What an absolute class act she is. With role models like her, our daughters will be in very good hands.

My own personal theory is that the teachers who do this are the exact kind of people who peaked in high school, and wish they had never left.

Does anyone else find it incredibly tacky that she models her own designs? And by "her own designs", I mean the designs that she pays other people to design for her and affixes her name to.

Yes, thank you. It would seem to me that someone who works in the entertainment industry should have an instinctive understanding of why humans enjoy validation from strangers.

Meh. The best we can hope for is that one of them has ambitions to design handbags or shoes or neckties or something.

I tried to convince myself that this is some sort of Catholic First Communion thing, but I found myself unable to explain the bridal magazines and the engagement ring.

Not to mention, plenty of women and children die in wars that they never sign up for.

Long-term psychiatric care, especially of the in-patient variety, is not affordable to the vast majority of the public. In order for someone to be committed, they have to either commit themselves (and foot the bill) or be declared a danger to themselves or others and committed by the state. This puts institutionalized…

Depends. I used to make mobiles and keychains out of Barbie heads as a teenager. My mother would sometimes buy me used barbies at second-hand stores for my art projects. I had other mental health issues, but stabbing people and believing that fictional characters were real was not among them.

I Grew up as a JW, and noped the fuck out of the there pretty much as soon as I turned eighteen. This doesn't surprise me at all. Not one little bit.

I'm glad to hear it's not a completely terrible experience for everyone. I left the church completely the day I turned 18, and even though my family doesn't really talk to me anymore, I know it was the right choice for me. I'm a much happier person now.

I just never understood why "god" seemed to disapprove of everything that was cool or fun.

I decided a long time ago that I would rather be in hell.

Ah, the things we do for love.

I wouldn't have regretted it, either. And anyway, pious people secretly love that shit. It feeds into their persecution complex and their sense of being other/special.

I shall humbly submit to your stern-face emoticon, and feel the appropriate shame.

I was very young and very stupid. I do kinda feel bad about it still, but not too bad, considering I was raised in that religion and it fucked my head up for a long time. Catharsis, dammit!

"No, mom and dad, I do not know who broke into the Jehovah's Witness church and vandalized it- but it certainly wasn't me and my friends!"

No idea if the waist is real or not, but that CGI elk in the trailer is just awful.