I'm sorry for commenting on this waaaaay too late, but I didn't see this point made and I wanted to put this out there. When a guy is making really inappropriate remarks to you, and he's not stopping, being direct and telling him that you're uncomfortable or that you want him to stop can quickly anger him. It's not an…

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ONE OF US. ONE OF US.

I think if that's the case, then we can try to document it as much as possible, and try to get it viral.

Some of the articles are not terrible! I stay the hell away from the comments because duh, but when kotaku tries they usually get it.

It's not worth it. Burt still produces good work but otherwise I have no interest in reading the articles. Hell, I'm more likely to read Kotaku than I am Jez anymore.

Holy shit, yes. You summed up exactly why I don't wander over here that often. Brava, this was wonderful.

Yes, exactly. Because otherwise we're all just buying into the system, and perpetuating the idea that there are body types that aren't acceptable. Or that we should devalue someone because of the way they look. It's literally the opposite of what feminism is all about.

I used to think my sister was stupid for wearing…

I was the same exact way. I still have moments where I judge someone, but I've generally tried to stop. But I used to sit around and be like "ugh, women have curves, sheeple"! And then I realized that it's such a dick thing to say. As if the women who do fit the ideal don't have feelings.

Girls will starve themselves not because that body type exists, but because it's held up as the ideal. She can be as surgically altered as she wants. That, in itself is not bad! Looking like she does is not inherently bad! I personally don't want to look that way and not will I ever even be able to look that way. But…

I'm glad you can quote feminist literature, but it's not like we're all unfamiliar with their work.

No, I don't give a shit what Victoria or anyone else does to their body. They can do whatever they'd like. It's their body, and it's not my place to tell them how thry should or should not look. Doing so only perpetuates judgement against women's bodies for arbitrary things. Even body snarking against the ideal body…

There's a difference between railing against the concept of one body being held up as ideal, and shaming someone for how they look. The answer isn't to shame people who fit the current ideal, natural or not, but to get rid of the idea of an ideal body altogether. Snarking on Victoria's body doesn't dismantle the…

This is exactly why my mother stopped being a Catholic. She couldn't stand the "sin Monday through Saturday, go to confession and repent, sins are cleared, repeat" cycle, and how so many people could still be considered "good Catholics" in the eyes of the church and community despite the fact that they cheated on…

It completely disgusts me that anyone would go back to front for this very reason.

It's something that does kind of fit into the idea that society at large expects and condones this kind of shit. That women who "don't do enough" to protect themselves deserve what they got, and that men are lustful beings with absolutely zero control over themselves.

I would. A male or female rapist at that age is someone that, to me, has a high chance of being a victim of the same kind of sexual abuse they're using against others. Their victims, boys or girls, never asked for it. Again, you're inferring things that just aren't the case. I'm on Groupthink, I have read what she's…

BUT BUT BUT nuance! :( damn us grey seeing people. It is impossible sometimes.

You're inferring something that is not the case. Labeled would, as would any other feminist here. Labeled is on the same side as you. She's just trying to see some shades of grey.