I noticed this too! Plus size women do not want to feel like they look pregnant, and pregnant women do not want to feel like they just look plus size. I want to look like what I am (which is both fat and pregnant, so even more complicated). I actually bought more than a few of the Liz Lange items before I was…

Um, because women chefs are not nearly as common or respected as their male counterparts? Honest, AB, that was as close to a "Why isn't there a STRAIGHT pride parade?????" as I ever want to hear from you. I wish female chefs weren't an oddity, Bourdain, but they are. Work to change it, but don't pretend it's not…

Why? If we all live by caveat emptor (no one feels bad for the shmucks who paid $1500 before this vile thing went on sale), then why shouldn't Macy's live by caveat venditor? They fucked up, the purchase was completed, the end. An ancient Chinese bowl recently sold for millions at Sotheby's that a lady bought at a…

While I'm bummed because SNL needs more women and people of color, I am not bummed about her specifically. Her voice drives me to drink.

Obviously you don't remember the season where Kristen Wiig was the ONLY WOMAN IN THE ENTIRE CAST. That was when I started hating Kristen Wiig and it wasn't even her fault. I just couldn't handle seeing her in every sketch. Because, newsflash boys!, you NEED A WOMAN IN EVERY SCENE because there are women in…

Eh, it's kind of the nature of comedy to upset some people, right? Because of personal experiences, there are things that I find deeply hurtful (eating disorder jokes, for instance) that are funny to other people. It's my issue, not theirs. While losing a child is a pain few of us can even imagine, I'm suspicious…

I wish that I was unable to hate some people's faces, but I'm just not. Once the Kroll Show ads went up in the subway, I would become irate just looking at him. I can't even judge his comedy because I just spend the whole time looking at him wanting to throw something at his face.

This is something the "It Gets Better" campaign made me think about. If you're a kid from East Jesus Nowhere who feels alone and bullied because you're different, please don't kill yourself, no matter how bad it is now. Because you'll go somewhere else and meet someone else and find that yes, it totally got better.

Given the brouhaha over their not-Jesusy-enough "holiday" card, I was kind of expecting one tea party nutjob to pull a "wow, way to make the holiday about the Easter bunny instead of Jesus! He is risen! He is risen indeed, no matter what Bo Obama does!"

I'm having a Michael Bluth/Beth Baerly ("no wedding ring...") reaction to the Mamie Gummer/Benjamin Walker split. So you're saying BW is single, is that right?

Oh, one other thing. You can also do yourself a big favor just by making it physically easier by drinking a ton of water beforehand. It makes your veins easier to find. I've (knock on wood) never had them stick me more than once. (Aaaaand I just lost feeling in my hands thinking about it.)

Super fast. Try asking them to tell you when you're halfway there—it gives me a little goal to get to before the big goal. I also count, even though I don't know exactly how long it takes. The truth is, it probably takes 30-45 seconds but just giving me something to focus on helps. The other thing my sister does…

A phobia has nothing to do with your conscience. This person doesn't have a moral or rational objection to having blood work done—s/he is phobic of it (as am I). If someone lives on Manhattan and is terrified of bridges, do you advise him or her to never leave the island (ok, I guess they could take the tunnels, but…

This is hands-down my biggest phobia. It's only recently, since I've been pregnant, that I've had to do a lot of work to get a little bit better. If you're afraid of the blood/inside-the-body stuff (I am—needles don't bother me a lick), my advice is:

Thanks! It's a much better feeling than giving up something. Theoretically you're giving up your money though, so I think it counts. My grandpa gave up drinking every year. He also gave me a crisp $5 bill every year for my birthday. So I give $5 to a different org each day in his memory. It feels so good, it's hard to…

Whoa! Saoirse Ronan has gone from sort of haunting-looking to really beautiful. I find her face lovely either way, but circa The Lovely Bones I never would've guessed that's what she'd grow to look like.

I make a donation for every day of lent (I'm not religious, but I do it to honor my grandpa's memory) and NMMF totally got my donation today (their page linked to the national foundation, so that's where I donated). Thanks for this!

Well, sort of. Whether this becomes a thing legally isn't really an issue. Only the presumed parent (or, if the parents are married, the husband) has legal standing to suggest he may not be the father. Some schmo can't just say, hey, I think that's my baby, and have legal standing to find out. Whether celebs will…

100%. As a lady with some serious jugs, I dealt with this a LOT growing up. I went to a repressive baptist school (no dancing, no printed tights because "that would cause men to lust after your legs) and got in trouble constantly for not being covered up enough. In t-shirts.

Erm...I'm not sure Christina is "very careful about what she wears" in order not to get "tons of comments about her breasts." She seems (justifiably!) proud of her breasts and dresses in a way that accentuates them. I actually think she's the perfect comparison. If Christina were saying, "Christ, stop talking about…