That's terrible. I got called a 'ten ton tanker' in grade school, and I've never forgotten it. I wasn't even overweight. When I am out running I sometimes get comments from people like 'wow, I could never do that - good for you' . I'm always self-conscious about it because I've been told I look funny when I run and…

What your boss said is terrible. I have a friend who's thin and a runner, and when I'm with her I occasionally hear people giving her the "eat a biscuit" comments, but trying to sound concerned - as if she needs to live a little, already. She does eat biscuits, just not every day. I think those types of…

The Taylor Dayne segment of the show that was aired on TAL was so funny and incredible that I wanted to invent a new emotional response - something between a laugh and shouting "no WAY!"

That was my point, yes. It seemed somewhat like they took advantage of the opportunity to get Maggie topless. If at some point the producers put one of the less conventionally attractive female characters in a similar position then I'll rethink that, but I'm not expecting that to happen.

You're welcome. :) I remember the thing with Shane and Lori, and that Carol's husband beat her. I'm glad there isn't a lot of that type of thing on the show. There's a lot of things they leave out that I would think would be a bigger deal in reality - like the fact that they never talk about looking for clean water. I…

It's Shane (Rick's old partner). I don't think I saw that one. Who did he get handsy with? I missed a few episodes last season.

What I mean by exploitation is this. Considering this is a post-apocolyptic world where there would be rampant sexual (and other) violence, and considering that in spite of this there is generally less sexual violence on the show than in the real world, then I would say that the producers' have been holding back on it…

I have a friend from China who is living here in LA and working, and she occasionally has family members that come to the States pregnant with the intention of having their babies born here. There's no such thing as an anchor baby, but US citizens over the age of 21 may sponsor immediate family members who will be…

I can see it both ways. When I was watching the show I didn't perceive it to be erotic. The fact that they chose that character wasn't a problem for me either since it was a scene where they were torturing both of their captives for information. In fact, sexual violence towards women is so common in real life that I'm…

First, I don't agree that the original was blog post was so crazy-aweful that she had to share it. I would say it's pretty unoriginal, sadly.

My husband saw me scrolling through Jezebel and said, "Wait, go back up! That's Jen Kirkman - click on that one." I'm glad one of us knew who she was, otherwise I wouldn't have read the post.

I understand your annoyance - it's the same reason I work out at home. There's a lot of super annoying things people do at the gym - socializing while sitting on a machine, refusing to take turns doing sets, working out after eating a ton of garlic, farting (god, the farting!). However, I didn't get that she was…

I don't think it matters whether you're a size 6 or a size 16 (or larger). If you like the way you look and want to stay that way then you have to know the boundaries of what you can eat, so it's reasonable for you to set your own limits. You're not responsible for how your food choices make other people feel, but if…

I think that's so spot on. It's ok to want to maintain a particular weight, whether you're trying to stay a size 6 or a size 16. You shouldn't have to justify your food choices to your friends.

I wonder if she associates her kinky side with her alcoholism and is reluctant to accept it. The part about praying before sex, and how she lit candles and climbed under the covers - it sounded like she was praying to be turned on by a vanilla sex experience.

Thank you.

Seriously. You'd think that if so many little normal things we do make them "cringe", they might as well cut to the chase and call a sex worker.

Here's the score, ladies. After sex just lie there. Do not mention what just happened. Do not express emotions such as laughter or tears. Do not get up to pee. Sure, there will be semen dripping out of your crotch and you may feel itchy, but man up. Whatever you do, don't mention that there is semen in your hair and…

Jeeze. I didn't realize how often he did that. It's like his "thing". Now I'm worried about him, too.

It's the same one. I'm curious as to why Dodai didn't mention it since she wrote an article on the protest over the Disney images.