In fairness, other whales are also things.

Of the original wording?  No.  That's why I'm worried that if I don't stop editing it, I'll end up rewriting 50 Shades of Grey.  And I don't want that on my conscience.

Of the original wording?  No.  That's why I'm worried that if I don't stop editing it, I'll end up rewriting 50 Shades of Grey.  And I don't want that on my conscience.

From the people who gave you Head…

From the people who gave you Head…

My brother plays the piano really well.  Maybe I'll just make him play the whole thing for me.

My brother plays the piano really well.  Maybe I'll just make him play the whole thing for me.

A close friend of my family died from the effects of Parkinson's last year.  It was really sad watching his condition deteriorate over time.  You could see him struggling to maintain control over his body in such a way that he could live normally, apart from the shaking.  For a long while he pulled it off, but…

A close friend of my family died from the effects of Parkinson's last year.  It was really sad watching his condition deteriorate over time.  You could see him struggling to maintain control over his body in such a way that he could live normally, apart from the shaking.  For a long while he pulled it off, but…

There were times when I could have shot and killed them…

There were times when I could have shot and killed them…

I don't feel safe anymore.

I don't feel safe anymore.

Stereotyping is bad, @avclub-d69768b3da745b77e82cdbddcc8bac98:disqus.  Unless it's Juggalos. 

Stereotyping is bad, @avclub-d69768b3da745b77e82cdbddcc8bac98:disqus.  Unless it's Juggalos. 

I'd move to Canada, but I've got a feeling it wouldn't help.

I'd move to Canada, but I've got a feeling it wouldn't help.

I find both of your premises to be questionable, particularly the second.  Have body image standards actually grown stricter, or have they only grown more visible and widely discussed?

I find both of your premises to be questionable, particularly the second.  Have body image standards actually grown stricter, or have they only grown more visible and widely discussed?

That's a blinkered perspective on the source of the standard.  Women don't hold themselves to a certain standard of beauty because they want to look a certain way, independent of the value that looking a certain way brings them by appealing to the tastes of men.