GraspsAtStraws commented on A doctor forced to treat herself

"Such a hero."

GraspsAtStraws commented on Loose Lips

"You know, I kind of understand what she's saying because that happens to me sometimes too."

GraspsAtStraws commented on Maternity Ward-Robe

"@LaFemme: If you've got the $$, look at www.shopbyog.com (stands for "Bring Your Own Gown")."

GraspsAtStraws commented on Elton John Clowns Around

"Maybe they're blinding, but Elton makes them ageless."

GraspsAtStraws commented on 4 Things I Hate About Esquire's "10 Things You Don't Know About Women"

"@TheVaginaWig: How did I miss that you had already covered the toe-shaving one (and with correct attribution, at that)?"

GraspsAtStraws commented on 4 Things I Hate About Esquire's "10 Things You Don't Know About Women"

"There was one a few years ago I liked, on the list of some model I think: "We shave our toes.""

GraspsAtStraws commented on Only 45% of smokers put down

"@AmbiUbi: It was also the medical establishment of the day that said thalidomide was safe, and for that matter (during the era when my mom was pregnant) that smoking was a pretty good way to keep your weight under control while you were pregnant, because gaining more than a few pounds was bad for the baby. I don't think that anyone would argue that smoking is good for a baby, but it's equally true that we live in an era of absolute hysteria about smoking, and a tendency to think it's everybody's perfect right to judge mothers (pregnant and otherwise)."

GraspsAtStraws commented on Animal Magnetisms

"This is the most horrifying thing I've seen since the end of last night's "Top Chef.""

GraspsAtStraws commented on Will Sex & The City Make You Into A Communist?

"Where I went to school, if she'd throw in a couple of pages of background semiotics and a few references to Foucault and Derrida, plus the magic words "received values," she could turn that in as her master's thesis and get a high pass."

GraspsAtStraws commented on Translating The J. Peterman Catalog

"Spring Afternoon in West Virginia You've been putting it off for too long - but today, finally, it's time."