Thanks!

I'm not sure why you think I want anyone to shut up! I was just clarifying the reference. It's one of many ridiculous things that woman says, and I don't think the OP meant anyone to take it seriously.

ANTM 4EVA.

Yeah, and acupuncture is not nonsense. A lot of western doctors will concur with that opinion. I had terrible seasonal allergies and when I was pregnant didn't want to take anything. 3 acupuncture treatments and I was allergy free for 3 years, and they still aren't as bad as they once were.

I also hate the trope where nausea in the morning is the first sign of pregnancy. It doesn't usually kick in that fast and it is far from morning only.

With my second child, there was one day where I was sickened by the smell of tortilla chips 20 feet away from me. It sucked. This sounds sooooooooo much worse. Sympathies.

It's a term Tyra Banks coined to replace "plus size".

To everyone else answering this message: "fiercely real" is a term Tyra Banks is trying to have replace "plus size"

Fair enough. I don't think it really is. I think it is talking about something different, but I understand why you might read it like that. Feelings of rejection and low self-esteem often lead to terrible behavior. It's not an excuse really, but it does provide some context and context is key to understanding. A…

Fake Nice Guys (TM) don't get dates. Actual nice guys do. Conforming to behaviors that are generally perceived as nice by society doesn't make a guy an actual nice person. There's no one group of women, and no one group of men. There are men and women who have issues with themselves and think bad treatment is what…

Aw. You seem like you are genuinely nice, and perhaps over think things a bit. That's ok. Keep just being yourself, and you will get less self-conscious about it, I think.

Actually, quite a few people wrote some good advice to this guy and weren't particularly hostile.

Dude, if you're getting slapped or pepper sprayed, there is something seriously wrong with your approach.

Haha, yeah. This site is sometimes somewhat safer, but so often I'm like "WHY?! WHY DID I READ THE COMMENTS?!"

She doesn't strike me as thin-skinned. She's not whining about anything, just pointing out what strikes her as wrong about the comments in a calm, graceful way. Any "angst" is coming more from people outraged on her behalf than from the artist herself, and seems appropriate.

I thought the same until I saw another commenter quote the description of shy girls from the original article, and it is actually pretty fucked up. I think Lindy could have done a better job explaining that bit. A lot of this stuff seems not so bad until you put it in the context of everything else this guy is saying,…

Do have to confess though, I would probably sleep with someone of either gender if they built me some nice furniture.

I think it's more that you are pretty bad at sarcasm?

Potential lives don't have rights, no. It's not a baby.