yes it *should* be clearer. but it wasnt. thats the entire reason it failed as satire.

i believe you but idk bb it did not play out well at all. like i kept reading it making a slightly upset, unsure face because i felt as if it was too cruel for jez to have put up, and there was a joke i was missing, but it was, unfortunately, absolutely something someone out there has written.

This is...weird. Like, I can tell it was meant to be tongue in cheek, but it’s so much effort, and so many words, about such a nothing topic. I didn’t even read the whole thing because it’s way too much information about a topic I don’t care about. Why do you care if other women wear a long dress? Even if it’s meant…

If you thought it was perfect satire then that’s ok, but the amount of people not sure or taking offense seems to imply that this generally failed. It takes so long to get off the ground that it only finds itself near the end of the piece and doesn’t have the comedic/satirical turn early enough to get the reader on…

I guess it comes down to knowing your audience, though, right? Like if the majority of your readers are upset and don’t see it as satire, then aren’t they right?

so i guess were now at, what, tripling down? the vast majority of your readership is telling you it didnt work. i cant see how basically telling them theyre stupid and to fuck off is a great response.

Do you know for a fact that this piece was supposed to be satirical? I’m asking sincerely, because to me, it read as one woman’s rant against maxi dresses and nothing more.

Does that really make her a genius? Or just not very good at satire?

i havent seen much internet outrage here. i have, however, seen a number of women on the verge of tears because the article made them feel shitty about their bodies.

It’s not very well done if nobody can recognize it as satire, though.

With all due respect, if this is satire, it’s very poorly done. Most readers of this site are educated, bright, and quite humorous. If this was even a moderately well-written satire piece, more readers would have realized it.

so somebody posts an article which not a few women find hurtful and the defense is that it’s satire? where have i heard that before....

Is that what was decided after the intended narrative didn’t catch on? LOL nice try.

But is it satire? I don’t get the impression that the author is mocking people who hold the belief that people with certain body types should not be allowed to wear certain articles of clothing. Seems more like she honestly has these beliefs and she’s just trying to be snarky about it. Also, it’s just not very funny?

I am right there with you. Bad varicose veins and kness that look like an elephant’s. I feel good in maxi dresses. Don’t let a fashion bully get you down.

Don’t cry. This article’s fucked up.

I have a disease that makes my legs look like tree trunks and I can only barely wear jeans. Maxi dresses are the only thing that hides them and makes me feel pretty and normal. :(

I’ll say it a million times over... I miss vanilla WoW (and up through MAYBE Wrath of the Lich King). The game just feels too.... simple... boring.... empty? I remember running TO the instance instead of queuing and having all out faction wars at the entrance. For me, the game is just a shell now. I tried out the…

It’s not the nostalgia. WotLK nailed everything, it was close to perfection.

They were not fun in MoP becasue there were so many of them. I kinda miss the way dailies and dungeons (and even pvp) were handled in WotLK. (or maybe it’s just nostalgia)