Amen. I think hearing a different language is an important part of setting the tone for a movie. If I see one more WWII film where a Nazi speaks in a British accent, I'm going to go to Hollywood and start slashing tires.

I think this was a case of Hollywood ego. Why in the world did we need to remake 3 fabulously done movies that were made with native actors and filmed in the language of the books? Do people hate reading subtitles that much? For me, hearing the Swedish added an element of authenticity. It's like watching "Downfall"…

... won't she get warts now or something? Isn't that the old wive's tale? Or is it you rub a frog on a wart to make it go away...

YES I just moved to MN and I bought those on advice from a friend who lives in a cold climate and they were worth every penny. Weirdly, my Air Jordans paired with those things are pretty much the warmest footwear I own.

I think the key is to buy high-quality leggings that aren't cotton from Target or American Apparel and have numerical sizes—they're very much opaque, usually have some kind of embellishment like a zipper or two and they're not quiiite as stretchy so they're hard to pull off unless you're on the thin size. These are…

Just for that I think we should bring back JNCOs.

I was surprised at the doing the dishes thing too. I guess Lindy has not gotten the "how to properly load the dishwasher" lecture 10,000 times from her male partners like I have before. Apparently this is a task at which I am incapable of doing correctly, and men have a serious OCD thing about optimal dish and cup…

That... actually sort of happened to me. I was at work and a stink bug was on my desk, so I squished it with tissue and threw it in the mini trash can next to my desk. 10 minutes later, I look down from working on the computer to see that mo'fucker ON MY FINGER. That asshole crawled out of tissue paper encasement, out…

What's the going exchange rate for lesbucks :: sex bucks, anyway?

OMG. That is the WORST. One of the funniest family stories we tell is this one time when my Mom was drunk, home from a bar and had locked herself out of the house; she didn't want to wake us up though because it was the middle of the night. So she's staggering around on the back deck trying to shimmy the deck door…

+1 for the R.L. Stein reference

Haha me too!

Nope! I always liked them. My fave part of the "Marry Your Boyfriends" gay marriage YouTue vid is where the lesbian woman crushes the soda can when talking about killing bugs.

I remember sitting in my Catholic CCD class (ugh) one Sunday night as a teenager and listening to the group leader discuss dressing appropriately in church. I remember kind of being on board with what they were saying about dressing respectfully, until it went from "dressing nice for Mass shows respect for the church"…

Ahh, I LOVE Kate Kane. Not too much of a surprise that her character wouldn't exactly be enthusiastically welcomed by a lot of parents, though :-/

Anyone ever read the interesting feminist perspectives on Susan from the Narnia books? I loved reading fantasy as a tween, and I especially loved Susan because she was kind of like me; cautious, smart, the older female sibling, and she had a badass archery skill. Imagine then how completely crushed I was when she…

Please come back in October and post a picture of her dressed as Gandalf. That would just be the most adorable thing EVER.

Agreed. That attitude perpetuates itself with interactions between adult men and women; one of the most common complains myself and my straight female friends have had about dating men is that, while we for the most part will gladly partake in any activity they're into, they rarely return the favor—ESPECIALLY if it's…

Yes! They were great. I even liked that her mom was the "villian" and she was smart and capable and did some cool stuff in the end.

Hmm... far be it from me to tell you when you should or shouldn't be offended, so I'll not argue with that point; I do seem to remember Hillary having an equally difficult time with her campaign from the minority standpoint as a women running for high office. Initially, Obama had trouble but soon his charisma overtook…