Man, you guys owe this woman a 50-page apology. I don’t know why anybody hates her— someone didn’t like the sincerity level of a speech she gave and that’s why so many years of public abuse and loathing? Or something? But she sounds 10x smarter & more self-aware & more gracious than any writer here, in any event.

I love her. Yes she’s a bit over the top sometimes (which celebrity isn’t though?) but she’s consistently good in all of her roles and she seems pretty grounded. I never got the hate.

Never got the hatred focused on Anne Hathaway? I have always liked her. I have zero problems with her and have pretty much enjoyed all of her movies.

Ann Taylor has been having serious problems along these lines for a couple of years now, too. Instead of reliably selling pretty clothing that you can wear to work in a conservative or semi-conservative office setting, they’ve gone with a depressing thrift store chic look that I honestly don’t understand.

I ordered two sheath dresses last week and returned them immediately after opening the box. Cheapest fabric you’ve ever seen, with a super chintzy silver exposed zipper going up the back. Even at 30% off, no thanks. Oh and their tshirts get holes.

Did we not learn our lesson from JC Penney’s brief foray into attempting to attract hipper, richer customers? All the people who had been loyal for years didn’t feel like they could or even wanted to shop there anymore, and the last time I was in a Penney’s they appear to have gone back closer to the old model.

I never shop at J.Crew anymore because of the quality issues. Stuff I bought in the early aughts is still wearable but the last sweater I bought there was a goner a year later.

Where they lost me was in the decline in quality, especially in their pricier pieces. I have a cashmere sweater from over 20 years ago, and there is no comparison with what is on offer now. Their cashmere now is cheap looking, pills and is just nowhere near as nice. Of course it’s still very expensive. I like some…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. It does not matter what rich kids on the internet think of your clothing, if the core hates them then they company is doomed. She had the support of trust-funder internet fashion people and no one else. Add to that the raising of prices and decline in quality, and you have …

Good. I dislike cults of personality. All J Crew has been turning out are things she’d like to wear. Which is always unsustainable in the long run. Also, bring back quality folks. I expect something from H&M or Target not to last. But especially at JCrew prices I expect pieces to last.

I could never tell what Ghost in the Shell was about from the trailer. Besides ScarJo in a nekkid suit.

Sweet Jeebus, could you imagine if the NFL encouraged fans to report infractions as they were happening on the field, and then those infractions would be enforced? Holy shitballs, that would be a cosmic clusterfuck. But...I kind of also want to see it.

“Well, I’m sorry if you just can’t handle a fan of sport making sure the rules are followed, good sir.”, the dickbag says, just before calling the HOA about those infernal children selling their damned lemonade down the street.

I grew up in the household that did struggle with those things, but I admit, it’s not something I’ve struggled with too much on my own. I mean, this article isn’t really about me and we also try to cover financial advice that applies to a wide array of financial situations (and sometimes that means people with…

Of course, this doesn’t apply to every situation. If you have a spending problem, you don’t want to use this as a justification to spend money you don’t have. If you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck and struggling to get out a debt trap, that’s a bit of a different story.

Of course, this doesn’t apply to every situation.

You sound like an absolute joy to be around, totally not like someone who’d want to make me kill myself if I had to live with you on a day-to-day basis.

Why is someone who is as kind and loving as that young man... not in charge of our country, or a multinational corp, or at least my city!

“IHOP Executive Director of Communications Stephanie Peterson told the network that she heard through the franchisee and the team that this behavior is kind of in [Thomas’] nature. This goes completely against IHOP corporate policy, and his actions are explicitly forbidden in the employee manual, page 143, section 3,…

Who’s cutting onions?????