This is the problem with mass-produced clothing. I've had the opposite problem with my tummy. I tend to be all ass and thighs, but have a smaller waist, so lots of pants that fit my ass have a ridiculously large gap around the waist.

I KNOW! On the one hand, it is nice when people design specifically for fuller figures/larger bodies/etc. On the other hand, sometimes I wanna tell Target and Forever 21 that it's OKAY to just make your regular clothes in bigger sizes! Don't make special designs just for me, make your existing stuff bigger! …

I think it totally depends on your style and attitude. I have a few chubby/fat friends who are of the "don't give a fuck" school and I've seen them rock crop tops with skinny jeans. It's not my style (I'm more of the tunic-length with skinnies/leggings), but I think they look fabulous.

Fatty here at size 20 who LOVES my skinny jeans. Living in an often rain-soaked part of the country, I like that skinny jeans don't wick rain water up to my damn knees, unlike the bootcut fad. I like that I can slip them into boots. I like how they look on my generous bootay.

There was a lot of dystopia in 80s YA lit as well—I was obsessed with it. And that was 30 years ago now.

I actually kinda like that about it...like maybe sometimes it's nice for her NOT to have to do the hourglass thing. Also, on Mad Men at least, that hourglass figure is exaggerated because of really uncomfortable girdles and whatnot. If I were her, I'd be alllll about the comfort when not filming. Which is one…

Totally disagree - I think she looks fabulous. It's a lovely dress that looks a little sweet and a little sexy on her.

The researchers don't seem to be "mourning the death of literature"—the study was done by anthropologists/archaeologists (and I have to wonder if there were some historical linguists in the mix). My impression is that they were interested more in seeing if there was a change and studying it, and, of course, also…

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Yep. Punctuation conveys a lot. A parentheses signals an aside, kind of a whisper or an afterthought. Em dashes, on the other hand, are like "HEY PAY ATTENTION HERE" signal. If the author had chosen em dashes—like this—that would've signaled something more important.

'Splain me? As both an editor and a linguist, I'm not following you, and as both of those things, I'm totally into discussions like this.

That's not the only root of drag - there's a some overlap between transgender folks and drag performers (though of course they are NOT the same thing), and there's a history of it in many cultures. See also my reply to MamaM.A. below.

What you said.

Well, sure. I mean, let's not even get started on the label of "hipster." Half the time, it's just a way to dismiss someone who likes fashion. Hell, I've got a little bit of hipster in me, and I think most of us overlap in some ways. But I think the article is conflating hipster aesthetics with any sort of…

Right? I think they're confusing hipsters with punks and hippies. They haven't yet learned that hipsters just appropriate the fashion of punks and hippies, not any of the actual beliefs/ethics/culture.

I DON'T KNOW! It's like a vicious cycle of pointlessness and inanity. Then again, I can't handle reality shows at all, so I'm probably the wrong person to answer this.

But the Jensen pretty almost helps.

Nicely said. We don't do anyone any favors by only focusing on physical violence - the effects of emotional violence are perhaps less seen but often much longer lasting, according to survivors themselves.

Agreed - it's an out-dated term that is becoming increasingly less common. He could easily have chosen the headline "DV shelter" or "transitional housing" - the latter being what the agency itself actually calls it.

Nope, you're not. It's pretty common these days to talk about "survivors," not "victims." It gives more agency to the person who was perpetrated against.