Veronica looks great though.

agree completely. She's lovely looking, very athletic build, looks very fit and healthy. I am kind of knocked sideways by anyone snarking at this lady being less than fabulous.

and I've noticed that plus sized women who get a "pass" from society tend to have "thin" faces. You know, long elegant necks, visible (although not jutting) collar bones, high cheek bones, firm defined chins. Adele for example as opposed to Beth Ditto. If you've got a short neck, double chin, etc, you're shit out of…

They're both so damn twee and I ain't even mad about it.

I love this comment! It's so true. My experience has been that I don't fit either the glorified skinny model type, but nor do I fit the glorified plus size type. Both of those have proportions that I just don't, so I've not felt much comfort at all in society accepting either one over the other because my…

Ahh, the good ole' WHR. Apparently ~.7 is the golden "waist:hip ratio" and I hate that I know this. It's thought that fat distribution affects fertility, and as such, women whose ratios fall within the perceived "ideal" ratio subconsciously read as the most fertile/attractive.

Nailed it. She's very, very fit and thin (I gave in and googled, shame on me, but she has toned abs and visible ribs), but she has a straight waist which gives the impression that she's a little bigger than she is. Ironically, this is leading other media outlets to call her "curvy" which is losing its meaning and…

You are right! My mother despite being a "all women are real women" feminist type still gushes over my curves, because she is a straight up and down short lady. She loves that I inherited big boobs, wider hips and a narrow waist from my grandmothers. It's funny because I am more of a tomboy, I'd have loved to be…

Kate Upton is basically an "apple" body shape. I love it so much, because she's so so gorgeous and admired and that's the exact type of body I have too.

Yeah. Women with less-than-tiny waists don't get even the consolatory mentions. Or women with abnormally high waists - mine is right underneath my breasts. IT SUCKS AND I CAN'T EVEN CHANGE IT, no matter how much I work out or what I eat.

Yep I just wrote something very similar. This girl isn't necessarily skinny or fat, she just doesn't have the inverted torso thing going.

"If I saw a child in a car on a mild day I might wait and see if the parent came back within a decent amount if time." On the occasion this happens, that's more or less what I do. So ridiculous to call the cops.

I actually had a similar situation unfold on my Facebook. A friend (well, high school acquaintance) is a Starbucks barista, and she posted about a customer who came into her store to get a coffee, and left her sleeping infant in his carseat in order to do so. It was a very mild October day in Vancouver, so definitely…

My husband stopped by a house to give a guy a quote on landscaping his front yard for his father's business. It was a quick errand on the day he had our then-infant (6 mo) son, on a shady street, mild day, and he'd be standing outside the entire time, so he left our (sleeping) son in the car (windows open) in the…

exactly. one time i pulled up to friend's apartment and saw an infant in the car seat with the window open. i figured somebody was just bringing in some groceries or something so i just waited to make sure someone came back. when it had been five minutes or so, i walked to the nearby apartment and was like, "um, is…

The "Good Samaritan" thing enraged me. He didn't even go to the car to keep an eye on the kid, he just filmed it from afar and called the police. He wasn't trying to help, he was trying to get someone in trouble.

There is a world of difference between people who forget their child while heading into work—and that is something that I understand and fear—and those who run into a store for five minutes. The Weingarten piece is about people whose routines are changed in just a tiny way, while the Brooks piece is about someone who…

It's fucking laughable that you fear a pair of nipples and butt cheeks will somehow turn your precious flower into a harlot.

This is so wrong on so many levels. A girl's sexuality should not be related in any way to her father. Pledging her purity to him is the most sexist, regressive, and patriarchal act one can do in contemporary American society. Its even more literal than a father giving away the bride at a wedding.

makes more than my job!