#TeamCorgan! PAWS Chicago is a great organization and I really hate The Smashing Pumpkins, but major props to Corgan for proudly posing with his rescue cats for charity. +10 Charisma to Corgan. Anderson Cooper was, as usual, being an enormous twat. Who criticizes someone for helping to promote an animal rescue?! WHO…

Chevy Chase pulled a Johnny Depp. "Pulling a Johnny Depp" now means making a drunken ass of yourself during an awards show speech.

Agreed, men should pull their weight at home and aim to be equal with their partners. What I was talking about was the institutional reforms, like on-site daycare, better maternity and paternity leave, more flexibility to for working parents, etc. Men aren't going to make those changes because if they had any interest…

Another option: Don't have kids. I'm ambitious and care about my career and know I would not be happy bearing the brunt of the childcare responsibilities. I would not be happy working part-time or being home full-time. I don't want my salary and independence to end up on the chopping block because "it's just not worth…

Well, part of the pleasure of watching Tess succeed is watching Katherine Parker get knocked down about 20 pegs. Katherine Parker is portrayed as smart, confident, ambitious, and threatening while Tess coos with a Betty Boop voice and is shown as being more humble and less threatening. (Despite the fact that…

So, very sad that Mike Nichols has passed away, but I re-watched "Working Girl" recently as a working women who spends the 9-to5 in a cubicle labyrinth and I have to say that I kind of felt bad for Sigourney Weaver's character. Girlfriend works hard to get to the top, gives Tess a chance as her secretary, and the…

Okay, so can you explain to me how skinny women are systemically oppressed? What challenges do they face on a daily basis because of their size? In what situations are skinny women discriminated against? I'm genuinely curious to know if there is something I am overlooking, because it seems that being thin affords one…

See, you're minimizing the real discrimination and real-world consequences that fat women face due to the size of their bodies. It's not important to look at "the skinny side of the coin" to see that women are treated bad when it is statistically, scientifically true that fat women are treated worse. We have no hope…

I don't think it's that skinny women aren't welcome in the discussion about body positivism, but it can get frustrating for larger women in the body positive movement when you repeatedly see any discussion about size discrimination derailed by thin women accusing everyone of "thin-shaming" or equating the very real…

Aww, thank you. :)

Yep! It's amazing how often this conversation happens in body positive circles — a fat woman myself, these "but what about thin-shaming?" conversations honestly make me feel like I am constantly put in the position of justifying myself, my body, and explaining size discrimination to thin women literally every single…

Thank you, agreed on all counts. Being told to eat a sandwich or feeling oppressed by the phrase "real women have curves" is not even in the same neighborhood as the very real, systemic oppression fat women face. Thin women are still more likely to be hired and promoted, earn more than women who are overweight or…

Well, like any equality movement, the body positive move has to start with lifting up those who are oppressed. Size discrimination is real and changing social attitudes toward different body types begins with changing perceptions about those at the bottom of the totem pole, who face real-world consequences for the…

Agreed. The production was the star of most of her songs, and Aaliyah's voice was almost a background instrument that supported Timbaland's WOMP WOMPs and whatnot.

Voice-wise, I agree. I happen to like Taylor Swift because she is basically a young, stylish grandma but her voice is nothing to write home about. At least Aaliyah's voice is low-key enough that I don't get annoyed with it, even if it's nothing particularly special.

No, I've heard plenty of her songs and Aaliyah was a mediocre singer at best. She had a thin voice and the production was the star of most of her songs. Sorry if my opinion is different than yours.

The girl playing young Aaliyah doesn't sing well at all, but they were able to find a dress that looks exactly like the one Aaliyah wore.

Ugh, yes please. :( Seriously, I have no words for concern trolls responding to being called out on fat-shaming a 9 year old by trying to insult me with "you must be fat" and "you're mentally ill, see a therapist" and "your kids are probably fat." What the hell?!

Well, as much as I've enjoyed your circle-jerk where you and Skunkerella have both tried to insult and dismiss me by implying I am fat or must have fat children (seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people?), and have been called "crazy" and told to see a therapist because able-ism is totally a SICK BURN, I'm…

Aww, and now you're using able-ist terms like "crazy" to insult me because your SICK BURN about how I must be fat or have fat kids wasn't enough! Here's a tip: When you're trying to prove a point about how you're not an asshole who is picking on a fat child, you might want to avoid trying to insult people by calling…