This is something I regrettably had not considered. You and MingSchwazia are absolutely right. Had it been girls, we'd be having the same old tired discussion again about "mean girls."

It's not easy to make jackals weep.

Please. In high school I rocked a badass haircut that was about an inch long on my right side and became shoulder length on the left. It was awesome and I owned it. These peeps are late to the party.

What about a certificate? I know with a lot of vocations (welding, many things in the construction field) you can take an exam to test your competency and if you pass, you are certified. Otherwise, you take the program and at completion you are certified.

The point is...that it DOESN'T require $5000 and 17 months to learn her trade.

Yeah, but the pedagogical training gets ridiculous and is sometimes not even useful. I had a teacher in high school with a PhD in literature. They wouldn't allow her to teaching "gifted" literature classes until she was "gifted" certified. To me, that's wasting a fantastic resource you already have.

There's a lot of snark here aimed at Ms. Monnin; I'm okay with that as long as it's backed up. What's the beef, Doug? Her problem with the transgender contestant? That's she's involved in pageants at all?

I'm fairly young (25) but I can't imagine another FLOTUS having as much of an inspirational impact on young girls than Michelle Obama. I've seen so many videos of her going to schools and such and when she walks out, kids go crazy. She's got such a positive star power.

Is this lack of editing supposed to be ironic here?

I'm 25 and going to a party tonight. I have a boyfriend but I definitely need to rock someone (else's) world... :x

Girl, time is money. The amount of time legislatures spend arguing about my uterus, and your's, is disgusting. If they want to talk about women's issues, there's so much more they could be doing.

Our relationships, our business.

No joke. I can't imagine why my sex life, or lack thereof, would be something I publicized to the national media if I were an Olympic contender...

Agreed. I'm tired of the pussy-on-a-pedestal mindset.

Did you wait until marriage? Did you consider yourself "pure" and that you were "gifting" your virginity to your husband? If not, it's not quite the same as what this Lolo woman is doing.

It's just something, a gift that I want to give to my husband

I had the same problem! Just couldn't see it. Help!

I think women in the (television) media and in positions of power that put them in the media have it the worst. When I watch cable news, all the female anchors are essentially carbon copies of each other (visually, I mean). They all look like they're wearing stage makeup and being filmed with a soft lens (plastic…

I don't get it. If I was going to try to pigeonhole her, I'd just say she's a hipster.

Look, I get 5 doctor's visits a year before I have to start paying toward my deductible. I am poor and this is what I can afford. I feel like being REQUIRED to see my gynecologist every year in order to get a refill on birth control pills is absolutely ridiculous, especially when that drops the number of doctor's…