Words I swore would never escape my lips, were recently uttered: "I am really loving the high-waist jeans these days." Ah, mid-30s. When you finally have to reckon with the fact that muffin top is NOT flattering and a defined waist makes SO much more sense now.

There's an irony-laden joke in there somewhere... Fingernails, chalk board...

Where a woman's thighs don't touch when she stands with her feet together. Even at my most under-weight, my thighs always touched. Some women just aren't built that way.

Yep, and we are no longer together, thank God. My ex was so massively fucked in the head that there were serious issues surrounding just about every aspect of sex, not least of all was the expectation that I would let him fuck me in order to prove I loved him. Which meant three or four times a day. If I said I wasn't…

Ack! Neckbeard! NOOOOOOO!

Tall and weird. That's totally my type.

I had a calico growing up that would go absolutely batshit when the colicky neighbor baby would start crying. From across the street, it did indeed sound like a distressed cat, and my poor Alice Cat would just pace in front of the window, worried out of her tiny mind that something BAD was happening to the poor…

I hate my chin. Only because it is super weak and the first thing to disappear when I gain a couple of pounds. I envy any woman with a strong jawline. :P

Bah. Getting used to the new commenting format and I just realized my "she's short" comment is super redundant. But yeah. Short. Still, taller than me, but definitely shorter than the typical model.

The pitch doesn't sound at all like the original Labyrinth.

That is really sweet. I've always been under the impression that she's actually a pretty cool person to get to know.

Word. Feinstein can be so amazingly badass when she wants to pull out the smackdown card. When I heard that clip on the radio yesterday, I got a nice little warm fuzzy.

I got the reference from "The Art of Gone With The Wind," which cites the costumes' actual waist measurements from the film. Not to say that 22" isn't pretty small, of course, but it's actually a pretty typical corseted waist measurement for someone of Leigh's height and weight at the time (5'3" and ~105 lbs).

The negativity surrounding corsets is a serious peeve of mine (esp the tropes of rib removal, not being able to breathe, and likening it to foot binding, all of which are featured here in the comments). I do wear a corset almost daily for posture/scoliosis/back issues, and it has helped IMMENSELY with controlling pain…

I suggest anyone interested in actual waist training, or has questions about it, should get themselves over to http://lucycorsetry.com/. She's covered everything about waist training from how to find a corset that fits to taking a shit in a corset. Plus, she's a biologist so she's got a handle on a lot of the science…

It wasn't. Promotional materials for GWTW gush about how she had a 16" waist or whatever, but in reality, her corseted waist measurement was 22" (meaning her natural waist measurement was probably 24-26"), according to Walter Plunkett's records.

I'd wonder if you were fitted properly for your corset, if it's causing you that much pain. Is this something that was made specifically for you by someone who knew what they were doing? Or was this a garment that was bought off the rack, or made by a costuming intern? And I'm assuming you're not tight lacing, either,…

The third image of Polaire from behind is thought to be doctored. You can even see the faint trace of the original silhouette. Photoshop isn't just something we invented in the 1990s.

Hi, are we the same person? Because my academic childhood was pretty much the same: Off the charts testing for language comprehension and writing, shit scores for math. Kept me out of every gifted program growing up because, while the programs did not focus on math, the math scoring was integral to qualifying for…

Boyfriend took me to Shake Shack for the first time last spring when we visited his family in Manhattan. DUDE. The cheeseburger I had was so good! And they sell beer! And are open after midnight! I'd trade a dozen In-N-Outs for a Shake Shack out here.