Thank you for this. Using the much smaller (but ickier) close ancestor example actually made it a lot clearer and easier to wrap my brain around conceptually.

First of all, why does it have to be Angelina Jolie?! She's so insufferable. Secondly, Maleficent does not have horns (except when she's a dragon), she's wearing a medieval headdress called a henin.

It's an incredibly stupid argument. But saying that the VS catalog is not for men to "fap to" is a little disingenuous. Not saying that's it's only purpose, but come on. The sexy faces are not entirely aimed at women.

Here's my thing with the current child seat laws (in CA at least, I'm not familiar with the requirements in other states)... From the CHP website, children under 8 yrs old or 4'9" must be in a booster seat of some kind (I'm paraphrasing). I'm all of 5'2" as a full grown adult, I know I wasn't anywhere near 4'9" at…

Twat should absolutely be the past tense of Twit...

It does seem kind of like a cult, doesn't it?

The first thing I said when the ipad came out was, "aren't there any women who work there?" It still sounds like a sanitary product to me and I've had however many years now to get used to it...

So much this.

Don't get me wrong either, I really love to sew, and wish I could do it full time instead of working! But it's not an inexpensive solution anymore. :(

Can we all just agree that women who are confident look confident and sexy and hair length has nothing to do with it? I happen to have long hair (halfway down my ass) and I love it for me, but I know people who totally rock a pixie. It's your head, wear it how you like it, and how it makes you feel good and that…

I'm completely on board and supportive of Mr. Wen's plans to pursue a career in plus size fashion, but this "There is a lack of history in this field," is simply not true. There's a near complete lack of recent, modern history, but a few hundred years ago, fashion was all about the curves.

For the record, I sew, and it's not really a money saver, because fabric is so FREAKING expensive. Also, most of the fabric in the major retail outlets is made in China in who knows what kind of conditions, so...

I would just like to throw out there that there is such a thing as "plus" petite, although you wouldn't know it from looking at clothing. I'm 5'2" and around 175lbs (not sure exactly, I don't weigh myself) and I'm the most comfortable I've ever been in my own skin in my life. In high school I was about 30-40lbs…

I'm right on the edge of "plus sized" and also petite (5'2", aprox. size 12 pants, and busty) and finding clothes that fit is an eternal nightmare. I have a 12" difference in my bust and waist measurements, and if it fits over my bust, it's probably baggy as hell around my waist and too long. Button down shirts? …

Bra sizing and availability of "non-standard" sizes is a big pet peeve of mine... I happen to wear a size (38G) that doesn't exist from most manufacturers and large retail chains. As far as I can tell it doesn't exist in a strapless form AT ALL. I don't even want to wear a strapless bra very often, but it would be…

But does it also contain an attractive Scotsman? Because if so, PRICELESS.

She is 6' tall. I am also about a size 12 and my proportions are wildly different from hers... because I'm 5'2". Height makes a huge difference.

Of course this was developed in Romania... Got to keep Vlad Tepes going...

So, I know we're talking about Little Women here, but can we all please acknowledge the horror of the Kiera Knightley remake of Pride and Prejudice. The A&E/BBC miniseries version (which I realize was not the first) is the only movie version of this that is necessary for the rest of ever. Colin Firth IS Mr. Darcy.

This article could have been about anything and I would have read it because Pride and Prejudice for the win.