Jeebus, can’t you just enjoy the fact that these people didn’t find it awkward and the daughter was happy and the dude was happy?

Wrong. In his version the fiance is the heart surgeon.

It’s not mentioned in this article but the organ donation was arranged by an organization that offers the option of donor and donee families meeting. They had a relationship (though, not in person) before this day, of their own volition. There was no awkward “reaching out.”

I am clearly allergic to this sentence because my eyes won’t stop leaking after reading it. What is this wetness all over my face? Dammit, Bobby.

OH. Well, fuck.

I normally hate the phrase “all the feels” but this story seriously fills me with all. the. feels.

GAH!

Seriously. When they said stunt woman, I was expecting a highly skilled, disciplined athlete/actor.

It might be a bit disrespectful to call her a stuntwoman for what she is doing. Calling her a stuntwoman, is a stretch. Especially when stuntwomen all over struggle to gain recognition for their work for so long and struggle to be taken seriously when they decide to go into a stunt career. There are hours and hours of…

I saw that video on Vine initially, so I didn’t know the origin. I though it was just some drunk asshole. Now that I know it was a stunt, it immediately makes me angry. Someone had to clean up her intention, like when people were pulling “pranks” by falling and smashing gallons of milk on the floor in grocery stores.

I was with her until that one where she threw her food all over the In-N-Out. How much do you want to bet she didn’t grab a mop when she was done?

Why did I click?!?!

I have a dear friend who also grew up in the former Soviet Union and she says shit like this all the time. It seems like gender roles are indoctrinated pretty firmly. These people are tough as hell though and it doesn’t seem to stop them from being badasses, so as long as they’re walking the walk I don’t have much…

She’s an astonishing athlete. Watching her last night, I was just dumbfounded.

Exactly. I can’t believe people are harping on the comment rather than her superhuman longevity in the sport. She is absolutely unique in staying at an elite level for decades when the typical lifespan is a couple of years tops.

Yess!! Let’s treat these people like world-class athletes who came to kick ass at a sport ( or, you know, dressage) instead of pretty things standing around. I mean, plenty of people think swimmers are good looking, but their headline pictures are still goobey shots of them trying to breathe.

You wanna change your mind about retiring from being an elite athlete? Go for it.

I know it was a throwaway comment by her and carries the taint of internalized misogyny, but I think it’s time to just own that whole “It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.” (har de har har) thing. Yes, it is my prerogative to alter my initial decisions based upon changing circumstances and new information.…

I mean, as ways to say “Fuck you, it’s none of your business” go
It isn’t bad

Wow. I didn’t realize that there was a woman in her forties competing in Olympic gymnastics. Bravo for her. Also, I love that Jez only shows action shots of the female gymnasts instead of the male gaze shit that we so often see on TV. They are amazing athletes.