I mean, say what you will about Elizabeth Holmes, but my god is she an amazing pioneer in the field of gender equality for massive corporate con-jobs. 

That's only because they took two popular Adidas and Nike silhouettes and fused them together. I'm not paying out the ass for a fancy NMD/Roshe hybrid. 

Ok, but while we’re here can we talk about how dope their Race Runners are?

She’s beautiful inside and it shows.

Oh man, the comments on this thread. So many of us in the Sisterhood of Chronic Illnesses, who get brushed aside and downplayed, internalizing ideas that we are lazy, crazy, over dramatic, and foolish. Sjogrens Syndrome here. Finally well maintained on the right meds, but I still occasionally pull out my labwork to…

This. I was diagnosed in my mid-20s and am grateful it only took three different people to get me to an MS diagnosis. I had vision difficulties, which resolved several months after I began treatment. Since I was treated early, I’ve been fortunate to have had a pretty normal life for the last 8 years. I also happen to…

Fat shame of its sturdy frame brought this rat fame,

I was just commenting about Sorkin. His sexism really shines through when he thinks he’s writing “complicated” female characters and always one of the “complications” is who to fall in love with or sleep with AT WORK!

... but wasn’t taken seriously by doctors.

I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something. I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last 4 years. People want to work for what they get.

I don’t know much about MS, but I do understand that there is tremendous relief in getting a diagnosis.

It’s like hipster Quaker Oats guy hat.

Those goats look a hell of a lot like sheep.

Amen. My body was imperfect before kids, even less perfect after them, and now I’ve lost a breast - one of the parts of my body I’ve always loved and felt good about. I find it incredibly ironic that if I get reconstruction, they’ll take the part I’ve always felt the worst about, my stomach flap, and make that into a…

I traded my ‘ideal body’ (that’s a lie, actually.. I never possessed one of those) for not having cancer, so there’s that.

Yeah, it would be really nice for loose skin & stretch marks to be accepted even if they didn’t come from having a baby.

So glad I already feel like my (post-35, post-pregnancy) body is so “normal” - no, scratch that, miraculous and amazing and awe-inspiring - that I don’t need aggressively capitalistic ad campaigns to “normalize” it for me. When I was younger my body very closely fit the social ideal, but my self-esteem was in the…

While I understand your point and agree that a deeper systemic change is needed rather than ‘normalising, brutally honest’ photos to advertise nappies or whatever, I am not ashamed to say that I saw these photos today and felt validated. I’m two years past ‘post-birth’ and as someone who was slim prior to my baby, it…