Caved. To either studio pressure, or because she wanted the awards so badly. Losing or gaining weight for a role does not make you any better at acting. That is what practical effects and acting are for!! I say this as someone who was raised in the theatre, my parents are actors and directors, and I grew up in it.…

Screw the family in the last story. They deserved a table by the dumpster. Had my children made fun of a person with special needs, I would have made them apologize. I then would have picked up the family's check and my children would have then had that money deducted out of their allowances until the balance was…

Crop dusting is the most Christian revenge. You should always turn the other cheeks.

While getting changed in the locker room at the pool, my daughter proudly pointed out my nipples to the rest of the women. I confirmed those were my nipples but I did see some stares from women like, "oh, she shouldn't really know that." Whatever. My daughter also calls her vagina a "jai-nah", can't quite remember to…

My 3 yo makes love declarations to his penis in the bath. As in "hello, my little penis, I'm happy to see you! I love you sooo much!". It's really, really hard to keep a straight face when he does that.

When my daughter was four she asked what her "front butt" was called. And I told her that it was her labia. And she said, "LABIA?!!? THAT'S a STUPID name! I'm gunna call it HOT LAVA instead." After I died from trying to choke back the laughter, I reminded her we don't say stupid.

I'm sending this to my cousin. She insists on telling her toddler that her vagina is called her "body" and now the kid is so confused and freaked out when people use body to mean what it actually does that it is sad and potentially extremely dangerous. Not to mention, it is utterly disturbing on many levels to reduce…

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use…

Under Kira's supervision, according to the source, pledges in the incoming class were called names, berated for their perceived physical flaws and imperfections, and made to perform physical tasks to the point of bruising and exhaustion.

My baby girl was stillborn 2 months ago. I thought maybe I shouldn't read this, but I'm glad that I did. I hope the person in the crematory read her name, just for another person to know she existed. It all feels surreal to me still. My husband, daughter, and I are going to place her ashes next weekend, and this…

My god that was stunning writing - pure and evocative and heart wrenching.

But she's such a FEMINIST, y'all!

I want to get all worked up about the fact that men think 20 year olds are hot, but then I remember that according to our reading preferences, women would really like to date a 7 foot tall billionaire immortal warrior with unending stamina in bed who is completely monogamous and family oriented. So, basically, both…

Ladies, please disregard this data. Men have no problems dating women over 22, or 30 for that matter. It's boys in adult bodies that are trying to chill with Lolita.

Stereotype = wishfully perpetuated by old guys who're desperate to convince the 20-year-olds that all women like older men.

That paragraph is totally the crux of the issue! Can we just stop hearing about what me like, please?? We get it, we already know you like little girls; this message is driven home to us every day in every movie, TV show, magazine, billboard ad, and artwork ever created by man. We know that women aren't worth a tin…

Honey, does it have to be all about men at every conceivable moment?

That was a POWER MOVE, for sure. "fuck this claret"

Did that flashback shaving scene with Claire and Frank have anyone else hot and bothered? I couldn't stand Frank in the books, but after that scene I was almost ready to switch from Team Jamie to Team Frank. (Almost, but not quite.) And to feel that in the same episode where there's all the pscho creepiness with…