OITNB and how realistic it is, and how it compares to your own experiences. The reason I got into the show was because it showed this world I've never experienced, but I'd imagine they do some things to spice the show up a bit — it's entertainment, after all — I just hope it's not the wrong kinds of things. Piper…

I've thought about that but on a tamer subject — nudity. Body parts that were seen as "slutty" in 1900 weren't by 1950 (in America), things that are seen as normal like showing thighs in some jean shorts would have been too much in 1950. Bikinis get smaller every decade and now thong bikinis are starting to become…

I liked her in season 1, I guess I tired of it in 2/went too far for me. That's interesting that you did 17 months, I'd love to hear your opinions on the show. If you wrote anything on Jezebel on the topic can you link it?

Not with her daughter no, she was really shitty. I meant more her friendship with the black girls, because she seemed to actually care about their friendship (unlike Big Boo) but as I think back to that episode more she didn't really "risk" anything by coming clean about Vee — it was only when her personal safety was…

Why stop at the rectum, then? I want to get really nasty. I want to climb inside the GI tract like a Lilliputian spelunker with a video camera and check out that sigmoid colon, that transverse colon, that cecum, that small intestine, till we get to the stomach, baby. I want to see those mucous-covered walls churn food…

Speaking of, I really couldn't stand Big Boo this season. I get it, butch/fat representation blahblahblah, and I *like* how open OITNB is in general with sexuality — that doesn't scare me off — but Big Boo is just crude, gross, selfish, and predatory. Not to mention, she sold Red out. She hasn't showed any…

Oh yeah, I get that it must be tough. I'd like to think I'll embrace it or have an IDGAF attitude, because I embrace the way I look now, but I'm 23. What do I know (says my own mother!) Older women who are in my life who do do this give me hope, though.

That's a really good point. Many non-Westernized countries have much fewer problems with eating disorders and skinny-obsession (or body obsession in general) and I'm willing to bet that our prudishness over naked bodies is a large part of it. In my home country, Belarus, saunas are a big part of the culture and the…

have you seen Mama June and the food she feeds this poor child? She doesn't care — or, I would argue, doesn't understand due to poor education. It's sad. This girl is a ticking time bomb, to develop congestive heart failure and type II diabetes any day now (no exaggeration — I've read about kids as young as 5…

First problem: she watched the show. "Oh, I thought that little redneck's antics were so CUTE, to ogle at like she was some kind of zoo animal as TV producers exploited her and stole her childhood! But now that the monkey isn't dancing for my entertainment in the exact way I want, so I can chuckle to myself at how…

Child obesity is fucking sad and people too blinded by "fat acceptance" to see that are wrong (I know this is not most people, and most people understand that adult fat acceptance is a whole other ballgame). Some kids are bony and some are chubby but this goes so much beyond the acceptable health range for a child,…

I'd bet a lot of people on here aren't generally a fan of The Amazing Atheist and I get why, but this video brings up a lot of good points on why people who watch this show even for supposedly "good intentions" are bullshit. Start at 09:00 if you don't have much time.