I'll never buy Cacique again, ever since I found Fantasie and Panache.

I think she's pointing out the hypocritical attitude of people who get all "OMG baby pictures are so boring and obsessive" while posting equally boring and obsessive pictures of what's important in THEIR lives.

God, I have no idea why this comment made me so happy, but it did.

SENTENTIOUSLY! Tasty new word, nom. Thanks, Doug!

There should be a suggestion box somewhere that we can drop this one into.

Since always? Girl and Boy are terms for children, Woman and Man are terms for adults.

Cute. Ok, all done.

I was disappointed by that, too.

It doesn't actually matter what your response was prompted by. It didn't say anything of substance. You didn't debate her, you didn't suggest that Lindy's tone actually could be persuasive, you didn't suggest that the piece had value besides persuasiveness, you didn't make any kind of case or even directly address…

So, two things.

Yes. There is value there, I do agree.

OP said it wasn't persuasive, because it was full of insulting tone. This is basic communication craft 101.

I would just like to contribute that these guys have the best pukanas I've ever seen, and I've seen some. All Blacks who? Psh.

third.

It's supposed to be persuasive if I'm going to post it to Facebook with a huge, "People! You are feminists, even if you don't realize it! Read this!" which is what I was so desperately hoping I could do when I saw the first few lines.

Wow, really? So people who write publicly for a living, who publish a book that is meant to serve up information and wisdom of some kind, and who post an apologia pro feminism on a hugely popular site... can't be criticized for their incredibly alienating persuasive technique, because they may possibly experience some…

Ok, I've been trying to parse that one, and with the help of some trusty punctuation and a couple typo fixes, I think I've got it!

I hear ya. It's saddening to be in a compromised state, and ask for some help, and have so many people just look at you blankly.

I believe you!

Wow. Rock god orgy. Cannot handle.