If you really look "sick" without any make-up on, you likely have some serious health issues going on and/or don't eat proper healthy food.

Hayley Jane doesn't look sick without makeup on. The pictures aren't the same. The one without make-up was intentionally taken to make her look bad - terrible lighting, face half…

One of my favorite essays on the subject of "Pretty" courtesy of the internet way-back machine:

It seems more disingenuous because I expected "a set of skills" to be more than haircut+clothes+makeup. Like, maybe it's confidence + not needing validation from someone else's gaze + good social skills + ... ? How is it liberating to say "you can rise above body image issues" if the solution is just "learn how to do…

I feel like we're talking past each other. Let's set me aside. There are lots of people in the world who virtually everyone would agree are just not pretty. They just got dealt a shitty hand. Maybe they have a really prominent brow ridge. Maybe they have a giant schnauzer. Maybe they have tiny beady eyes. Maybe they…

Thank you for writing this. Sometimes when I wander through Jezebel I feel as if the women's movement barely happened. I mean, wear false eyelashes and pencil skirts and 4" stilettos all you want, but please don't tell me that it's entirely because it makes you happy. Because those items weren't designed in a…

Realizing I'm not pretty is not the same as being down on myself — not anymore than a woman's acknowledging that she's fat is being down on herself. (I do find it a bit alienating, though, when people reassure heavy women: "Your weight doesn't matter because you're so pretty!")

"..the ability to be the thing you can't be is there"

'It is rare that a woman without any makeup at all is complimented on her looks.'

This is an idiotic article with no point - sorry Jezebel, but it reads like a 1970's article prescribing a little more 'effort' to housewives, with a few paragraph clauses to satisfy NOW. And the burlesque dancer above is naturally beautiful - hence the false-humility in her no make-up/make-up selfie. "I look like…

And, I've got news for the author of this piece, when you hit a certain age (different for every woman) it doesn't matter how pretty you manage to make yourself appear via the magic of make-up and good haircuts. You will still become invisible. That's why I think that, instead of learning to embrace the reality of…

Also, there is a confusing balance issue in this post. The post is about 1,000 words on how to be pretty followed by 50 words trying to argue that pretty is a bullshit social construct. Which is it? Because the author's emphasis on the myriad ways to be pretty seems like it is much more the point than the idea that…

It melted off the vowel between the V and D!

I wonder why the club was unable to make its payments? Was it declining attendance, or increased fees/rent? Because while both of those are sad, one of them is a tragedy.

Holy shot. You are a legitimate part of the Feminist League of Badasses!

I know. I have a daughter, and if some mother effer had TOUCHED her at 14, I would have lost my shit. Rape laws are coercive? What the WHAT? It makes no sense in any universe.

My favourite teacher at my all-girls highschool was an english teacher. I had him for classes for about six years straight and he used to give me shit about being a goth (in a fun way), he supported me when I was depressed, he encouraged me...basically he was awesome. When I graduated, he wrote me something amazing in…

I really don't get the need people have to justify this shit. I have a young, attractive male cousin who teaches high school. His students develop crushes on him all the time, and some of them are quite attractive I'm sure. You know how he responds? Wonder of wonders, he shuts that shit down (in a friendly and…

With all due respect to Louis C.K., I'm still gonna have white-hot rage hate towards pedophile rapists. And for the mofo's who pen editorial apologies for their inexcusable behavior.

For me the most offensive line:

Thanks for sharing–it's really a fascinating and impressive story. I'm sorry to hear the place is closing down!