WAIT, WHAT?

Ah, yes! I agree that Roxy can afford to sell with more than sex.

Aww. I'm 25, and I have some really cool Roxy shirts that I got this year, and a big grey woolen poncho thing!

I think this could sell to the women demographic that thinks they are the woman in this video, or want to be - another poster mentioned insecurity and got it dead on, I think. And despite the weirdness of the ad, that surf top looked totally cute on her - if I weren't all feminist EW SOFT CORE PORN AD WAY TO OBJECTIFY…

I know! And they can't even legitimize it by being all about bathing suits and surfing. Like I was just amazed that they didn't even pretend that it isn't just about an ass.

If you know anything about George R.R. Martin, you know that he doesn't just "brush over" any bullshit and "pretend that people are better than that". One of the main points of the series is that people are grey, very grey, and very few people are "better than" anything. It challenges your good-vs-evil assumptions and…

Slow summer news week, eh?

That’s the thing about institutionalized sexism: it’s woven into the fabric of an industry, so much so that people — men and women — start believing that certain jobs are for women while other jobs are for men, that men are intrinsically suited to sit behind a camera or build a bridge, while women are best left to…

What a funny guy!

Wow, Island, that is a horrendous sorry. I am so sorry that happened to you.

Yeah, that was bizarre. Thank you for reading all of that! Glad it could help a bit.

I think that people have a bit of a hang-up on imagining the physical trauma of 'rape'. Usually the physical damage alone is not the big deal - except that it's connected to the violation itself, so, of course, it is. Sometimes soft tissue is hurt, but a lot of the time it isn't, because most rape is not 'forced', and…

I'm sorry things got so hostile here, because I think that you actually don't understand the 'mechanics' of male rape, and I don't know if I can get all the way through this thread to see if someone explained it to you without hurling insults at the same time. While yeah, the 'laughing' bit was pretty insensitive,…

Me too! Also the fact that a photo or video of a female pedophile is always shown - so we can judge for ourselves how 'sexy' she is or isn't - while that is almost never true of male pedophiles, unless it's for public warning.

But that's the thing - you stopped wearing cut-off jeans when it didn't feel right anymore! For you.

Really? How do you find these mysterious tops! I'm only sorta busty and strapless anything is a full-on disaster. My chest + gravity + no straps = yikes. It very rarely looks good, like once in a blue moon when I have the perfect strapless bra and can go secretly adjust it every half hour.

What, wait? Isn't the point of a tube top that ANY belly can fit inside it - unlike a shirt, which has restraints?

Ohmygosh. I'm imagining it. THANK YOU.