I think it’s disgusting that people get married at plantations. My dad’s family lives in Nashville, and there are MANY historic plantations, and people love to get married in them- those antebellum mansions sure look good in a photo, I guess. But, I mean, HOW could you? HOW? Reminds of Reese Witherspoon’s lifestyle…

A five year old. Nameless and owned. We should all weep over that.

Every day, I wake up and think “Maybe I’ll actually make it through a day without crying about something terrifically sad that I see on the internet...”

What a fantastic example of how something small and concrete, like a piece of paper, can make history seem so very real. Hell, how a single image can make current events seem more real (thinking of the little 3 year old body washed up on a Turkish shore last summer.) I still tear up when I think of his little red…

How DARE Hathaway try and be supportive of a fellow actress under fire for some bullshit? I mean, it’s like she has empathy for her or something!

Well, in society’s eyes they have done something horrible: being really good at what they do and being proud of it. Or in Anne’s case, working her ass off to make sure she gets recognition for it. People can’t stand a woman who knows she’s a boss and owns it. See Shonda Rhimes, Nicki Minaj, Hilary Clinton, etc.

Made me think of this.

You don’t even have to be famous to experience it! That’s the great part! All the women in your office may just decide to hate you for no reason, or because you “think you’re so great.”

Anne Hathaway maybe knows something about being built up, put on a pedestal and then torn down for basically no reason. So good for her for saying something.

I just don’t understand why we arbitrarily decide some actresses are good and some are to be hated. Why? What purpose does it serve? JLaw and Anne Hathaway have done nothing wrong, yet they’re reviled.

Let’s not continue the sad but common practice of building people — especially women — up just to viciously tear them down when we perceive them to have misstepped,

I became a mom for the first time at 40, had the second at 43. We waited, perhaps a bit too long, because of career, money, experiences, travel. We married at 30 so we knew we were going to be older parents and had a lot of things we wanted to do before we had kids. But other than the judgements of people around us,…

I’m really sorry you’re going through all this, but I think it’s crazy to tell women have have babies by age 30. I didn’t even get married until I was 31, what should I have done, popped out a baby at 22 with some random guy I had no feelings or connection with and then been a single mom while finishing college/going…

It’s great that you know what you want and don’t. I was 33 three years ago, and I kept googling “how do I know I want children.” Ambivalence is so much worse than knowing one way or another. Friends told me “well, if you feel ambivalent, it’s a sign you shouldn’t have one.” That turned out to be wrong, because, now…

Benefit of having kid in mid-thirties: more life experience, secure in career/job, secure financially.

Besides tears, there are some skits that pump me up to a level that is Slayer/Iron Maiden/Motorhead like. Anything with the Count or the pinball counter, I could run through a brick wall.

Elmo has never had a moment that has made me get misty or shed tears. However, things like this were common in the pre-Elmo-dominated era (and still cause tears to well up):

You’re not alone in this, Kevin.

I remember as a kid hating how Elmo was gradually taking over the show and less and less of other monsters were getting to show up. My favorite Muppet on the show as Grover and he got pushed out pretty hard for more Elmo skits. I think I gave up caring about Seaseme Street after attending one of those Live! shows that…