Nodding. I'm also familiar with these types of images/thinspo from when I was suffering from an ED; in fact, measuring how much my hipbones protruded on a given day was often the criteria for whether or not I would let myself eat. The fact that this trend is now (so much more) mainstream reinforces my horror at how…

Personally, what baffles me most about JL's stream of wins is that I feel like she's being rewarded for all the movies she was mediocre in to make up for the one time she was robbed (the Oscar for Winter's Bone, which I do think she deserved to win since that was a genuinely stand-out performance, far more than Silver…

Unwittingly or not, what you're highlighting here, to my eyes, is that there is an acceptable way to be fat in Hollywood—which is to be "curvy" rather than "block-shaped" and to dress one's body in such a way that all of the meticulously laid-out rules for dressing fat bodies (no horizontal stripes, no small patterns,…

Isn't this what Annie Sprinkle coined a "megagasm"?

Oh, I know it has... my point wasn't that this kind of thing doesn't happen in America, but more that the fuckery going on in the US tends to drown out these types of continuing issues elsewhere, often to the point where people are shocked by stories like this coming out of developed countries in Europe (as I was).…

This is some true horror show shit. As I was reading this article I was having flashbacks to Rosemary's Baby (with the exception of the demonic stuff, natch). It also makes you wonder whether actual British women have been subjected to this kind of treatment in the past, and if so, how many. I can't help but feel the…

I thought I had the stomach for this and the video below (squeezing the little guys on my face is SO SATISFYING) but I was so wrong. So very, very wrong. *retches*

I think this is maybe a bit too reductive an assessment of their relationship. I absolutely do think Walt loved Jesse in his way, but that love was clouded by many, many other things that made it a toxic, abusive relationship. I'm not saying I agree with how Walt treated Jesse even remotely, but to me it was quite…

I think there were maybe 3 seconds of that entire clip where I wasn't horribly distracted by Hugh Dancy giggling behind them. Damn him and his face.

I gotta say, as uncomfortable as it made me to hear Ye refer to his family as a "brand," you sort of have to admit he's right, and maaaaaaybe even give him props for having the balls to come out and say what we all tend to think when it comes to celebrities, even if we don't want to admit it, or perhaps even don't…

Wow, this was so informative! I've been using an at-home gel polish system (with LED light) for the last few months, and I love it; the amount of money I used to spend getting biweekly manicures was intense. However, I am constantly having my gel colour peel off some nails just as you described, where the whole…

OH MY GOD WUT. I live in freaking *Canada*—where they don't even ship—and I still bend over backwards and call in favours from my American friends to get my hands on all the pretty Eloquii clothing. I'm on the cusp of being plus-sized and I make all their size-14 clothing work because of how gorgeous it all is. This…

To date, I have only ever taken trips by myself, and that is 100% by choice. Without fail, however, I get asked (more often than not by other women, be they people I know or people I meet while travelling) how I can stand it, or they'll make comments about how "brave" and "independent" I am while adding they could…

THANK YOU.

Personally I think this is a joint issue that straddles the line between the underrepresentation and trivialization of female sexualities in the media, "alternative" or otherwise, and permeation of the male gaze. It doesn't matter whether people who queer identify account for 6% of the population or 0.6%... no one's…

As someone who wears a size DD, which I realize is not even remotely huge compared to some women's breasts, I read stuff like this and immediately think, "Lady, you want bigger boobs? PLEASE TAKE SOME OF MINE." There's no need to rehash all of the reasons why they just get in the way, because someone else has already…

My family owned a few goats when I was a kid. There was one in particular who was a complete asshole. Sure, Penny looked harmless enough, and it was pretty hilarious to watch her run and jump around like the goat in the video here. However, Penny's schtick was that she loved to stand on the roof of the truck and guard…

I was really surprised, too! I thought if anything men would understand/appreciate a young person wanting to break out on their own.

Wow, thanks for telling everyone how they should feel about role models. Sure, maybe it won't stop a kid from getting bullied, but having someone to look up to can go a long way to giving them a sense of freaking hope when they're alone at night and trying to make heads or tails of it all. I have plenty of gay kids in…

I stand corrected: the video of ZQ's itself did not reference his sexuality, but he later posted this note, which is what I was thinking of: "I also made an it gets better video last year—in the wake of the senseless and tragic gay teen suicides that were sweeping the nation at the time. But in light of Jamey's…