Everyone’s entitled to their interpretation of what’s funny in comedy, however, Mindy fucking NAILED IT. Maybe if George wasn’t such a fuckwit interviewer and used a better choice of words and didn’t create a solid moment of awkward silence, she wouldn’t have had to break the ice with such a FUCKING AWESOME RESPONSE.

I went to school at the same time. In general, the popular fashion was not geared towards girls shaped like me. I was uncomfortable in all clothes, and all of the heightened attention on whether or not I looked like I was trying too hard, asking for it, etc. just made me miserable.

Totally agree on that one. Distracting outfits are equally distributed at my kid’s high school - whether it’s girls wearing really, REALLY short skirts or the boys wearing offensive/distasteful tshirts. (I don’t see the short skirt things as slutty so much as unsanitary - as in, I really don’t want to sit on the same…

I also love the irony that that stupid black shrug they put all the girls in for their graduation pictures wouldn’t even be allowed to be worn in class because SHOULDERS!

I agree re: uniforms. Same options for boys and girls! It also levels the socioeconomic playing field.

“The boys are insulted because they’re treated like cavemen.”

As the very busy mother of a 9 year old girl, I could totally get on board with school uniforms, as long as they are the same for both genders. Something like solid-colored polo shirts and khaki pants/shorts/skirts would be a gift to every working parent who has neither the time nor the patience to deal with shopping…

Wearing a sleeveless top or dress or wearing shorts when the weather is warm is not the same thing as capitulating to the fashion industry selling us sex. Not everything is about men’s boners. Forcing modesty on girls doesn’t empower them. But you’re right that it protects boys. Not from girl’s slutty vixeny ways…

What complete and utter bollocks. Forcing women to adhere to someone ELSE’S arbitrary view of what “modesty” is does not empower women. Kowtowing to some random patriarchal checklist only serves to reinforce the notion that women must be controlled, contained, covered, all at the discretion of men.

No, but they are allowed to wear sweatpants and basketballs shorts that do ZERO to hide their boners. Being a lesbian, I was horrified and thoroughly grossed out.

well, given that they’re wearing muscle shirts that show their stomach, armpits, and chests, it may not be spaghetti straps and short shorts, but it’s certainly equivalent.

All of this makes me so sad.

Speaking as a guy, I just have to applaud this piece. I can support a dress standard applied to men and women equally - a school uniform - I cannot support schools policing the modesty of young women. How tight their shirts are. How short their skirts are. It’s fucking creepy. It’s one of those things where it’s…

Yeah, I agree. I think I just assume that people are pretty clueless about anyone from a different background or culture. Not the same at all but for instance I’m white and Latin American and the stereotypes about Latinos in tv and movies can be pretty outrageous as well, never mind 50 years ago. Not to mention in…

You know what would be cool? If people could skip over paranoid and sack up to AWARE. Paranoia is the sleepy masturbating cousin of wakefulness.

Still, (and I”m a Rooney fan), it’s pretty goddamn awful.

Can somebody please just shoot me into fucking space.

I’m so glad post-irony is happening, because ironic appreciation was always fucking rude.

Wanna know who still buys CDs? These people do, which is why "shirtless country" is a thing now. It's basically country-twanged pop rock based around dumb bumpkin escapist fantasies and performed by wholesome non-threatening rubes whose greatest dream is to become the new Jimmy Buffett. These tours are a huge deal…

I remember when "Friends With Benefits" and "No Strings Attached" came out around the same time - literally the same story with different actors.