But is it about maxi dresses? Because like hundreds of people came away feeling body shamed and clothing shamed (including me even though I don’t give a shit what this person thinks). I happen to have excellent reading comprehension skills and a graduate degree in writing/editing. I saw no satire or value here.

And how is that satirical exactly? Satire is meant to ridicule social mores. Is this piece ridiculing people who hate clothes? Is that even a thing?

You are missing a really important point, though. She doesn't just talk about maxi dresses, she talks about women's bodies IN maxi dresses. That is what has made this piece so upsetting to your readers. Do you understand that distinction?

I think the big deal is that women get shit on all the time for how they look and this is supposed to be our safe place from that.

Which some of us love wearing, and it can make some of big boobed, imperfect bodied ladies feel very sexy. And as this didn’t come across as satire, I felt so sad for a bit, and mocked for something I thought looked really good on me and that I’d gotten consistently positive feedback on. I’m really glad it was 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.

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…

That is the exact progression of facial expression I experienced while reading this piece.

She might be funny, but she’s funny in that way when you laugh uncomfortably at an acquaintance when they make an off-color joke. In that, this wasn’t actually funny, it was weird, and weirdly nasty. Lots of Cool Girl-isms, etc in this piece.

Basically simulating what it’s like to use the Tidal app.

DRAKE’S REACTION IS SO FUCKING PRICELESS OH MY GOD

See my comments below regarding Rue and Thresh. As for Cinna, um, SPOILER ALERT.

My point is that both Thresh and Rue are the only other sympathetic characters in the arena, and by keeping Katniss alive before themselves dying, they fulfill a sacrificial function that has been a staple of the Magical Negro. Rue protects Katniss and nurses her back to health and is later killed. Thresh spares her…

To me, there's an added layer of irony. Rue (and to a lesser extent Thresh & Cinna) function as stereotypical "Magical Negroes" who give their lives for the white protagonist. In Rue's case, she's close to nature and seems to possess magical powers. This is worth looking at, within any discussion of race and HG.

Wierd thing. I'm white, but throughout the book I was convinced Rue was black. So when casting came out, I was like "Yeah, that's exactly what she looks like!"

I agree w/ several commenters below: folks are maybe missing the point here. The issue isn't the ambiguity around THG characters' ethnicity. (Though w/ Rue and Thresh there is NO ambiguity.)

I am Black too and I am so glad to read the book and see the movie because now I can cosplay some real characters at Dragon*Con. Yeah, come on. Although other Sci fi and Fantasy characters are black, it's under a shitload of makeup. Think Avatar. Think Kligons and Romulans in Star Trek. But I can be a character…

I have never seen so many red comments on Jezebel. In any case, this is all patently ridiculous and for anyone to defend the insanity of those Twitter comments is as ridiculous as the comments themselves. The author described certain characters with a lot of specificity; if you lack the reading comprehension skills to…

I'm thinking if someone's dropping the N-word about an actor and saying that any suffering that the character suffers is lessened by their race, then yes, it's not really that much of a stretch to label those people racist. Especially when the characters are defined in the book as being 'dark skinned'.

"And these same people are entitled to express their opinions about it."