Shoulders are more square as well, original has something closer to Charlie Brown shoulders, new version looks like she got shoulder implants in comparison.

Okay, so I think from reading further through the thread, there were two different interpretations of the intent of this exercise. I was assuming a similar intent to ftloosenfanzfree: "that the false cover submissions are a negative commentary on the idea that books by or for females should have "girlier" covers". …

Have you considered that perhaps you're assigning feminine to things where it shouldn't apply? Can we agree that some visual presentation is "strong/bold", and some is "soft/childish"? And then NOT call the "strong/bold" masculine? And NOT call the "soft/childish" feminine? The problem I see here isn't that, say,…

Hey, didn't Jezebel just get done reporting how bras make breasts sag?

I went to a small school...one that I'm very thankful forbade its students (on pain of expulsion) from either joining or starting any fraternal organization (greek or otherwise). Having been at that small school, it seemed pretty clear that the pressure and fervor of greek life would be considerably higher in a…

I agree. Especially because...how do you know it's mostly cargo when you're watching it crash? Could have been plenty of people on board, for all he knew. Not that 8 people dying isn't tragic, but it's not 300 either.

Prom...so, on the topic of the households with the lowest income spending the most—I think that reflects our expectations for limited social mobility. Yes, it's sad that prom and/or high school would be thought of as the best time of anyone's life. But for a lot of people, it sort of is. They don't have an…

Let's have fun here. If I'm the marketing director, I take all those choice quotes, and have this for my promotional poster:

Indeed. I don't really see the point in shitting on someone's sincere apology. It's certainly fair to expect them to try to redress some of the wrongs they've done. But you can't ever undo the past.... So, maybe not bygones be bygones, but now that we're on the same team, let's work to fight the good fight…

So...here's the deal: as other commenters have noted, some men use handshakes as a pissing contest. It's unfortunate...but there you have it. In a professional context, you can't call them on it, you have to roll with it. So, my advice to a man (or woman) on handshaking would be to be responsive to the other…

They should indict the pastor as a co-conspirator, I do believe. Incitement to commit murder shouldn't be taken lightly.

Reefer Madness!

I think making it impossible to reattach probably will lead to more jail time than if she'd simply tossed it on the bed next to him.

No, that's not a good reason. Yes, it should have been followed, and apparently something went awry somewhere along the way. That should, in no way, trump the current emotional well-being of the child. People, children, should come first, and this is turning people into pawns to redress past wrongs. It's…

I don't see how this is complicated. At all. This baby, this child...she is *not* her ethnicity. She is a human being, first and foremost. She has been living with a loving family, the only family she's ever known. Her biological parents both willinging relinquished any claim to her. ICWA should not trump her…

How can you assume that? There are quite a number of ways one could take the social impact. Just because the author of the article assumed a xenophobic meaning doesn't make it so. Social impact: expanding rights for women is a social impact—quite a lot of different types of social impact, in fact. Increased…

Yeah, I have to say my original reaction was indignation at his being so utterly self-centered...but then I was reading about her celebrity wall that she kept in another article, which, if they covered that during the tour, would put the comment in a somewhat better light. Still self-centered, but far less callously…

How is drawing on his taint going to help you? Or shame him? Like, if there were a *less* likely to be seen drawing, I don't know where it would be.... Inside of his lip? Maybe? I can only assume that falls into the "Why do you climb Mt. Everest?" category of things to do.

You know, I was wondering about that. I tried to find information about it, I did find a couple articles mentioning the Hopi contend they must have been stolen. This is the best article I could find on that topic. I'm sort of reading between the lines, but it sort of sounds like the "stolen" claim is based on a…

"Your milk goes through three seperate steps...none of which change the properties of your milk."