Not really. Body snarking is clearly insulting language that judges bodies, usually by specifically calling out a particular woman's weight or looks. It's usually pretty obvious. The original comment in that thread, for instance, claimed that she was dramatically thinner as a "fact" when it's really an opinion, and…

Bookmarking all of these for illustration ref. Cos these are basically exactly the kinds of ridiculous, gorgeous, lacy dresses I draw for my characters...completely impractical, but lovely.

It's possibly the mods removed it. Body-snarking on anyone is not okay, and before the commenting system got truly shitty, they were able to keep track of it much more closely.

I wish this sounded like a conspiracy theory. Unfortunately, it seems entirely spot on. Ugh.

I'm sorry, but since that results in at least one preventable death (and in this case possibly 3) that seems like not really a good solution. The whole issue here is that they can and do deny emergency care based on religious rhetoric, but then when it results in them being sued, use the different definition under the…

For me, there are a few things at work here. One is that I'm both pro-choice and pro-abortion, because it's a necessary legal procedure. Being pro-abortion doesn't mean you're like, cheering for abortions. I don't cheer about removing ovarian cysts or pelvic exams, but they're necessary and we need them. Abortions…

I was lukewarm on the first season, but I have been LOVING the utter batshittery of this one because it throws absolutely everything at you, on purpose. But even with the total over-the-topness, it's actually a show that is incredibly critical of gender, misogyny, homophobia, and our culture. Which, frankly, is what…

This pic accurately sums up how I feel about all the people listed, their "clever" jokes, and the fact that not a single one of them could have managed that situation with the grace and strength she did.

Well, for a few solid reasons. One is that I used to commute into NYC for almost 2hrs and had any number of mishaps with clothes ripping, shoe falling apart, blisters, whatever. So I learned to be prepared. I also attend a lot of conventions for work and after spending 8hrs at one of those, you want to die. For those…

Well, obviously that's completely not okay. We're all responsible for our behavior regardless of how we've been treated at any point in our lives. There's really no excuse for being a jerk to someone. I have experienced people who do this as well and I don't personally get it. I've never felt compelled to be an ass…

ipod mini, very light. Nearly new kindle, negligible weight. iphone is the heaviest. It's the notebooks that make it heavy. :}

To offer some perspective from an Old: I'm 33 and it wasn't until I turned 30 that I actually fully dealt with my adolescence, which was unfortunately instrumental in a whole heap of self-loathing issues, including an eating disorder. I dealt with what I would call abuse rather than bullying from peers from the age of…

Well, as the article states, we form a lot of ideas about ourselves at that age. They influence our sense of self, and if it was a particularly negative experience, like say with abuse/bullying it's not as easy to "get over it" as you might think. It can take much longer to put it into perspective than anyone…

Let's see!

Did you actually read my comment? Or the piece?

There are a LOT of women who already work in games who posted to that hashtag, you just basically have to read it all. I know because several of my friends are women who work in games, several in "influential" spaces/positions. And they have, at various times, experienced very real sexism within it. Likewise, my…

I think some commenters are missing some of the cultural issues this article is discussing. And it matters because how women and men are taught to view each other and act in both social and sexual situations is at play here.

At the time, Eugenics was a (racist) scientific belief at the time that, much like frenology, was later criticized and/or debunked as a practice. Current Planned Parenthood is not based on, nor does it support, eugenics. It provides reproductive care, medical treatment, screenings, and education for people who…

Eh, this seems to be largely the point. Taking exactly those stereotypes on purpose, to explore them. In which case, to deconstruct them while keeping them familiar, it makes sense to stick the tropes.

Hopefully most of what you ate that day you automatically burn off, because we burn a certain amount of calories just being alive. What that is effected by is your height, weight, age, and overall activity level (sedentary job vs. active, etc). So long as you're not consuming more calories than you use in an average…