I'm really lucky in that I forget that people give a crap about how I look since I work from home as a writer. O'really, I'm supposed to be wearing heels and makeup? Hahhaha. The closest I'll get is business looking black pants and cowboy boots (they look like regular shoes underneath pants, don't they?).

Yes, the young man is misinformed, but honestly I'm not going to rake someone over the coals who thinks they are doing something good. If he were to say this to me in person, I'd tell him not to assume that women aren't perfectly capable of making their own decisions.

Celebrities are well aware that they are in the public sphere and could be photographed at any time. Your "normals" don't. That's what makes it horrible and pervy. Would I draw the line at calling their employers? Maybe. But something like, say, Facebook messaging the pervs wife or girlfriend or just posting in Tumblr…

This makes me so happy! Pervs.

Clearly someone saw the Hunger Games and was all "We totally needs one Katniss for our show!" and ran with it. Hopefully they will realize it's not working. Both because the actress sucks and because it's such an obvious copy.

Even though I'm a straight woman, big boobs can be so distracting! I think it's just being confronted with the mass of what you know is pillowy, comforting flesh. Also my boobs are a c-cup and I'm too shy to show any cleavage so when I see it on other people it's like involuntary.

Haha what a bunch of bullshit. You see, you can't just generalize and say that someone who doesn't live up to some cultural stereotype of "what an Indian person/black/hispanic" person should look like is automatically trying to be white. Maybe they are just, you know, an affluent person who just happens to be Indian?

I complain about my coworkers to my fiance (more for the sake of venting, I don't care if he just tunes me out) but I'm very cautious about talking shit about co-workers to other co-workers. I'm not close with anyone at work so there's a lot of uncertainty about who to trust.

I miss this show so much. Women-focused show based around a teenaged girl who is crazy ambitious and oh, yeah, happens to have a boyfriend (instead of the other way around) is quite awesome.

I get asked these questions a lot...and it does bother me. As an impatient person I dryly give the answer and that's the end. I've considered just saying "I'm from Florida." And daring them to keep asking, but I've never had the confidence to be so impolite to their face.

I was in a weird schooling situation which resulted in me not getting any sex ed class until 17 or so. So I had no idea about the "logistics" of sex even in a textbook fashion when my hormones were raging. For example, I was confused about the difference between a penis and balls, and at one point thought that men…

Honestly, even if she's "white washed" or something, who cares? She is still a minority, even if she didn't grow up in a crackhouse like non-minorities all like to assume. We didn't all "rise above our circumstances." Shocking! Some of us came from well adjusted, supportive homes with loving parents. Some of us are…

Because sororities and fraternities suck.

Jodi Piccoult is entertaining, but each of her books is about plot, plot, plot and the other authors you mentioned are more about fleshing out characters so that they are like real people instead of just pieces on a chessboard you move around from scene to scene.

I mean with that perspective you can really learn to do anything on your own. Of course I could learn to eat healthy without the help of weight watchers or a nutritionist or a personal trainer (I don't have any of those). But those people are, in my mind, sort of support systems to help guide and encourage you along…

I don't see why. I mean, even if you aren't clinically overweight but you are not completely happy with how you look, what's wrong with taking a little control and having a plan neatly laid out for you if you are clueless about nutrition? ... So long as it doesn't become an obsession.

That's like when Colbert used to ask guests "George Bush. Great president, or the greatest president?" Sure, she should ask hard questions. But they should be more specific, appropriate for the time allotted, and something that doesn't include a thinly veiled opinion.

Wow. My wedding is in South Florida where things are a lot less expensive (We live in D.C.).

Interesting. The flower lady is quoting me $2,600 or so. Which is kind of a lot. It's easy to see bridal mags with these gorgeous arrangements and of course when the lady asks "What are you looking for?" it's hard to say, "well, I love these tall vases with dangling crystal things but just do whatever's under 1000."

Thanks! That's a good idea. My mom is a force of nature and is sort of brow beating me into elaborate flowers and stuff. They offered to pay for the whole wedding but my fiance and I weren't comfortable with that...so we're taking the flowers, photog, DJ and they covered the venue, which is about half the cost.