For years, everyone in the world has misunderstood Kristen Stewart's compressed emotional range. They thought it meant she was a limited actress; it means nothing of the kind. She is John Wayne being forced to play the Maureen O'Hara character. Give her a rail to lean against during a sunset, a military jacket, a…

I think you could learn a lot about yourself and others if you explored why you feel the fluff is unnecessary, and why some people might disagree.

Teenage me (and adult me, too!) agrees with you. They often say no. Sometimes, they say no not-very-nicely and embarrass you.

the kissing thing was bullshit, too.

Thirteen year olds, go out and hang out with drunk boys? Don't eat potatoes and bread or else you'll get fat (god forbid!)? What is this crock of shit? Feminist author, okaayy suuuure.

The small moment I loved most in this episode was Claire literally gliding into the registry office for her wedding to Frank. Such a tiny thing, but the fact that she might as well be flying she's so giddily happy just made the scene for me - and that Frank has her by the hand and is helping her glide. He can seem…

I don't think the idea here is that she is oppressed, especially since most of her speech is about the fact that she isn't in ways that so many are. Oh, wait. I just realized what I'm talking to.

I've dated super buff dudes before(and spent a very, very brief time as one) and I don't think the thing that got to me was self-esteem or anything, it was just that there were so many things we couldn't do or eat or drink. I'll take a guy who isn't crazy obsessed with his body so that he can drink enough to consider…

As a larger woman with a thinner boyfriend, I think a lot of men won't date women larger than they are, for fear of how their friends, family, or strangers view that because our society tells us, men and women, that fat women are unattractive, unlovable, and/or unfuckable. Or they are fuckable, as long as you keep…

My non interest in buff/super toned men has nothing to do with my own body...it has absolutely everything to do with the fact that I already have to deal with my cross fit/body image obsessed sister and her husband who are annoying as hell. It's like they can't talk about anything except for what they ate today, the…

I'm not ragging on them, I think it's a really fun video. :)

Think additive instead of subtractive. Talk about more vegetables, more exercise, not less body.

I love reading Miss Manners on the subject. "Should I tell my friend she's fat?" "Why? Do you think she hasn't noticed?" If you see something wrong with someone's appearance, the rule is that you can mention it only if the person can immediately fix the problem. Since no one is going to step into another room and…

My weight is a product of a stellar metabolism. I would never fat-shame someone, because chances are, they are working much harder than my lazy ass.

Stamping his feet:

I bet this dingaling is just some douche who works as a back office analyst at a tiny branch of some shitty little investment firm or bank who reads too much Leveraged Sellout, and that 32k probably includes his annual bonus, all of his salary since June and his estimate of how much his benefits are worth, and is…

There are a ton of women who enjoy both violent sex and violent sexual imagery. Some of them fantasize about being the person who experiences violence and some of them fantasize about being the person who inflicts it. In both cases, I'd say it would be helpful for them to check out erotic material created by women.…

I don't think anyone here is saying that porn is a universal ill that we need to get rid of. I certainly don't mean to say it. What they're saying is is that portrayal matters. Because porn is explicitly sex and relationships, people can more easily use it as a model for their real life. And if you think that…

I'd say that the larger problem in society is that most media is made by men and is mostly for men, even when it's theoretically targeted at both genders. As such, I don't think straight guys have as much practice recognizing when their fantasies are being portrayed as reality or at learning to empathize with works…

Good stuff, from an honest place. This is a subject about which I have had to hear since I was a kid, when things seemed to possibly be getting better for women and people of color and was just starting to see the birth of hope for homosexuals.