Train now arriving at station stop: Uncanny Valley

I think it’s important to show what is and isn’t real, but not in an “omg she’s a total uggo” way, but more in a “let’s celebrate actual bodies, people and achievements ” way. Otherwise as you say, it’s just destructive.

A lot of those women became millionaires and even billionaires selling young girls a body image that was no more real than anime. There is value in pointing out how much of a lie the image is. And I have to ask, is the lie not misogyny? Is photoshop, hours of make up, surgery, and a team of experts to post a single…

Well, the fact that she’s 5 just about does me in, I gotta be honest. I love age 5, too; it’s one of my favs. When my almost-14 yr old daughter was 8, she came home from school one day and asked me to not put 3 things in her lunch every day because another (fucking asshole) girl in her class shamed her for “always…

Her concerns should fully revolve around how much glitter glue is available at craft time and whether or not unicorns are real.

I like tapas and overpriced drinks in a jam jar as much as the next urban dweller.

Ugh that’s heartbreaking! But I love how you handled it. My mom never called me fat but she would call herself fat, which was rough because as soon as I hit puberty I weighed more than her. And was then like oh no I must be a whale if I weigh more than you! 

I distinctly remember the moment I realized I had big thighs. I was in 6th grade. It’s a top level childhood terrible memory for me. We’ve got to do better for kids. 

That’s some serious bullshit, I’m sorry you’re already dealing with that kind of nonsense. You can’t protect your daughter from all the toxic messages she’ll hear, but it sounds like you’re already doing a rad fucking job of modeling strong and confident behavior for her. Good luck. 

Narcissistic rich person with no actual talent other than self-promotion is angry that accomplished professional half her age is accomplished, half her age, and has had the temerity to question rich person’s vapidity?

Narcissists...like two peas in a gross, entitled, socially destructive pod. 

Jesus.. Picking your favorite Kardashian? That’s like saying my favorite STI is gonorrhea due to it being curable.

We had a long talk about how fat wasn’t something you are, but rather just something that everyone has. Some people have more and some people have less. And I tried to talk to her about how she is strong and athletic and how her body does exactly what it’s supposed to.

“I truly hope you realize how important setting goals are for young women, teaching them we have so much more to offer than just our bodies,” Moretz wrote.”

Damn straight they are. Pure hypocrites the lot of them.

Funny how right wingers love to call liberals “communists” while supporting a lifelong communist, Putin and calling him a friend of America. Also funny how trump just funneled billions to farmers to make up for their losses because of the tariffs. Feels like something Russia would have done back in the day...…

LOVE IT! Well played. 

Yep.  I wish I could star you more!

Sounds like their boss isn’t having it, and they have a disciplinary hearing next week, so we’ll see. Whatever the punishment is, though, surely won’t be enough for the damage caused.

“They were placed on paid administrative leave on Friday”