Hi, I’m Rachel, the author of the original article critiqued in this piece. First of all, I’m so happy to see these issues being hashed out on Feministing! Second of all, I want to point out that my piece originally appeared on The Larryville Chronicles (http://larryvillechronicles.blogspot.com/2012/04/bananasuit-offers-powerful-feminst.html), a local satirical blog with a niche audience that [...]