Blog Posts by Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine

A lot happened here this week: Lululemon recalled 17 percent of their yoga pants because of a "sheerness" issue (male readers wondered why see-through pants were a problem), working dads asked why they can't have it all, and a celebrity baby bump actually made us cry (in a good way!). The articles on Shine only tell part of the story, though -- the rest can usually be found in the comments, where Shine readers weigh in with clever quips, stinging sarcasm, and smart discussions. Here's what you had to say about it all.

On Kristen Bell's baby bump, and how her father-in-law got to know his grandchild: "What an amazing story by such a class-act couple. Thank you for sharing this intimate photo for a genuine reason, instead of just exploitation. There's an amazing lesson here--don't wait until its too late to build relationships, or make better the ones that have soured. Life is short." -- Kris

The Duchess of Cambridge gets help from her husband after her heel was stuck in a grate. (Photo: Getty Images)

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CEO of Xerox Ursula Burns at the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Dinner in New York on May 24, 2011. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Time Inc.)Ursula Burns started out as an intern at Xerox Corporation and rose through the ranks to become their CEO and the first African-American woman to head a Fortune 500 company. Earlier this week, at an awards conference organized by Catalyst (a company whose goal is to boost women in the workplace), the 54-year-old mom of two explained how she did it.

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"The secret," she said, "is to marry someone 20 years older."

She may have been joking, but inside every joke is a kernel of truth. Burns met her husband, scientist and researcher Lloyd Bean, at Xerox. “He had already gone through this ‘growing up’ stuff,” she told conference-goers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Their age difference came in handy as Burns took on more responsibility at Xerox and had to travel more often. They had two young kids at home at the time, and so her husband retired in order to he could stay home with them while Burns poured her energy into

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What do you go through to tame your curly hair? Why do you do it? (Photo: Getty Images)I didn't love my curly hair until after my youngest child was born. My hair is long and dark, kinky and curly, and when I was three months postpartum, about a quarter of it fell out. When it grew back in, it was silver and nearly straight. Finally, I had what every hair product on the market had promised -- and failed -- to deliver: Hair that was shiny and sleek and bouncy and biddable. Hair that was "good." Hair that I finally loved, even if it was grayer than before.

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The curls reasserted themselves a few months later, but by then it didn't matter because I had crossed over my hair-hating barrier. I'm as curly now as I ever was before, and I still love my hair. Ads for beauty products are inescapable, though, and since I no longer buy into the straight-hair hype, I can't help but notice the negative language that the beauty industry uses when marketing products to curly girls.

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Gentry and Renee Nickell tried to make their teen be more respectful by having her hold this sign in public. (Photo: AP)Worried about their 13-year-old daughter's increasingly disrespectful behavior, Gentry and Renee Nickell of Crestview, Florida, decided to make her punishment humiliating and public. On Saturday, the teen (whose name has not been released) spent 90 minutes standing at a busy intersection with a hand-written sign describing her sins.

It read: "I’m a self-entitled teenager w/no respect for authority. I’m also super smart, yet I have 3 'D’s' because I DON’T CARE."

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Passing motorists saw the teen, who was standing with her dad at the corner of Ferdon Boulevard and U.S. Highway 90 in Crestview, and snapped pictures of her with their cell phones. Some of the photos ended up on Facebook, where they were shared within the Crestview community (the Nickells said that they have not seen those photos; Yahoo! Shine was not able to find them online). Someone called the police, who showed up to talk to the teen and left after deciding that she was

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To raise learn about poverty and hunger, the Biro family spent just $4 per person per day on food. (Photo courtesy of the Biro Family)According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Americans spend as much as $101.88 per week on food per person. But for those who live in poverty and rely on the food stamps to get by, that amount drops to just $28 per week, or $4 per person per day. Plenty of politicians have spent a week or so trying to see what it's like to live on so little, but when a regular family does it to raise awareness about hunger and poverty issues, the impact can last a lifetime.

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"I was surprised by a lot," said Nova Biro, the co-director of Open Circle, a program of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, told Yahoo! Shine. Her family of four tried the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) challenge earlier in March, limiting their food intake to what they could buy for $4 per person per day to support Nova's work with LeadBoston, an executive leadership

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The experts agree: Rib eye steaks are their favorite cut. (Photo: Getty Images)If you're going to splurge on an amazing meal at a high-end steakhouse, you want to make sure you get the most bang for your buck. Yahoo! Shine reached out to the experts at some of the country's top spots and asked them what you need to know in order to order the best steak you've ever had in your life. Here's what they had to say:

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The best cut to order: A bone-in rib eye

All of the experts we interviewed agreed that rib eye (with the bone) was the best choice for steak lovers. "It has plenty of flavor from the bone as well as the flavoring from the marbling of the meat," Doug Sullivan, the general manager of Morton's The Steakhouse at the Boston Seaport, explained Yahoo! Shine. Dieters can still indulge in a good steak, though. "If you're trying to watch your calories a little bit more, I suggest the filet, which is leanest cut," he said.

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How to have it cooked: Medium rare

Cooking a steak just

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Some of the black yoga pants that hit Lululemon stores in March are being recalled for being too sheer. (Photo: AP)Fans of Lululemon Athletica will be facing a shortage of certain styles for a while, as the yoga-inspired athletic wear company tries to figure out why some of their yoga pants -- which range from $82 to $128 a pair -- are much more revealing than usual. The problem: About 17 percent of the pants that arrived in stores and online in March weren't just "light weight" -- they were see-through.

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"At the beginning of March, our stores and ecommerce site received some black Luon women's bottoms that didn't meet our high standards," the Vancouver-based company wrote on its website late Monday. "We want you to Down Dog and Crow with confidence and we felt these pants didn't measure up."

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Some customers said that they hadn't realized how revealing their yoga wear was. Mar Smallski, a Lululemon fan from Ontario, Canada, wrote on the company's Facebook page that a

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A lot happened here this week: Lena Dunham talked to Playboy, Michelle Obama talked to Vogue, and everyone's talking about Lady Gaga (maybe) getting married. We also marveled at mannequins that look like real women, a restaurant with a "calorie neutral" menu, and some truly crazy celebrity conspiracy theories. The articles on Shine only tell part of the story, though -- the rest can usually be found in the comments, where Shine readers weigh in with clever quips, stinging sarcasm, and smart discussions. Here's what you had to say about it all.

Lena Dunham - Before she became a surprisingly polarizing pop culture figure and before her smash TV hit, "Girls," hit the airwaves, Dunham was a filmaker just starting out. Her indie film "Tiny Furniture" debuted at SXSW in 2010. The film scored the writer/director/actress/producer the Best Narrative Feature Award.On Lena Dunham's chat with Playboy magazine: "I'm just tired of hearing about her. I feel like people look at her like she's this innovative, ground-breaking woman or something because she has sex and is comfortable with her body. Heck, sounds like majority of my friends and I. Where's our article?" -- Dylan

On former CFO Erin Callan, who said she regrets not having children and reignited the work-life balance debate: "And my boss says to me,

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