I agree with you. I get excited about clothing and fashion, as do most of my friends, but I don't think any of us have ever bought a fashion magazine. I'm not sure who their market is, other than girls who watched SATC and heard that you were supposed think Vogue was cool. Whenever I try to read fashion mags in a…

I think you mean is you is or is you ain't.

I've found it pays to be selective. I used to buy Vogue when I was in college, and it may just have been youthful zeal but I feel like the magazine has really taken a nosedive in the past ten years. I remember more articles about things like artificial insemination, and less about things like "this media mogul's…

I agree with you.

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I kind of agree with you. Anecdotally (is that a word?), I don't know anyone in my age demographic who takes fashion magazines seriously. Including my friends who work in fashion. I've built up a pretty good idea of who I am, what my body looks like, and what does and does not look good on me. I'm 30 years old. If you…

I'm completely checked out of the fashion world because it seems so clearly to shout NOT FOR YOU. I missed being interested in fashion and have never read fashion mags, because that is not my world. They don't want me, a woman with short chunky legs and big peasant hips and low cheekbones - so I don't want them. Who…

Cuz that's really important to share in a a story about how women are being sexually repressed.

High fashion often looks often uses models who are undernourished.

How did "as thin as physically possible" become the fantasy (supposedly shared by all people) that they're touting? I agree that it is a fantasy shared by many, but it's worth asking why. Her answer is that they're giving the people what they want, but fashion mags have been telling us what to aspire to, and what to…

Ditto. If you FEEL empowered in a niqab, awesome. Good for you. But the people who say "It's empowering, not oppressive!" seem to take the experiences of the happy ladies an apply it to everyone, even those who are in sharp opposition to them. And that needs to stop.

Thank you. I understand how shitty societal pressures can be for women, but they still have a choice. No one is going to stone them to death or throw acid in their faces for wearing jeans. Comparing the two is obscene.

It's stories like that one that make it difficult for me to get behind the idea that wearing a niqab is an empowering choice for women.

The day Brazilian girls will be allowed to burn to death in their school because they're wearing too much clothing and, because, upon being rescued, they would offend the rescuers' eyes for wearing a shirt and skirt instead of a bikini, is the day when I believe Brazilian women are more oppressed.

What I found most eye opening was the reasons the patients give me for wanting surgery. They may tell the doctor one thing, but when it comes down to putting it all on paper, the real reasons come out. I went into the job thinking all this was for simple vanity. It's not that simple. My office only does faces, so the…

This makes me so incredibly sad. The trauma to the body... I can't comprehend doing that purely electively. I don't love everything about myself, not by a long shot, but it breaks my heart that so many people (women) are so profoundly unhappy that they put themselves through this. I support everyone's right to pursue…

This is real deal surgery, not a magic cream or magic wand.

Some of us weren't here a year ago—I wasn't. I'm glad you covered it again. It's the first time for me.

Have you ever spent any time around Orange County or Beverly Hills? Women really do prance around with bandages on their faces and bodies. Needle marks. Swollen lips from recent injections.

Yes, yes it does. And some days a good shower cannot wash away the guilt. I always have to tell patients that I think they are beautiful, surgery is a deeply personal choice, and only they can make the decision. What happened to your friend is so common and should NEVER happen. I am so sorry she experienced that.…