you're post-menopause. It's like being a ghost. We olds move through the world like smoke.

Thank you. God forbid a woman over 25 dress in a way that shows off her body. Sack cloth and ashes for the "olds." Fuck. Me.

I'm guessing you weren't a dumb undergrad. :) I just think Mad Men works on a lot of different levels and I imagine if I watched episodes now, I'd see some stuff differently, too.

Oh, I'm not gonna defend Betty. But it's clear that she's been so benefitted by the cultural norms that she can't understand why she's miserable. I'm not even sure she's aware of how miserable she is. And I agree, she does take something of a malicious delight in taking this out in her kids, but mainly because her…

You know what was shocking to me, was how common this sort of casual slapping/pinching etc was during that period. How do I know? I grew up then. My step-father would thunk me in the ear at dinner if I said something he didn't like. And hard. My mother didn't believe in spanking, but she was unusual. However, she…

What drives me nuts is that Betty was far more sophisticated than Don when they met. She graduated from Bryn Mawr and after school lived and modeled in both Italy and New York. She was educated, cultured, and independent.

Thank you as accurate an assessment of the (ever) current state of publishing. If she were forty-year-old junkie with meth-face, I'm guessing they wouldn't be quite so interested, no matter how delightful her prose.

And they rarely are flattering on the amply bosomed.

Oh, you big liar. There fixed your problem for you.

His children deserve the education HE and MICHELLE decide they should have according to their means. And it really is none of any of our fucking business.

He has a tattoo?

It's like the "99 Barrels of Beer song. But with tea bags.

I'm not at all surprised by this. If a dude had had the lists of TV hits Rhimes has, they would be throwing money at him to produce whatever he wanted. Honestly, it's annoying as hell. She produces shows that are compelling to women. If you look at the demographics for "Scandal," it's women who are keeping it…

Old white woman here — I love "Scandal" and think "Girls" is pretty crap. Sure, "Scandal" is over-the-top, but so is most of network drama programming. I have a huge girl crush on Kerry Washington. (Also, I want absolutely everything she wears. There's a wonderful short on Hulu about the costuming on "Scandal.")

Who the hell thinks tea made from 100 tea bags is a good idea? At what point do you cross that Rubicon? When do you say, "Fuck it! If fifty mades me speedy, what'll a hundred do?" How does that creep up on one? So many question...

Thank you so very much! I also think the "what about false accusations" pearl-clutching comes from the same place. If you blame the victim, it takes the onus off the rapist for the horror they've perpetuated. Just imagine a world where rapist were treated with the same kind of contempt we reserve for terrorists and…

Thank you for asking the right question. Not what was up with her, but what was up with him.

I spend a metric crapton on my hair products. Grey hair, plus odd colored hair = temperamental hair. And if rainbow farting kittens makes it cost dear, well so fucking be it. Your hair. Your money.

And I can now think of John Boehner forever more as The Detachable Anus. Which is an upgrade from what I have been thinking of him as.