This was my immediate thought — they’re reinforcing the poverty -> uniform pipeline.

Its simple. Transgender is believed to arise from a difference in the wiring of the brain vs. physical anatomy. More explicitly, one can be born with a brain hard-wired like a male and the anatomy of a woman.

But there is no such “hard wiring” for ethnicity, and more specifically, our culture. Culture is usually…

Bright Eyes had one accuser, whose story didn’t add up and had a history of online dishonesty. He sued, she recanted.

Most problematic was the unusual control that the author,

Agreed, Chris Evans is clearly the finest of all the Chrises.

For real though:

Jesus how did they fuck this up so badly?

No. I do not co-sign.

But why do you find an article that made a number of your readers feel so bad about themselves they were on the verge of tears fine by you? This people are not trolls or some passers-by, they are mostly loyal and active readers and commenters, and you’d rather question their intelligence than your choice of article?

But is it about maxi dresses? Because like hundreds of people came away feeling body shamed and clothing shamed (including me even though I don’t give a shit what this person thinks). I happen to have excellent reading comprehension skills and a graduate degree in writing/editing. I saw no satire or value here.

it literally ends with her at her therapist with her therapist telling her to get a life

You are missing a really important point, though. She doesn't just talk about maxi dresses, she talks about women's bodies IN maxi dresses. That is what has made this piece so upsetting to your readers. Do you understand that distinction?

I think the big deal is that women get shit on all the time for how they look and this is supposed to be our safe place from that.

Which some of us love wearing, and it can make some of big boobed, imperfect bodied ladies feel very sexy. And as this didn’t come across as satire, I felt so sad for a bit, and mocked for something I thought looked really good on me and that I’d gotten consistently positive feedback on. I’m really glad it was satire!…

Jia, you are not good at your job.

i believe you but idk bb it did not play out well at all. like i kept reading it making a slightly upset, unsure face because i felt as if it was too cruel for jez to have put up, and there was a joke i was missing, but it was, unfortunately, absolutely something someone out there has written.

If you thought it was perfect satire then that’s ok, but the amount of people not sure or taking offense seems to imply that this generally failed. It takes so long to get off the ground that it only finds itself near the end of the piece and doesn’t have the comedic/satirical turn early enough to get the reader on…

so i guess were now at, what, tripling down? the vast majority of your readership is telling you it didnt work. i cant see how basically telling them theyre stupid and to fuck off is a great response.

if I can conceive, carry, and deliver a baby ... allowing him to participate in naming it is a courtesy I'm extending. I don't need his permission to do anything.

I wanted to say something longer or more emphatic. When the in-laws (or, God forbid, my parents) say something about how he won't "let" me do something, I feel the overwhelming need to show everyone that, if I can conceive, carry, and deliver a baby ... allowing him to participate in naming it is a courtesy I'm…