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04/23/09
An attractive bodily-toned man is "ripped."
The male equivalent of a "bitch" is an "asshole."
Therefore the book should be titled "The Ripped Asshole."
Hmmmm. I sense a PR speed-bump.
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Kidding. Kind of.
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Curvy and soft, pleasant when possible, and omnivorous. That's me, motherfuckers!
(In an aside, directly regarding these two books: Oy.)
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I'm sure I'm sticking my neck waaaaay out here, but have you considered that the fact that you deem "fat" a pejorative adjective in your own mind might be part of the problem?
You could have said "If I were a bitch, I could have called you a not-so-nice name right back." You could have made your point and simultaneously defused her bitchiness by not using the opposite cultural connotation that makes "skinny b*tch" such a stinging assault.
But I know, I'm just counterculture.
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But Rooo does have a point, and to her I say:
@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: No, I'd say you're wise. And why haven't I hearted you yet? I'll fix that right away.
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/rant.
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Stemming, perhaps, from the same Fount of Ignorant, but still.
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I kind of hate how on this website I have to self monitor EVERYTHING in hopes of not getting jumped on.
And @InCahoots: I don't even know where to go with this, because I wasn't joking about calling her fat, I was saying "a bitch may have said this" but I didn't. Because I'm not a bitch.
But now I'm feeling bitchy.
04/23/09
But if I were going to be sarcastic, I'd say you want to make sure that foot you speak of has some good protein and EFAs along with the complex carbs. Because your blood sugar seems to be a little low - one of the common symptoms is that people get bad-tempered and snappy.
@InCahoots: @virginiawoolf: @ellaesther: "Not to put my foot in it, but ..."
Hit me, Jezzies - didn't we have a whole Jezetiquette module on this approach? It's right up there with "I don't mean to be mean, but ..." and "I shouldn't say this, but ..."
If that's the way your remark starts, you can always stop right there! Brevity - it's not just for breakfast anymore.
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You missed my points, so I'll run them down again for you: be more careful with language; the 'moment,' supposedly superceded by an economic crisis, is bigger than Skinny Bitch and yes that's what gets clamped onto by the dopey media; veganism-IS-the-only-way to start equitably feeding 6 and then 9 billion people on this planet unless you're banking on continued gross disparities and a few more Earths as we lumber on into the future. Veganism will always come attached with a certain amount of stridency as a proportion of the consequences facing our humanity and environment. Would Jezebel/Gawker have snickered at John Brown? Believe me I understand the frustration with Freedman & Barnouin's tactics because I'm annoyed by them as well. But there are plenty of people who make lazy connections between that line and the movement as a whole, and Sadie doesn't strike me as a lazy person.
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I, nor Sadie, is arguing whether or not veganism is the only way, but instead on the delivery of an emotionally unhealthy lifestyle. Veganism does not equal economic/social irresponsibility. Skinny Bitch lifestyle, does.
I'm not getting into an argument about veganism: pro or con in saving the environment, because that is not what this article is about. Plain and simple. This is the wrong place to spout "my way or the highway" ideologies. This is taking veganism, a totally ok lifestyle, and twisting it into a self-loathing, ED encouraging mess.
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In typically histrionic fashion, PETA director of research Kathy Guillermo tells Newsweek: "Given the environmental, cruelty and health impact of a meat-based diet, going vegan is best, going vegetarian is good, and being a flexitarian is like smoking two packs of cigarettes instead of ten, beating one pig down the slaughter ramp instead of two, and pouring a pint of gasoline down a drain instead of pouring down a gallon."
I really want to go vegetarian for the environment after that sort of sweet talk! Of course, made in a less obnoxious fashion, Guillermo's has a semi-valid point.
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(sarcasm, of course)
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