I taught English in South Korea for a couple of years. Every time I graded a paper, no matter how objective I tried to be, personal feelings would get in the way. Judy finally wrote a decent essay? Well, since I saw her writing it 10 minutes before class, she's not going to get the grade the writing deserves, because…

I feel this same thing in a theatre. Inevitably, of all the empty rows around me, someone is going to come sit right fucking next to me. Is this anti-social? Maybe. Do I care if I talk louder than I ever would and throw my coat haphazardly around hoping it hits that person next to me while sighing heavily? Nope. Move…

Missing my point. I'm not talking about Hollywood hating thin people or modeling agencies hating thin people, I'm talking about the people in feminist circles hating thin people. You want to push the message that everyone should love their bodies the way they are? Then stop making thin people out to be the new…

Maybe I worded that wrong. My feeling from your comment about Hollywood was that you are unhappy with the fact that only one body type is desirable, and that's all I meant by the word "disgusts." It seems like there's this movement to change the ideal body type in order to allow everyone to be accepted the way they…

I'm not talking about Hollywood. I'm talking about feminist writings that praise all kinds of body types, but won't allow thin women to say a thing about weight without giving her the "oh, like you've ever felt societal pressures to look good" shit. Yes, people are rolling their eyes at thin people who dare to…

I'm one of those that puts on makeup for me, and only when I feel like it. If I don't feel like putting it on one day, then I won't. I really could give a shit less about what magazines and TV show me, because I understand why those people look the way they do. I've also worked in retail for far too long, so when…

I feel like this story has an element of thin-hating to it. Which, yes, I've determined is a thing. Whenever body weight comes up in a feminist-leaning story, the mantra is always "love your body the way it is," but that seems to really only go for women who are full-bodied. Thin women (speaking from a place of thin…

I'd bet money that their parents wouldn't have done a damn thing about it. At least by making the video go viral, they'll receive the disgust of their peers. Which would probably be the most effective way to make them regret all the shit they're saying.

I'm with you on this one. Just because I'm out in public and a guy notices I have a vagina that he wants to get in to doesn't mean he has the right to try to pick me up. I'm not out in public to get my vagina hacked, but for a purpose. If you see me as a person before you see me as a fuck-thing, then by all means,…

I'm one of those who just KNOW that I won't have kids. I've always known it. I've never found a good way to explain this knowing to others, either. I've heard people describe themselves as "empty" or feel like there's a void in their hearts that needs filled, so they fill it with kids and family. But I've never felt…

I'm with WarriorKitty on this one. Fat acceptance is not okay. Completely ignoring the fact that your ten year old is 210 lbs and saying that's okay, we shouldn't say anything, let her learn to love herself this way is ridiculous. There's a huge difference between pushing kids to lead a healthy lifestyle with correct…

I was living at my parent's house in Indiana while attending college. They were staunch believers in ghosts and always took us to haunted houses. I grew up and realized I have no belief in the afterlife or ghosts or anything supernatural, but was and am still plagued by dreams of being terrorized by poltergeist or…

Who are you to determine how a person should react to any sort of situation? Your "peers" reacted one way to their situations, this girl reacted a different way and you have no right to try to draw your own conclusions on how she dealt with it by comparing it to situations YOU perceive as worse.