Sorry, Paula, my mental image of you will always involve a stick of butter wrapped in bacon, deep fried and then coated in sugar.

I know what you're trying to say, I just don't agree with you. We critique this stuff in movies too, you know, it's not just when it's a game. Furthermore, it's not for you to decide what women are and are not willing to accept in their escapist entertainment, so if you find that argument offensive, too bad.

You've been coming across as very angry and resentful towards her, though, which is why I'm responding the way I am, because it does feel over the top and a bit ridiculous to be all "grr, fuck her and her not liking the way she's seen" if she's not someone who's actually wronged you in a personal way. She's a cog in…

Clearly you didn't read my message after I edited it. And yeah, now that I see where your perspective is coming from, we're definitely going to have to agree to disagree. Being angry with people because they've been luckier than you have in a work sense and they're still not 100% happy with their lives just isn't a…

Eh, tons of people make regrettable decisions when they're young. I can't really muster up any irritation towards a young woman for going along with the idea that sexing it up would make her more money, given how short the average actress's career is. It's not such an easy choice to make, not doing that, if it's take…

I still remember the first time I saw part of a Bay film in passing. I honestly thought that it was a really cheesy music video.

Hey, at least they're not purple! Actually I wonder if Stephanie Meyers has purple contacts? I'm still amazed that she didn't give her darling Mary Sue Bella purple eyes.

I think this is her trying to change it, though. Which is going to be hard at this stage - if she's been typecast within the industry, the sexpot roles may be the only ones she's being offered.

That's a really weak analogy. Lawyers don't ask you to strip and physically manipulate your body parts.

Actually I was going to say if they really wanted to make a game that conveyed the social effects of rape and how it impacts women's feelings of safety, it would have to feel like Resident Evil. But you know that a bunch of the guys posting comments here about how enraged this one article makes them wouldn't like that…

I'm losing respect for a lot of people based on their responses to things like this. I can see how it would grate on people, seeing someone complain about being seen as remarkably sexy, but it doesn't take all that much effort to see the downside if you stop and think about it.

Charlize Theron is not built like Scarlett Johannsen, and her relatively less sexualised image is very much linked to that. I don't mean to be rude here, but are you busty? It sounds like you're probably not, because you don't seem to be grasping the weight of all the crap that our culture projects onto women with…

You should have asked for a refund. That is some seriously weak film criticism, and that particular film deserves a smarter critic.

My people!* Good job, Martha. Keep it up. It's lovely to see an internet attack squad aimed at something positive for once (the council probably wish that they'd never even tried to shut the kid down now).

Going by the foldover waist I'm guessing they're yoga pants? In which it's impossible to actually do yoga.

Hey, could be worse. At least it wasn't live lobster, or crawfish.

I just feel like, look, there are many kids already suffering in the US in ways that could be alleviated by money. Help them first. And also help pregnant women to get access to good prenatal care and care for their infants so that the infant mortality rate can be brought down. Priorities, people.

Yeah, it's the woo that has me putting colonics in the quack category. Can you tell I live in California?

There's a difference between not actively courting a particular audience, and introducing elements that are deeply offensive to that audience. Poorly handled rape falls into the latter category, and is not OK. This is not like babes in bikinis, it's actively offensive and upsetting to many women.

Yeah, it's woo like "I do store a lot of my stress and unresolved emotions in my digestive system" that I'm rolling my eyes at. If someone is experiencing actual physical discomfort and a colonic can safely provide relief, go for it.