That explains it. I thought it was just a play position from rugby (the hut position? idk) but I didn't know that "rooting" meant something completely different in Australia. Definitely a sick advertisement at worst, and dangerously careless at best.

I went to go get a pap smear at one of my (very liberal) state's community health centers. One of the questions I was asked was if I had ever had an abortion. I've never had such a painful, horrible pap smear in my life. I've had uncomfortable pap smears, but never a painful one. I refused to go back to see that…

I'll help you throw stones as well.
It's just common decency. Not saying it is akin to not kicking someone in the shins. You don't get an award for behaving right once you're out of kindergarten.

Good luck with your program! It's definitely very very difficult, but it's worth it to feel better. Even with my worst bouts of hating my body, it's not as bad as it was when I was a teenager. It's nice to be able to eat something delicious and enjoy it without the guilt afterwards. It's also nice to not be freezing…

I like doing random image and trying to guess their stats. I'm always wrong. I always guess way smaller. It goes to show how warped my sense of body image is. It also shows how weight doesn't have as high a correlation to fitness as a lot of people think it does.

I hate that "real woman" crap too - but that site is great. I think of "real woman" as no photoshop, and this site is wonderful in showcasing all shapes and sizes, which is refreshing. It's really wonderful for a reality check after being bombarded with magazine ads.

Oh! I had no idea there were rules about posting sizes, whoops! I always see posts about different clothing sizes so I didn't even think anything of it. I could definitely see why it might be a problem though.
And thank you! You certainly sound like you have nothing to worry about either, but as you said - it's so hard…

Target bras are so much better than Victoria's Secret bras anyway. I used to shop only at VS for bras for years until I became a poor college student and then switched to Target. Fits better, looks better, and is $10 compared to $60. Win-win-win. Now if only I could find equally cheap amazing lingerie, we would be all…

Same here! I used to be teeny tiny in high school - 5'4" and hovering between 95-100lbs. I probably fit into a size 1 most of the time. (Side note: even at this size, I couldn't fit into a Hollister size 6). Ever since graduating I've gained about 30lbs and hover between 25-30lbs. I'm probably a size 3 or 5, depending…

I've found that looking at REAL bodies helps me to be more accepting of my own. Sometimes it's hard to remember what real women look like underneath all that good lighting, makeup and photoshop. I like My Body Gallery because you can insert your own height, weight, pant size, etc and see what women with your…

Ugh, so much this. I look back at 15 year old me, who was so so small and still starved herself and loathed how she looked. And, dare I say it - she was pretty. Now I do the same thing to myself. Except now I'm 25 and have a more womanly shape and hate my self because I'm "fat" and won't even wear shorts outside,…

I don't know about my stepfather's parents - but my parents (my mom and stepdad - I don't count my bio. dad as my parent) are pro-vaccine, as is my grandmother. We live in New England though, so perhaps it's just a regional thing. The only person I really know who is anti-vaccine is a girl I went to school with (who…

I was a teenager with low self esteem, but... I pretended to like washing his car. I also wore heels to an ALL DAY festival and almost fell over because by the end of the night my ankles gave out.
I also dated another *aspiring politician* (I could stop there, right?) who told me that as much as he liked me, he could…

The maker/model of the flowers hairpiece is just flawless. I'm pale and I've slowly grown to accept it, but I always wished I was less pink and more.. alabaster? Ivory? I don't even know - but that girl is just rocking everything. The hair, the flowers, the makeup. I'm jealous and possibly in love. Plus she's…

Fox uses the debate technique that "if I'm louder than you, and I don't listen to you, than I win!"
I can't even comment on "Know your place" because that asshole is just a fuckface. period.

My mom's side of the family is all super liberal and has hammered feminism and diversity in my head since forever. Even my grandmother thinks gay marriage should be legal.

I would much rather be catcalled (I still don't want to get catcalled though) than be asked "Can I have a smile?" or told "Smile! You would look so much prettier with a smile!"

I see no reason why I owe anybody, especially a complete stranger, anything. Whether it be a smile or anything else. If you want to see me…

Exactly! As someone in the above comments said quite well - if they want to shed light or bring activism to male-on-male violence or male survivors of domestic violence, than that's great! They should form a group, or charity, or volunteer! But no one is going to hand it to them. No one handed any of women's rights to…

I wish I could recommend this a hundred times. Great comment, and completely true.

There's a commenter in the grey who said that. It is so hard to not fight with him - but I will not feed the troll :(
Seriously though - yes, maybe are three times as likely to get shot than women are, but usually the shooter is also a MALE. See a pattern here? Besides, there are a ton of articles about male-on-male…