Yeah, when I first saw the movie (when I was also in high school) I was like, hey, these relationships seem totally normal, and yes, Janice and Damian *do* remind me of cool people I am friends with! Now, as an adult, I'm like Uck, no, everyone, no.

OK, I didn't realize this until re-watching this movie very recently, but Damian and Janice kind of suck as friends as much as the Plastics. At first, their friendship is based on manipulating Cady into doing their bidding (and making her miss health class!), and then, on talking shit about the people that they are…

I just looked up other pictures of diana rigg from the 60s. They did some excellent familial feature matching with the actress who plays Maergery and Lady Olenna. The Tyrells are super rich and have the best cheekbones eva y'all!

I went to see SATC2 with a male friend of mine, at his insistence. His reasoning was that he was very sad that he had just broken up with his girlfriend, and really wanted to do something that would remind him of things he used to do with her. (specious reasoning, but whatever). I like to think that him viewing that…

Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler are the original Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass. You love them for their "don't give a shit" attitudes, and you hate them and what they represent (loathsome ideals of privileged slave-holding and war profiteering, or snobbish, hereditary capitalism in Chuck & Blair's case). But they are…

This is what I want Chris Martin to mean by his vague statement: "My white liberal guilt was crushing me. I couldn't enjoy my millions of dollars and fancy houses and cashmere lifestyle because I recognized that I wasn't using my privilege to structurally change society in a meaningful way. I recognized the emptiness…

WOW. Delancey street, man.

The nacho-eating is really the disgusting part.

YES! People.com posted a deaf person hearing for the first time about two weeks ago and I was just making a SCENE.

In what ways are the readership of this article benefiting in a monetary or exploitive way? Isn't the point of a free press to make a democratic citizenry aware of when its civil liberties are threatened? Its sad that you think rape is not an abuse worth discussion.

is that a Neil Degrasse Tyson gif? Was he talking about creationists?

Grad School: where i found out that "Teaching Assistant" is my dream job, and it has a definitive expiration date.

I was also wondering what my manicurist would say about me: "closes eyes a lot, very quiet, occasionally pretends to understand Spanish and nods like a dope. Tips OK."

Wow. You have nailed my relationship to my mother. I've only recently conceptualized her problems as being "needy" because she always framed it in terms of martyrdom/sacrifice. But you just described exactly how I feel every time I get a postcard or phone call from my mom. I finally had to tell her that I would not…

BLAAAAAARRRRR HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH. I'm sorry. HARHAHAHAHHA. No, no, really sorry. . .

That's great. I hope other people who suffer through bullying and disapproving parents can separate their bully's harsh words or actions from the reality of being a competent decision-maker and judge of your own life. Sounds like you have a good ethical compass to help you out of the wilderness of some of those…

Wonderful! Congratulations, I know its hard work. I think this is my favorite fact about myself too. I've been an insomniac since I was 10 (maybe earlier?), I used to think I was a bad person and that no one would ever love me. Now I sleep like a baby (most nights), next to someone who loves me, and I have a much…

that is super impressive! you go!

Feel free to dismiss/not answer this question if its a sensitive subject: what problems motivated you to start therapy? I'm asking because I *wish* I had grit and trusted myself more, which is why *I* am in therapy . . .

Good point. Slave women in the Americas were forced to labor right up until giving birth, and punished severely (whipped, etc) while pregnant. So yes, women, have been doing backbreaking labor for ever. But slave societies also had INCREDIBLY LOW FERTILITY RATES because those are terrible, terrible conditions to have…