@Norma Neufner Lady Officer: I'm pretty sure I slouched harder. What does that say about me?

@LittleDogLaughed: I had friends whose mothers *made* them wax their legs starting when we were 14, but never heard of waxing pubes until much, much later. Like, I had friends shaving their junk long before I'd heard of getting it waxed off. Maybe I was sheltered, too.

@rodmanstreet: And while it seems sort of frivolous, it really did take me a couple years to get used to wearing a bra. Had I started before the boobs really grew in maybe the adjustment would have been easier.

@smirkette: I remember my first post-pubes summer at camp and all us girls were very careful to watch our friends and let them know if there was hair popping out of their swimsuits. I can understand wanting to avoid that embarrassment, but I also remember being 13 that summer. Isn't 10 a bit young for pubes at all?

@kityglitr: Also, who are they getting to perform them? It seems like touching an underage girl's reproductive bits should be maybe a little bit illegal, if not strictly in a medical context.

@HereComesMyBaby: I didn't even realize how freakish those Old Navy mannequin ads were until I saw the mannequins in person. On TV it's like "oh, ho hum it's a plastic lady" but you walk past the store window and "holy hell that freakish monster mannequin is going to kill an devour us all!!!"

@sportz.star: bebe does this, too. Shiny, skanky dresses on shiny, scary mannequins.

@kelly_kapowski: The fetish store down the street from me has a mannequin in the window with HUUUUUUUGGGGE boobs. Next to her is a male mannequin with realistic genitalia. They must have to order them from some specialty manufacturer that does them to specification. They make me giggle every time I pass because I'm…

@AviNewt: Perhaps she's a clone?

@PurpleFlamingo: Yeah, that's why he's the "do." you just want to fuck him and get it over with, since he's cute and all, but the guy who makes you laugh is the one you actually want to bone on the regular.

@choufleur: Not only is it annoying/weird to be an 8/10 and have to shop all the way down to a 4 to find something that fits, the size charts on websites don't reflect those sizes. If I believed the size chart at the Gap or elsewhere, I'd be buying an 8, and then it would promptly fall right off. If you're going to…

Pfffff. My mom worked 30ish hours a week when I was a kid and, while I did watch an alarming amount of television, I rarely drank soda or ate junk food. Want to know why? My mom didn't keep any in the house. Any junk food I wanted I had to pay for, and on a dollar a week allowance that wasn't exactly a lot of junk…

@pjwhite: I've been admiring these pens for a while. How well do they write?

I've been burning through pens like crazy lately, I can't seem to find one that will write consistently in my agenda and lab notebook. I started out with my (former favorite) pilot G2 gel pens, but they started skipping and clogging on the lab notebook. Switched to a Lamy Safari roller and after about 3 weeks had the…

@viklane: Men don't, either.

On the one hand, this little girl totally breaks my heart. On the other, I'm glad she's safe and sound and in dad's arms.

#7 is straight-up dyke chic, which is a look I've been flirting with a lot lately. I blame my gay-ass neighborhood, since all the ladies dress like this. Wait, maybe I should blame Ellen and Rachel Maddow? Whatever, my fiance has been making fun of me for it, but I love the casual/sharp juxtaposition!

When I was in college (at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA) we had two "make science fun" days per year for local middle schoolers, and one was just for girls. I helped out with both days every year I was there, and it was always rewarding. The most popular class I led was "slime and superballs," run by our organic…

@Jeenzy: True, dat. Mr. kerry has been in the videogame industry as a software engineer for 10 years now, and only just now is he working with a woman programmer. I'm in molecular biology and have been working in mostly-female departments for my entire education and career. Even in college I had as many women science…

@DivineGigi: I've been dying my naturally-brown hair blue-black for years now, and my mother gives me the same shit about hiding who I am. I think she's just sad that I'm rejecting her by rejecting her hair color (which is identical to my natural color).