MizJenkins's discussions

Ed: This commenter has been de-starred for not reading with good faith regarding Jezebel's editors or the writer of this post (the personal attack being particularly not okay), and for not respecting the pop-cultural frame of reference of a 14-year-old girl who doesn't have cable. Not that she or anyone owes you that… Read more

Tell me again why it's legal to distribute this picture? Read more

@heartsrevolution: OMG! That was her?!?! Read more

OMG Katie Perry, I am SO over the high-waisted shorts. At least switch-up the uber-contrived, retro-kitsch gimmicks once in a while... Read more

@Penny: I'm with you on the immaturity part. Read more

@Penny: I'm sorry. I did that too. It was a terrible time in my life. Read more

@pond-side-over: THANK YOU!! Read more

@mocena: Even though I think it's good that you understand that the overdramatic and emo are people too, don't let them drag you down. Of course, be kind to them, but learn to accept that sometimes life shits on people without stopping from alpha to omega. You can't save everyone. Read more

@tiredfairy: I think we agree. I realize that these disorders do often make it hard to ask for help, but like you said they're also often private and secret Read more

@cool_as_KimDeal: Learning to swear appropriately is a talent that can and should be cultivated, at that age, around ones peers in a reasonably private setting. Not when speaking in front of adults in a public forum. That would qualify as inappropriate swearing (i.e., at the wrong time) and the way you learn that it's… Read more

While I agree that society in general is dismissive of women's feelings and opinions, there should also be no expectation of sympathy or assistance in response to a vague, passive-aggressive "cry for help" such as cutting, eating disorders etc. Read more

@Pigasus: You don't see how the woman on the right has been styled to look like a barely pubescent girl? I think that's the point of this post. There's nothing wholesome about it. Read more

@Susan B.: It always means the same thing. It never means this (i.e., natural, unstraightened, coarse, African hair).

@Susan B.: It has to do with actively inviting sexual attention as opposed to being caught unaware and presumably unwilling. Read more

@Susan B.: It means the latter. Read more

@sterlingsilver36: From my experience here (and according to Irin's detailed explanation above) what Jezebel objects to is the almost entirely one-sided objectification of women by men. Not objectification generally. Read more

@sterlingsilver36: However, by defintion objectifcation is reducing the subject to the level of a simple object, to strip them of their humanity and turn them into something we can treat impersonally and, often times, inhumanely. Read more

@hypocriteoath: Handsome men don't do better than ugly men because women are sitting at the top of the power structure and deciding that it should be so. Read more

@sterlingsilver36: Well what makes objectification wrong in the first place? Are you arguing that admiring someone solely on the basis of how (sexually) attractive they are is per se offensive? And if so, why? What harm does it cause? Read more