Very true; the lawsuit probably has everything to do with the plan to make Just Mayo available at your average Costco and Wal-Mart and even dollar stores, not sequestered in with the Tofurky and tofu at the supermarket like Vegenaise or only available to Whole Foods shoppers. And I think the fact that it's actually…

I read what you wrote in this thread, none of it of substance or contributing to meaningful conversation, as per usual! All you did was whine about how the way other people are talking about this issue irks you, without actually substantiating it, providing examples of what's problematic, or actually addressing the…

I hope this whole thing gets thrown out of court and Unilever/Hellmann's gets slapped with a huge fine for being whiny babies and wasting everyone's time, but seriously, I think this really does boil down to the fact that Just Mayo tastes better than Hellmann's gross gloppy mess. Just Mayo dances circles around every…

Yes, I read what you wrote. Maybe you're just not expressing your thoughts very well, or you're responding to some discussion that happened on Groupthink and not anything written in this piece or by people responding to things written in this piece, but you didn't address the lack of representation of larger women at…

I don't think picking her apart and scrutinizing is necessary, but I don't think it's outlandish to want to see a woman who is actually plus-sized modeling clothing that plus-sized women are expected to buy. I don't see anyone saying that she needs to eat a hamburger or is grotesquely skinny; she's a model, she's…

What steams my beans about thin "plus-size" models is that so many plus-size lines are not available in stores, do not have products that can be tried on, and you have to rely on pictures to determine how a garment will fit. Size diversity is just practical. If you aren't going to make your clothes readily available…

I'm so sorry. It sounds like you made the right decision and he had a peaceful passing, not that it makes the hole your pets leaves behind any less painful. I really think the letter-writer should seek a second opinion — I'm not on board with any vet shaming a family or making them feel guilty for making what seems to…

I'm so sorry for your loss. :(

Well, I'm personally in favor of a person's right to die too. I think it'll become a possibility in my lifetime, especially with heartbreaking tales like Brittany Maynard's getting press and making people think about what they would do and what kind of death they want for themselves. I really do believe euthanasia can…

Well, in terms of the "medical whatever," the issue is more that the veterinary industry's services are out of reach for the average pet owner. One can provide a loving home for a pet that may have otherwise perished in a shelter or on the street without having a spare thousand bucks for their pet's veterinary needs…

I've worked with animals my whole career and this is what I tell people who are struggling with whether to put an animal to sleep: It's a gift to offer euthanasia to our pets when they are suffering or have a poor quality of life. Pets are not capable of understanding why they are in pain, or why they must undergo a…

Yeah, I am not digging the whole working-mothers-against-childless-working-women angle a lot of Jezebel pieces have been taking lately. I know that mothers of all kinds and working mothers especially feel under-appreciated and want to beat the drum of how awesome they are when a study like this comes out, but these…

Man, I don't even care. I'm pretty productive and successful at work but one of the many reasons I have opted out of having children is so I don't have to run myself ragged taking care of other people and doing shit I don't want to do. My weekends are lazy and fun and relaxing, I come home at night and eat dinner and…

Yeah, I hear you. My workplace is quite good to new moms and everyone is pretty understanding, and the trend seems to be this for new moms: Call out constantly during your pregnancy. Take 3-4 months of maternity leave. "Slowly" transition back to work, meaning coming in whenever you feel like. "Work from home" all the…

Honestly, I don't find anything wrong with leaving a partner for someone else. So many people stay in bad relationships that aren't working, aren't emotionally fulfilling, and aren't going to last long-term because they're afraid of being lonely. Oftentimes the person you leave someone else for is just a shining…

I can't get on board with the lemon, but as someone who has given up coffee and all caffeine due to a weird caffeine intolerance I developed in adulthood, switching from coffee to water is not a bad plan. After a few days of caffeine withdrawal, I realized that a lot of the sluggishness I felt in the morning was…

I hear you. I don't think the issue is that she can't afford PR people — it's that she doesn't want them. She had handlers at Roadrunner Records and after the Dresden Dolls split and Amanda left the label, she has stubbornly refused to be "handled." She apparently didn't have a very good experience with professional…

I'm with you, except for the Neil Gaiman bit — he has always struck me as a bit of an awful money-grabbing creep who happens to write brilliantly. I can see why he (or anyone) might be with Amanda Palmer: I met her at 2 of her ninja gigs, and she is very kind, warm, genuine, and charismatic. She's really doesn't seem…

The thing is that Amanda Palmer wasn't going through booking agents. She put up a call on her website asking any fans who play instruments competently, who may be coming to one of her shows anyway, to volunteer if they were interested in playing with her bands for a few songs, of their own volition, if they were into…

Yeah, I agree. BBW means a lot of different things, but at this point, it's mostly just a category on PornHub that features women who are slightly fleshier than your average porn actress. Actual fat women (as opposed to just "thick") have been shoved out of the term, and now we're SSBBW, as the post above states. Just…