Well, bluntly speaking, many users here aren't mad that body-shaming exists; they're mad that their bodies are being shamed (i.e., that obesity is not a mainstream beauty standard). I really suspect that turning the tables and getting the chance to body shame thin women fills some of them with a malicious glee.

The op mentions that the movie is going to be about Elbe's transition, reassignment etc. Casting a transgender actress wouldn't make sense in this context. Consultant? Sure why not. But for the film itself we would need to start with a male actor and then explore the transition to female throughout the film.

Even when he was marrying Diana, it was common knowledge that he was in love with Camilla. If I knew as a pretty disinterested American, I'm sure Diana knew of it. I've always blamed her as much as him for their unhappy marriage. She knew what she was getting into but the allure of royalty was too much for her to…

Kara Brown is black...

I think it's just you.

They were in love long before Diana cane along. Of course, the fact that he cheated (and Camilla participated) doesn't change, but he always loved Camilla, he should have never been forced to wed Lady Di- for all that their children made it worthwhile.

Either way dude. Women don't owe you a romantic relationship, either.

I didn't say "hot," I said "attractive." It's a PUA myth that women are only attracted to "alpha" males. Part of the reason assholes like Eliot Rodger both can't get a date and also have no friends is that he not only had no idea about female attractiveness, he had no idea about MALE attractiveness. The Esquire…

I think it all comes down to this:

One thing I think we gloss over in this discussion is that the friendship of the woman isn't seen as valuable. I mean, I have a big unrequited crush on my best friend. While frustrated that he doesn't feel the same about me, I don't ever feel cheated about 'the time I put in' because *we're friends*. I wasn't working,…

This is my favorite takedown:

I mean, you are allowed to be sad that someone doesn't like you back. You are allowed to complain a little! But in a "man I really like so-and-so and I feel like we'd be good together; it really sucks that she doesn't feel the same way" sense, not a "what a bitch that one time she passed out drunk and I didn't even…

This is the most general of generalizations, but women tend to disparage themselves when someone isn't into them, and men disparage the woman who isn't into them.

Man I used to hope it just felt that way but I feel like that is definitely true. Too many of my guy friends will not stray from their "type". They used to tell me "I don't know who to set you up with because you are all over the board." I have preferences but if I felt chemistry I wouldn't dismiss it over shallow…

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that a lot of these dudes who claim they were "friendzoned", the woman probably doesn't even want to be actually friends with them. It's just that for a long time we went along thinking that "let's just be friends" was a nice way of letting a guy down easy, then somehow they…

Long ago, I was friends with a Nice Guy^TM. I got sick of it, called him out and ended the friendship. Five years later, he contacted me out of the blue to apologise for being whiny, selfish and a bad friend.

It's laughable that men complain that women are shallow. Men are definitely more shallow. Just look at men's magazines, look who makes the most money in the porn and fashion industries, look at how many couples you see where the men are unattractive and the women are vs. the opposite.

I remember a time when the term "friendzone" was accepted by many. I'm very relieved that more and more people are starting to stigmatize men who think that the worst thing in the world is to have a non-sexual relationship with a woman. Also, the part about women not feeling "friendzoned" is so true. Not once have I…

I don't know if it will stay the top comment on the Esquire site, but it's there now and gives me a tiny glimmer of hope:

Yes, I'm sure we've all pined for someone but at some point you stop wasting time and hit on someone else.