@Uncommon_Whore: Oh my god, my boyfriend is such a Chatty Cathy. That girl who got the phone call was basically me, except no one makes fun of me when I say "I love you, bye". And then the other girl talking about the train, I was like, shit, I know! My boyfriend calls me when he's getting in the car and coming…

@sterlingsilver36: Maybe jsteele is referring to the fact that Amanda Palmer never learned to read music. Personally, I think that adds to her musical brilliance and innate talent that she could learn and pull off the complex stuff she does intuitively. I think she effortlessly knows more about music than most…

@ViniTheOffensiveHat: I did this recently on facebook, responding to some anti-healthcare thing my aunt posted. In our exchange, we both tried to be very respectful, but I found her views completely repugnant and she undoubtedly thought the same about mine. I was going on the philosophy that trying to engage and…

@Gretchen: Sorry about your loss, but if it makes you feel any better, the appearance of this cat's gaping mouth is just a patch of gray fur on its chin and neck. It just looks like it's opening because the camera angle starts high then pans down.

@poppypop: I think comparing Barbara Walters' weave ignorance is a good analogy for Western people talking about skin-whitening in other parts of the world. People do harp on skin-whitening in East Asia too, though. I used to live in Japan, and while I'm no fan of skin-whitening at all, it's pretty clear to me that…

@frankie22: This "reaffirming" thing is just symbolic, and doesn't change anything. He's just "clarifying" what's already the law through an executive order, which isn't even permanent. For some reason, it's appeasing Stupak without changing a damn thing.

@GrummoreGrummersom: No, you're not. I think she's very conventionally attractive, especially when she's all cleaned up.

Hey, they're not dressed as hookers this time! Looks like FEMEN's branching out.

@snugbug: Just a friendly suggestion that read this again, paying attention to the section on "good faith": [jezebel.com]

@jemandtheholograms: Exactly. I think it's not so much that we're unable to see women as sexual aggressors, as there's this prevailing notion for men that when women are targeting them sexually, it's supposed to be "awesome".

I really hope these conservative Christian swingers aren't the same social conservatives who condemn homosexuality and sex before marriage, and say things like, "The Bible is very clear about x,y, and z." You know what the Bible is even clearer about than homosexuality? Sex with anyone besides your spouse. While…

@WashingMyHair (stopped Questioning Everything): I agree. I can't stand Kari Ann, but when I watched the episode it was wrenching to see all the women piling on her, especially when she started trying to relate to Mindy about being in abusive relationships and Mindy cut her off. She needed consequences for her…

You can really see Meg's influence over Palin's rhetoric in the original article. Repeatedly referring to her "precious" daughter, her "saint-like" husband. Who the hell's husband is "saint-like"? Honestly, the whole explanation seems contrived, sort of like Palin quitting as governor because she loves Alaska so…

When I lived in Japan, we did a reading on body sushi for my adult conversation class, and my students were DISGUSTED. They brought up that sushi temperature was important and that bodies are warm. I showed them pictures of a couple different ways it's done, and they were particularly grossed out when the model is…

@NefariousNewt: See, I'm having a hard time seeing the big difference between orthorexia and anorexia. Most anorexics still eat, they just severely restrict their diet and put value judgments on "good" food and "bad" food, and have specific safe foods. The fact that they're making a new name for something that…

@wiccanhot: I think using the terms "liberal" and "conservative" don't quite fit for the Democrats and Republicans of those days, because they were incredibly different. As Dotcom of 30 Rock said, the current Republican party would be unrecognizable to Lincoln; he fought a war to preserve federal authority, which is…

@bcthatawat: Actually, skin-bleaching is very common in Japan. Nearly all of the sun-block contains whiteners, as do most normal skin-products for women like moisturizers. And of course there's Pond's Double White and all the other products designed specifically for whitening. Whenever I bought any products over…

@Shells: Thank you. I love both cats and dogs, though I'm definitely more of a cat person, but I've found that I can't stand the PEOPLE who hate cats. I've converted a few, at least, like the people who hadn't really been around cats much and assumed they didn't like them. But the people with irrational hatred for…

@GGobsessed: Technically it just means modest dress, but people do use hijab to mean headscarf a lot.

@GGobsessed: I don't have an answer to your question (and I think it's a good one), but I just wanted to clarify that though "hijab" is used colloquially to refer to a headscarf, it's literal definition is "curtain" and is intended to denote modesty rather than refer to any specific garment. The Koran mandates…