What the fuck is this? They're not "featuring a plus-sized model" at all! They're accepting ad money and running third-party content that includes photos of a normal-sized woman.

Seriously. Is this ad meant to make me want to buy a bikini? It doesn't.

Not just that, even better. We'll let some company PAY US AMERICAN DOLLARS to put a beautiful average sized woman in our magazine. We will be gracious enough to accept those dollars and place an advertisement in our magazine.

The photo, which is an ad for the "

Wait, hold up. She's just in an ad in the magazine? So really, Sports Illustrated hasn't actually done shit?

The fashion industry never was about marketing sexiness. It's much more about marketing insecurity and self-hatred.

UGH I THOUGHT THIS MEANT THEY ACTUALLY CAST SOMEONE IN THEIR SHOOT GOD SHRAYBER YOU OWE ME GUINEA PIG PICTURES FOR THIS.

Can we call this like it is? Sports Illustrated didn't turn down MONEY given to them by an advertiser and get all this great positive publicity as if they are "featuring" a plus size model, when it's the advertiser who is featuring her.

How about... we have a commercial where the size 14 woman casually walks out to her neighborhood pool, followed by her size 2, size 8, and size 18 friends, all wearing various swimwear of their choice, in front of a group of dudes.

She seems to be making that "hmmmm I smell a fart face" that VS models often try to pass of as "sexy." I hate that.

No, I get it, I don't love it either. I don't have those features at all and I have a little cousin who is obsessed with Cinderella and just can't wait to dye her hair blonde. It hurts, it sucks, I know. Sorry if I appear to misunderstand your point but I don't think the sentence you highlighted promotes or…

Just because you hate it, doesn't make it not a reality. It is pretty clear in the piece that she was considered the most beautiful girl because it was different in this particular culture. So yes, you're right, most people do not have these features and its pretty common to admire what you don't have.

I mean, I don't want to scare guys away from being feminists. They certainly have a place in the movement. It's just that some men use it to manipulate (of course, a lot of guys will use anything to manipulate).

I hate that that has been your experience. I identify as a male feminist myself and wish I could convince you we're not all bad guys, but I know that a conversation on the internet is not able to do that. We're out there though, promise! I feel like the other posters who say they want to talk more than they want to…

I see what you're saying, but I'm pretty sure what these comments mean when they refer to men "saying they're feminists" is when they're super strident and braggy about it. (ya'll feel free to jump in if I'm mischaracterizing.)

I'm sorry, but that opportunistic twatwaffle was able to get away with that shit for so long because we're so obsessed with men accepting feminism, and we practically suck the dick of any man who acts like a decent human being. We shouldn't have to dilute the meaning of feminism to gain popularity, we should be…

not all monsters have mental illness. not all people with mental illness are monsters.

If these guys can learn all the theory but still fail to respect women, I think it shows evidence of some kind of pathology, something that prevents them from having enough empathy for other people to balance others' needs and against their own needs and desires.

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You know, as a male feminist, I was interested by this: