Or some women just like being free to be their actual, nasty selves rather than trying to conform to a narrow, artificial definition of what’s appropriately feminine. Not everything is about the need for validation. *scratches self*

Probably a little of both.

Kanye has always been eccentric and egotistical. He sounds like he needs some serious help (or is well aware of how to keep his name in the news). However, I doubt he needed the Kardashians to drive him mad. But way to take away his own agency and put the blame on the women around him.

The folks who come up with this shit all think that trans people all look like drag queens (apparently trans men aren’t really a thing) and are really straight dudes trying to peep on and rape women. The idea that trans people or gender non-conforming people are frequently indistinguishable from cis gender people…

That’s a trans man. According to this bill, he would have to use the women’s restroom. I wonder how many of these pearl-clutchers would run to nearest security booth as soon as he walked through the door.

I have never heard the grass on the field thing. That is superbly creepy especially as someone who developed early. I think that statutory rape laws are a much needed thing because it creates a needed line in the sand even if it seems arbitrary to some people. Ultimately, an adult who has sex with an underage person,…

Because some adults have no problem with being opportunistic and taking advantage of a situation. Or they legit get off on the idea of having sex with an underage girl. Or they just don’t care and don’t think it’s that big of a deal. Nothing about this situation was appropriate by any stretch of the imagination.

This. She felt comfortable enough to say no the first time and felt comfortable knowing that, if she said no this time, he wouldn’t have made an issue of it. It doesn’t make it right from a legal standpoint. She was still under the age of consent but that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have the right to make a…

I would have, too. I know, at 13-14 years old I would have fucked any number of my celebrity crushes. I do think that sometimes we forget that teenage girls are sexual beings that chose to willingly engage in sexual behaviors. The issue then becomes whether 1) a 13-15 year old is mature enough to willingly consent and…

Most plus size models aren’t really fat/obese. They are larger and more buxum than the standard models/actresses we usually see but they are just as traditionally attractive as their straight-sized counterparts. However that hasn’t usually stopped concern trolls from acting as if showing a woman with a double digit…

Maybe if more people were fat and fabulous they’re do things that would actually make them less fat.

Don’t you know we fatties are just supposed to sit at home in our fat people clothes and eat junk food? We’re definitely not supposed to go out and enjoy life and wear cute clothes and love ourselves. I think that there’s a very strong correlation between positive self-esteem and health. A person who feels good about…

You’re very lucky, then, and sounds like you have enough sense of self not to let the messages get to you. I do think that it’s not necessarily something that all women give voice to. It also may be mitigated by having a specific focus like athletics or already having an ‘acceptable’ body i.e. not too fat or too…

Which explains why some people seem so horribly uncomfortable with the idea of bigger women refusing to shamed and ridiculed. The only thing worse than a fat woman is a fat woman that doesn’t really give a fuck and does her own thing.

That’s the thing, though. All women, no matter what they look like, receive messages that say that their bodies aren’t good enough. Thin women should be more muscular or should have rounder asses and bigger boobs. Fat women should be thinner and tighter but still shapely. Muscular women should be less bulky. It’s a…

That somehow doesn’t make it any better. Bodypaint can look really great, this just looks boring. I’m just not into it, I guess.

And it makes no sense. By that logic, we should all be size 6 and under because that’s pretty much all we see. A positive image of an average or even very overweight woman isn’t going to make everyone go ‘fat is fabulous’ overnight.

Not to mention all of the people who will complain about paying for IDs for all of ‘those’ people.

I’m hoping that the bottom is photoshopped because otherwise that looks like some painful cutting in going on. And Rousey’s suit looks very meh - like something I’d see in a cheap catalog. Graham’s top seems one carefree shrug away from wardrobe malfunction.

I wonder how many people will be up in arms claiming that including a plus-size model is just glorifying obesity. Because a constant barrage of very thin models and actresses is clearly much better. It’s nice to see a variety of body types in SI even if it’s a limited variety.