So it’s worse than beating your wife, but not as bad as beating your wife but being caught on tape.

I think he should have to play the first 4 games with a ball COMPLETELY deflated... Like ur dad makin u smoke the whole pack when he catches you smoking cigs! Ha!

Oh, you weren’t serious? I couldn’t discern that from the the overall tone of the dozens of doubling-down, defensive, and petulant comments you’ve made in the last two days.

If you have to work this hard to explain why a joke is funny, it means it’s not a well-constructed joke.

Yeah but the whole telling her therapist and stuff doesn’t happen till the end of the article and to be fair, it’s a long-ass article. I was slightly offended until about half-way thru the article when it occurred to me that it was a joke.

For real, I was like, “is this article, shaming women’s fashion choices, really…

Wasn’t Plath calling herself cow-heavy, though? Big difference between “OMG I’m such a cow” and “OMG gurl peep this heifer over thurr did you see what that cow is wearing?”

Because they bitterly regret not having chosen more comfortable clothing options for themselves. Or they just hate it when women aren’t fully consumed with low self-esteem and the task of controlling their bodies 24/7 to suit the patriarchy. Probably a little of both.

Why does everyone hate seeing other people being comfortable?

I just like to shame people who have different opinions than me.

To be fair, no one gets camel toe while wearing a maxi and you’re not greeted with anyone’s ass/underwear, either.* I mean, I know you’re the YOGA Nerd MD and all, but maxi dresses > yoga pants. Sorry, not sorry.

She might be funny, but she’s funny in that way when you laugh uncomfortably at an acquaintance when they make an off-color joke. In that, this wasn’t actually funny, it was weird, and weirdly nasty. Lots of Cool Girl-isms, etc in this piece.

Don’t cry. This article’s fucked up.

Yeah, I’m reading thru the comments. But damn, that hit me really hard. I’m usually pretty good about rolling my eyes and moving along.

Daisy! Don’t cry! Everyone in the comments supports them! :)

I have a disease that makes my legs look like tree trunks and I can only barely wear jeans. Maxi dresses are the only thing that hides them and makes me feel pretty and normal. :(

Does it feel to you like this is exactly the sort of article Jezebel used to tear apart?

Yes. The problem isn’t maxi dresses, it’s that there are too many poorly cut ones made of terrible fabric out there.

I love maxi dresses. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands.

I love maxi dresses, and they look fucking awesome on me if I do say so myself (and I do).

Yeah, what is this piece!?

How about we just let women wear whatever the fuck they feel comfortable in? Personally i’m not a fan of the maxi dress (I prefer knee-length dresses) but why does it matter that other women like to wear them?