My first gray hairs were cause for celebration. My mother, politically liberal, but parentally strict, had forbidden me from coloring my hair “until you start going gray.” So when, at 14, I was able to show her a few silver hairs buried in my thick black mop, I was overjoyed.  And, God bless her, she took me straight to the store for the box of burgundy dye that was the obsession of adolescent girls (thanks to Angela on “My So Called Life” of course). By the end of high school, I had grown out a Bonnie Raitt-like gray streak on one side.

Mmmm. This beauty cream smells so good. Did you know it could contain cow dung or bull semen? [Shine]

Although more women are choosing to go gray, instead of dyeing their hair, they are still facing a double standard: Men with gray hair are considered distinguished, whereas graying women are considered de-sexualized or just plain old. [Shine]

Manners are appropriate in the bedroom and are imperative to great sex. [Savvy Miss]

Which is more personal: sex life details or your bank statements? [Daily Bedpost]