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And I do empathize. I really do. It makes me sad that you'd spit that at me "empathy. it's a thing now" when there have been times I've gotten really upset over this kind of thing happening to other women and girls, and myself. There was just something about the tone of this that I didn't like. That doesn't mean I

"Buddy"? Are you assuming I'm a man? Well, I'm not. I'm also a woman. I'm also what, I guess, you would refer to as "a more delicate figure." And in no way am I advocating that she "snap and beat their face in," so I don't know where you got that. Maybe before you comment, you should read earlier comments more

I can see your point. However, I'm not suggesting that the guy beat anybody up. I'm just saying that he's suggesting she needs a dude to fight her battles for her (probably just because, as you say, he's trying to let her know she's not alone). I don't have a problem with him advocating for her. I have a problem with

I would ask the same of you: before you respond to a comment, please be sure that you are reading it properly. I am not advocating that she "beat their face in" at any point in my comments. If you look again, you'll see that. I'm a girl, I'm not necessarily big and powerful looking either. But when I'm being harassed

Good grief. I didn't say a threat doesn't disappear. I just thought the tone of the whole piece was very whiny and babyish. That's all. It struck me as kind of weird...she seemed to be trying to come off as triumphant but still powerless.

And you know what? It actually really bothers me that you called me "a complete idiot." I'm going to do to you what I did to the man who tried to grab my dog's leash and pull him away from me so I'd have to come over to him the other day, I'm going to tell you firmly and in no uncertain terms "THAT'S NOT OKAY." Don't

And you know what? It actually really bothers me that you called me "a complete idiot." I'm going to do to you what I did to the man who tried to grab my dog's leash and pull him away from me so I'd have to come over to him the other day, I'm going to tell you firmly and in no uncertain terms "THAT'S NOT OKAY." Don't

I'm not scrutinizing her reaction. I'm not directing any anger at her, I don't like that you immediately jump to that conclusion. I just don't like her tone, "Poor frail little me." I think a lot of the work is going to have to be done in not seeing ourselves as victims. I refuse to be a victim every time some

Nah, I disagree. I don't think anyone "assured her safety," as you put it. But that's beside the point.

I'm not an idiot. I'm a woman who takes the train every day. I have seen women from all across the spectrum face harassment. It has nothing to do with beauty.

"Body scrutiny like this is cruel and pointless. "

I really don't like this thing. At all. I don't know if it's just that it all strikes me as totally victim-y (describes herself as frail, sits "frozen" during the abuse, the "it's not my fault I'm pretty" line seemingly suggesting that women are harassed for being pretty??). What bothers me most is this:

OMG is that a "Flirting" reference? If so, I love you.

I'm with you on the original games. I loved them. I started to lose interest when they started trying to mix it up by stranding her physically and emotionally without her pistols in urban areas. "Let's see if she can make it through London with nothing but flares in her backpack!" Boring. I wanna shoot a tiger.

I don't think the attempted rape is included in the trailer. I think what you see in the trailer and what Rosenberg is describing are two different things. Although, they did make sure to put a bit of the nasty sexual threat into the trailer to titillate. Which is gross in and of itself.

She'll get the dress in the end. And by then, they would have paid $750 for the advertising. Nothing is free. And there's most likely a gigantic document in tiny print that she skimmed over or flipped through or otherwise didn't read that waived all of her rights in the situation when she entered the contest. Thanks,

Nah. I meant white people. Lucky Magazine, IMO, has the poorest representation of diversity of any other women's magazine out there. It's by, for, and about white middle-to-upper class girls.

Wait, how is this a big deal at all? Isn't she getting a free $750 dress? Did she think "free" really meant "free"? #whitepeopleproblems

"Why should I go to college?" Well, maybe because the first post I read on her site misused the conjunction of "it" and "is" and also spelled Dolce & Gabbana as "Dolce & Gabanna."

I'm afraid we're going to have to agree to disagree here. The "one reaction" thing really bothers me. And I'm not excluding Cho for her reaction—I'm saying it is silly to celebrate what she's doing (advocating against tearing women down by tearing men down) and then point out that it's wrong in other situations