So my muslins are as follows:

I can dress so I "look good" to other people and camouflage my non-ideal body... or I can dress such that I feel good, comfortable with myself, and the hell with what Fran thinks. In the winter, I am cold. Result: down jacket. I have pain in my feet and legs. Result: ugly, comfy shoes.

The attitude she constantly displays is one of the reasons I find New Yorkers generally to be a bore. It just seems that somewhere in her mind it is still 1977 and her bon mots are going to become an entry in Andy Warhol's diary.

YUP

On the one hand I think it's hilarious that so many people think they look fantastic, because they're wearing clothes that you should only wear if you look fantastic.

I don't have a problem with hoop skirts, per se. I get the side-eye, but their history and fashion is a hell of a lot bigger than the antebellum South. I think it's myopic to focus on non-affiliated dress (Yanks and Europeans were wearing them as well).

The confidence thing is only occasionally successful for me. I'm smart, and I read widely. So I know stuff people assume I can't possibly know. And they treat me with incredulity.

YES!

You aren't in Iowa are you? I too worked at a Lebanese owned Italian restaurant!

Because for some of us, we have no choice. Plus size clothes options - numbers wise - are less than 10% of what the "straight" ranges are on a good day, in the department stores (not counting the 99.999% of boutiques that do not cater to plus sizes). When you have such limited options, and you're more likely to earn…

I once bought a pair of "tall" shorts that I wore as capri pants. Seriously.

3 different styles of skirts: two maxis and a striped knee-length tulip skirt

I take issue with anybody saying its "amazing" that somebody/some company could see my body as beautiful. That's some bullshit right there.

Also, would it kill them to just make some goddamn structured pieces? Why is everything so flow-y? I don't want to look like I'm always on vacation or also maybe a fashionable…

I really don't understand why they don't even sell plus-size underwear or pajamas. WTF.

While I might think it's funny to trick people into thinking a $5 bottle of wine is actually $500, something about this experiment just feels douchey to me. I mean, someone did originally make that piece of art. Just because it's from IKEA and a print doesn't make it not real art. Maybe it just makes it a successful…

Read it and stop worrying about dark circles. I cast a spell on you to never mention them again!

I don't know if it's clear in this post, but it's highly unlikely that any of these brands is going to just go away. P&G is selling them in order to regain focus on their core, which is home care. Profitability at the brand level isn't public information, but I would bet that all of their beauty and fragrance brands…

Sex is often separate from romance. You can feel romantic feelings for someone without being sexually attracted to them, and you can feel sexual feelings for someone without caring about them in a romantic way.
Obviously the previously mentioned romantic feelings would distinguish those relationships from friendships.…

There's a difference between sexual attraction and romantic attraction. Not all asexuals are aromantics. You are conflating love with sex which is a problem in general.

As someone who is just coming to terms with being asexual/agender, I really want to thank you for doing pieces like this. I honestly never expected to see an article like this (or the linked one) on a Gawker site. Just... thank you. It means a lot.