I like how you don't seem to get that bossy completely *is* a gendered thing. While the word itself, "bossy," is ungendered, its widespread use and therefore its ultimate meaning are gendered. Falling back on an ungendered dictionary definition is lazy (and incorrect). It's easy to say, as some assholes already have,…

And WTF with calling me bossy when I am LITERALLY THE BOSS and it is my paid job to give you instruction and correction? How sweet can I make it? How many hugs and kisses do you want? Should I write your job description in icing on a home baked cake? Not that I have time to bake right now. I'm your employer, not your…

and a faggot is a stick. words have power.

But if you're looking at working out as a hobby then it is to the *exclusion* of all of those other things you have listed (for me, it is knitting). Which means it can't fit in with the schedule of anyone who is not intrinsically motivated to work out and who wants to actually create or learn something. You're…

I'd always thought it was working in the fitness industry yet here she is denying it.

you forget to allow time from work to the gym. Then add on time after gym to shower and go get kids. She says she's getting limited sleep, so i imagine that she's getting her workouts in while everybody else is asleep, not during they day. Unfortunately, limited sleep is not healthy at all, and will cause her other…

I think what people fail to realize when they say "She's just promoting fitness!" is that she isn't. By asking "What's your excuse?" on a photo of her, she's essentially asking what your excuse is for not looking like her, while also heavily implying that if you just weren't so lazy, you could totally look like this!…

What IS her full time job, anyway? I'd always thought it was working in the fitness industry yet here she is denying it.

She's like the actresses who get hired by the weight-loss industry to lose a bunch of weight and then act like, "If I can do it, you can do it!" Except that their full-time JOB was to lose weight.…

Who the hell wants to have "working out" as their hobby? going to the gym everyday while having a normal life seems pretty hard.

I think asking a woman "well why are you doing X instead of being with your kids???" can be problematic in general, but since she's specifically waving around the fact that she has kids and claiming that needing childcare is no excuse not to be as fit as she is, I think it's a fair question in this instance. Not all…

The problem with the "what's your excuse" tag line is that it pre-supposes that every one wants & values the same thing (or that they should want or value the same thing)- i.e. achieving their personal version of Fit Mom's body. It follows from that presumption that if one is not actively pursuing that goal, then one…

My excuse: I don't actually care *that much* about my health. :::shrug:::

Is "who watches your kids while you workout" a bad question? My husband and I have to work out in shifts because somebody has to watch our toddler while the other is running. She must have other childcare options. I don't think it's intended as a jab at her mothering, it's more of a "hey, how do you do this if you…

I could probably juggle the details of my life better to be more like Maria Kang, but I would never be able to work out enough and prepare my own meals while juggling the various details of my own life. (I pick and choose between one or the other, most days. I have other obligations that take up time/energy/dedication…

In a situation where the sexual aggressor holds all the power, even verbal consent is inadequate, because there is tacit coercion. The threat is implied. Terry Richardson is a twisted POS, enabled by a corrupt industry that is built on the exploitation and objectification of naïve and compliant women. Want it to stop?…

Unfortunately, models do have reps - their agencies. And they are just as bad as Richardson. They turn a blind eye to all of this - even perpetrate it, because at this point everyone knows what Richardson does but they still send their girls on go-sees for him - because it earns them money. The scary thing about…

see also the "well *I* wouldn't stand for it" argument. well yeah, that's why he didn't target you. that's how he's gotten away with it so long. he chooses people whom he can most easily victimize.

Let me preface this by saying I am fully aware that this was bad decision making on my part

Consent isn't the absence of a forceful no: it's the presence of a yes.

As a photographer who does shoot nudes, I honestly can't even imagine. I am so careful to discus everything prior to shooting with the amazing Women I work with. We go over the intent of the shoot, what I'm hoping to accomplish, how the finished piece will be presented/displayed, and I make sure that we are both…