Forget yoga pants. Criticising other women’s sartorial choices is bad for women.

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You might have spotted that the New York Times has waged war on women’s workout gear. Yoga pants, to be precise. An op-ed published on the NYT Opinion page on Sunday added yoga pants to the ever-burgeoning catalogue of Things That Are Bad For Women™. 

Its author, Honor Jones—a woman—claimed that women only wear this previously uncontroversial garment because “they’re sexy,” and proffered sweatpants as an unobtrusive alternative deserving of a revival. Sexiness isn’t the only problem with yoga pants, by Jones’s estimation. They also, happen to “show every dimple and roll in every woman over 30″—which seemingly makes it harder to “conquer the world” in Jones’ vision of gender politics.  Read more…

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News anchor claps back at body shamers who said she was ‘too big’ for her on-air clothing

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A Dallas reporter has addressed her haters and supporters in a powerful video after a body shamer said her on-air fashion choices made her look “ridiculous.” 

Thousands of people rallied in support of Demetria Obilor—an anchor for ABC Dallas—after a viewer said she wasn’t dressing appropriately for her body size and shape. 

“She’s a size 16/18 woman in a size 6 dress and she looks ridiculous,” wrote the viewer. 

Jan is big mad. Don’t be like Janpic.twitter.com/ytAKJHMXBy

— Mother of Draggings (@fabfreshandfly) November 3, 2017 Read more…

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