nobody 'lines up to be raped,' dummy.

'age-appropriate'? she's only thirty-two.

I can, and the difference isn't as black and white (portrait - art, selfie - look at me!) as you're making it out to be. have fun in your simplistic, dichotomous world!

by strangers, yes. by people who are supposed to value you as a person (presumably your friends — if your friends aren't shallow assholes, but that's on you to choose wisely), no.

Posting about your accomplishments will never get you as many likes as a sexy selfie will.

Big difference between a painting of yourself and a cell phone pic you upload in hopes of getting likes online.

lolz!

oh, please.

and now the thread is gone?

i'm not sure i want to paint taking selfies as empowering, but damn, doing those things and taking pictures of yourself are not mutually exclusive. if that's all you're doing, sure, but that's just not true, in the majority of cases.

yeah, when I post my selfies (still really hate that word), I already feel great about myself. can't deprive the world of my lovely face, can I?

honestly I don't want to have a discussion about this.

honestly I don't want to have a discussion about this.

honestly I don't want to have a discussion about this.

you wouldn't use 'choose to' for any other medical procedure, would you?

'Miley Cyrus is a 20 year old pop singer whose main controversy is twerking.'

your feminism should be inclusive, and I have no problem at all telling you that.

I have no problem criticizing women who objectify and degrade other women — it's not her sexuality I have a problem with — if you have to use other women as props in order to elevate yourself, yeah, you should expect to get called out over it.

yeah, I know that was posted here a while ago, but I didn't post it, or support it, so don't shove it in my face like you're really getting one over on me. am I jezebel? no? then don't come over here and act like by criticizing Cyrus, I'm suddenly a hypocrite.

those major issues aren't really things I'm willing to brush aside, and uh, yeah, if I count them as a mark against Cyrus, I certainly count them as a mark against those who do the exact same thing. why wouldn't I? ~equality and ~expressing yourself~ is great and all, but she should want that for all women, and take…