I get it too. The prevailing position in this country is that some people warrant zero compassion. When people commit heinous offenses it provokes rage that boxes out other sentiments. My intent is to have a mindset that I view as more expansive, which is that I can hate behavior but maintain compassion for the actor,…

THAT GUM I LIKE IS COMING BACK IN STYLE!!!!!!!!!!!

...is what the modeling industry perpetuates and this is a positive step toward protecting consumers and models who are under enormous social and financial pressure to be as thin as possible.

Don’t apologize for using your own experiences as insight into what can be a very complex issue. If someone who disagrees with you feels strongly enough to reply, they should explain why they disagree rather than throw out a condescending dismissive response, especially given the civil tone of your original comment.

The things that you’re afraid they’re going to say are so much worse than anything they actually say.

Maybe this makes me sound old, even though I’m in my late 20s, but I sort of agree with Sorkin for the first time ever. I just don’t think social media is at all healthy for kids or even most teenagers and the comment sections of most internet sites are terrifying. Plus, the internet has given rise to clickbait and…

Sorkin’s not wrong though.

I’m still reserved on the internet’s affect on us. I was born in 1991 to working-class parents, so I remember a brief window of me playing with sticks before clicking a mouse. It seems like technology progresses faster than our ability to process it. I’m not jaded, but I do sympathize with Sorkin.

I obsessively read those GoT feminist think pieces. When the rest of the world can’t stop itself from kissing GoT’s ass, they are the only thing that make me feel like I’m not losing my mind.

High five Cylon! HIGH FIVE ME!

Just wait until you hear my hot take on the Stamp Act of 1765.

You were walking around without pants and she didn’t have pants on. You trip and fall into her vagina with your penis fitting perfectly. Really?

I love Jez but they need a proofreader desperately. #hireme

Piggybacking off your comment here:

When I read Now there’s even a backlash alleging the Lane Bryant is “skinny-shaming.”

Skinny Shaming is skinny people going “but body acceptance movement doesn’t accept bodies that are already accepted by literally everyone.” Like, the fact that I’m supposed to make room and worry about the feelings of people who daily make me feel like a fucking alien galls me to no fucking end. Get that shit outta…