This shit is so far beneath her, it's not even funny.

You may be right that having a sad story actually worked in her favor in winning Miss Idaho. But regardless of how beautiful she is, her body isn't "perfect"-ly healthy. And it takes courage to put that imperfection out on display when she could have easily hidden it.

I know, that's what caught my eye, too! It seems regressive - unless it does actually have something to do with women wanting to protect themselves from the sun, as some sociologists seem to think (at least according to the article).

You misread my post. I was saying that it's just to ridicule her for that, but not for the other thing that she didn't actually say.

It's actually worse to ridicule someone behind their backs - at least when it's to their face, they can defend themselves and in this case say "But I didn't actually say that."

I agree, and have said so elsewhere. However, she doesn't deserve to be ridiculed for something she didn't say - only for the huge closet.

Wow, our entire conversation is ... gone. How weird. I can only see it by going into my notifications. Can you still see it in the thread (without going into your notifications first)? If not, I guess it's just consistent with what we're talking about.

Oh, sorry, my bad - I misunderstood what you were saying. :) And yes, it's either deceptive or just poorly researched. I suspect Jez writers don't look to source materials as much as they get stuff from linked articles.

Once again: not true. Read all the comments.

It just amazes me that writers care so little about actually saying stuff that's true that they are willing to be so snippy about it instead of saying, "Oops, my bad." But who cares about truth or writing responsibly when you can get clicks, amirite?

Read the headline.

Have you read all the comments? Pretty sure she's being ridiculed both for having an ostentatious (though gorgeous) 3000 square foot closet (justly so) and for having called it a "female man cave" (unjustly so). One thing doesn't nullify the other - come on, this isn't hard.

Well, someone should care about the truth, especially when it involves a person being unfairly ridiculed. Funny how that's so controversial here.

There are lots more people crapping all over her for how she supposedly put it. And no, I haven't responded to all of them, just 2. Clearly you don't care about someone else being ridiculed for your mistake, but don't give me a hard time because I do. Way to take responsibility - that's really big of you.

You didn't seem to mind when people were criticizing her, though.

She actually called it a "she cave". It's just the writer here who called it something contrived.

She actually called it a "she cave". It's just Rebecca Rose who messed up the language.

I'm surprised France doesn't rank - I guess they stop short at toplessness, which is completely normal there. Naked boobs all over the place and nobody makes a big deal about it. I found it incredibly liberating.

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I barely know where to begin here, there's so much wrong with your logic. How could there have been a "humble brag" when I didn't say anything at all? And she's not perfectly healthy - that's part of her issue. And yes, actual concern, not concern in quotes. Why oh why is that such a difficult concept? It's normal to…

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Shaming fat people is wrong. Feeling concern is not wrong, especially when I am face-to-face with someone who is expressing how upset they are - that is just normal human empathy and I find efforts to twist it into something pathological to be disturbing.

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