beatrixkiddo
beatrixkiddo
beatrixkiddo

Serious question — How does one determine that the inclusion of a black subject or character is "token," when it is generally desired these days to be as inclusive and diverse as possible in different forms of media?

Old Navy has surprisingly well constructed yoga pants. I just killed my first pair and they are five years old.

I clicked the article thinking, "oh good; I won't have to see Pink on people's asses anymore!"

It makes the sentence make no sense!

Kids are sponges. This stuff—messages about gender and social norms—starts affecting kids from the moment they exit the womb. Hell, it starts affecting them from the moment the parents know the fetus's sex. A six-year-old might not be able to really understand and verbalize what she's seeing, but she sure as hell is

I object strongly because that's an ugly ad and a photoshop disaster.

Internalizing messages about what women's bodies are supposed to be and how they're objects of public ownership, most likely.

OMG I LOVED THIS BOOK! I found it in a used store and read it until it fell apart. I'm gonna see if it's somewhere online so I can put it on my nook. OMG, just seeing the front of the book made me gleeful!

I snorted my tea at my laptop. Thanks

This reminds me of this kickass book from my childhood! Any other Jezzies out there read this? Or the Blossom Culp series?

NIPPLES!! Thank GOD it doesn't have nipples! Nipples mean it feeds infant others of its kind!

That's a great tattoo because if Hillary gets elected and turns out to be a disappointment like her predecessor, you can fix the punctuation: THIS BITCH? FOR FUCKING PRESIDENT? (An underline instead of italics, of course.)

Agree totally with your assessment. I appreciate that the story was ultimately about the love of sisterhood instead of a man and that the female characters were complex instead of dumb and helpless. I also like that Anna saved that dude's life twice!

I love the "everyone told me not to get my hopes up." How many people is this person talking to about her tragic situation?

Hey now, she's a practicioner of the mental arts! This is so edible!

You know what? I finally bit the bullet and let my psych prescribe me medication to address my crippling BDD and eating disorder. Coming to that point in this recovery process was so difficult and took admitting a lot of vulnerability. Admitting to myself and my partner that, just because I don't "binge and purge,"

This is one of the quickest lessons I've learned as a new mama...and to always bring a change of clothes for myself.

WHY do people put these horrible headbands on their babies? We can tell it's a girl from the flowery dress, no need to make the poor kid look even more like an easter egg.

FYI... as someone who engaged in gender studies classes in the mid-90s and saw this document in the wild in its early days... this is and has always been satire. It's a humorous look at some of the strange ideas people had about LGBT people, framed as a sort of safari guide. It was never meant to be taken at face

Casually mention your favorite Peanuts character was Peppermint Patty. She will then know you're "cool,"