Wow, what an important measure of professional competence.

Haven’t we gotten over the fat thing, yet? (Not directed to you, Smarktalk).
There are entire cultures that live mostly on fat. Fat is not the enemy.

For your faux-outrage to work, the premise would be a presumably straight female writer fawning over the looks and skill of an 18-year-old USWNT player. Given the socially acceptable concept of the “girl crush,” I can only imagine that Gawker’s reaction would be exactly the same as the reaction here, but I mean don't…

The homophobia is strong in these comments

So, you see lots of pics of them with “school children” in Ghana and Malawi and Tokyo and Cambodia, but NO pictures with random kids in Paris or Dubrovnik or Ireland. Makes you wonder why some kids are considered exotic props and some aren’t.

I have no problem with people—white or otherwise—doing work like this. What I do hate (and something I saw a lot when I lived in Cape Town for 5 months) is when people take pictures with children and then post them on the internet. I only shared images of kids whose names I knew and who I actually developed…

“hi, i’m a narcissist. please tell me that i’m better than my friends and deserve more.”

Dear Adequate Woman,

frankly, it seemed to me that the letter writer was amazingly selfish. By her own admission, she leaned on her friends for emotional support for five years. I bet her friends sometimes got frustrated with her “cloud of negativity” at points during that. Now, they are in a position where they need support, and she’s…

“Why is bathing better than not bathing? And please exclude anything related to cleanliness or hygiene.”