I’d be inclined to agree with you (and do on American Apparel), but Forever 21 actually has a fairly extensive and well-marketed plus-sized range (including window displays). In fact, I know several plus-sized women disappointed by this news, because Forever 21 has long been their go-to.

She was predominantly raised in America (even her paternal grandparents live here), so yes, it’s also part of her identity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Osaka

It’s so great...and now, I feel bad for spoiling it for you.

That ep aired over two months ago. That’s on you.

First of all, this is about how women are self-reporting their own first sexual encounters, so your statutory rape angle is irrelevant if they are saying those encounters were non-consensual. Second, since it says in the first paragraph that 6.5 percent correlates to an estimated 3.3 million women, that’s your context.

Haven’t really found a means to do so privately, but likely a portion of the first full graph, perhaps a sentence from the middle, and a portion of the end—in short, a truncated version of your comment.

Well said. May I quote you in my upcoming review?

Thank you for clarifying that, because everyone I asked on The Root’s staff had apparently blinked and missed the song altogether!

You are correct, and I’m willing to concede that the restrictions of veganism have made me grouchy in the home stretch (which is why this is best done as a deliberate and committed lifestyle change and not a timed challenge).

Also, you conveniently left out the part where I said cooking whole foods is essential to being healthy/losing weight while vegan, which is the actual point of the entire post, rather than what you opted to cherry-pick out.

Those are just the facts of how my body has responded. It’s what happened, week after week. But deduce what you’d like.

I don’t recall saying it was healthy—in fact, pretty sure I’ve acknowledged the opposite. What I did say is it’s plant-based and delicious.

“I don’t wanna feel like I’m settling by eating whatever I have on hand. I want what I want!”

Yeah, we’re twins.

Good catch. Of course, it is! (I’m an unabashed musical theatre nerd.)

I’ve tried both, and while the Beyond Burger was fine (but I agree; no replacement for beef), the Impossible Burger was absolutely unbelievable. In fact, coincidentally, our friends at Jez were raving about it yesterday, too! https://jezebel.com/the-other-sandwich-1837628164

The funny thing is, I actually eat a ton of fruits, veggies and whole grains in my non-challenge life, so it’s really not that I find it sad so much as I hate restrictions and innately rebel.

I haven’t been to Chicago Diner...I’ll check it out!

Good looking out! But such is the nature of my personality that I haven’t written anything we haven’t already discussed.

So far, thoughtful across the board. Not much else to say, other than we have mutually decided to move forward with cautious optimism.

Ruiner.