Actually, it is a fair statement. That's exactly one of the points of this piece: no woman on earth can possibly be shaped or look like that naturally. None of these standard covers/ads/photoshoots feature women whose shapes or features haven't (posted to Sex and the Simpsons: Marge's <em>Playboy</em> cover)
If a parent wants to know about their child's sex life, then they should talk about it with their child. BEFORE IT GETS TO THE POINT OF PREGNANCY/ABORTION. It should be an ongoing conversation between a parent and their kid (posted to Parental Notice Law Not a Political Compromise)
The thing is, though, that sometimes the pain can come from non-personal questions. What is simply an intellectual exercise to one with privilege is real-life stuff to someone else. (posted to Allies asking questions)
What I'm getting from some posts/posters here is that it's ok to get behind Courtney's post criticizing the diet industry, but not ok to criticize the industry that gives us Lay's. Truly, I don't understand. I get that criticizing the (posted to Diet Ads Suck, We Know)
slowhand901, you need to stop from name calling and straight-up personal attacks. It's fine to disagree about the nature of dieting, but there is no reason to resort to ridicule. You will be banned if I see another comment like (posted to Diet Ads Suck, We Know)
I'm still getting "1 Rule to a Flat Stomach: Obey" ads. (posted to Diet Ads Suck, We Know)
So I just skimmed through some of these comments and I didn't know we could get so passionate over a picture of a child eating a bag of potato chips. I personally am a little impressed-- I feel like we (posted to Diet Ads Suck, We Know)
Courtney:"Oh, wait, not done. Here's a picture of a little girl that I think is awesome. So not on a diet." Stop claiming that Courtney claimed this picture showed a "triumph" or "victory" over the diet industry. (posted to Diet Ads Suck, We Know)
