"Don't dismiss the power good literature can have just because it makes you uncomfortable."

This really needs to be more prominent on the page—her blog is pretty much all conjecture.

A lot of molecular gastronomists (and other fancy chef people in that same vein) use additives like soy lecithin in dishes, another ingredient commonly found in processed food. :-\

You really don't hang out on Gawker or Kotaku enough, then.

Whether you agree or not, the poster's larger point was that it's okay to acknowledge that things are bad for us, and that it doesn't mean we should stop enjoying those things as long as they harm only ourselves and not others.

I'm not sure why some of these really bad, really visible trolls are never banned...an ellengrace or some such is also running rampant in the comments, screeching about Nazis and what "-phobia" means. Sigh...

There's really no need to name-call. It lowers the discourse here, and weakens your argument.

Repeating the PSA from above, but TheAdlerian is a huge troll. They don't engage in good faith, and they seem slightly unhinged. Take anything they say with a grain of salt!

You probably figured this out, but TheAdlerian is a notorious, shit-slinging troll. I would avoid at all costs.

I fail to see how that's any different from the many, many Americans who would say the same thing about the US.

[citation needed]

THIS. I think it's also offensive to Scott, as if her entire life revolved around her relationship and that it ending would of course result in her suicide.

I love everything about this.

Some of us will continue to dream. You can't take that away from us!

Oh, for sure—neither do I (though twincest seems pretty impractical on the serious relationship front).

Uncanny valley. These women are terrifying.

What if she likes dressing that way, or finds it empowering, or thinks she looks sexy? She's a successful, adult woman. Why does dressing "sexy" make her akin to "the desperate women who are starved for attention"?

Some of us will be daydreaming about them both.

Fair enough. There are hypocrites everywhere—but I think it's a bit silly to pretend that Europeans are completely oblivious to their own very problematic and fraught histories with regard to racism, immigration, etc. I've encountered the "Racism is different in America" trope in Europe, but it's never been…

I wish I could answer that! But I really can't. The person in question I'm thinking of is my partner's eccentric uncle: he has a passion for all things Victorian and Steampunk, and that includes the Nazi memorabilia. I know he has a very large group of people he meets up with, and they dress up, share tips about…