These Are the Perfect Comebacks to Backhanded Compliments ...

By Jennifer

She may be young in years, but 19-year-old Vanessa Papastavros already knows the agony of being "paid" a backhanded, sexist compliment. So she's drawn the perfect responses to the passive-aggressive body-shaming anti-compliments we've all heard — and they're awesome. Here's a sampling.

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Hair Color

Hair Color

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"Too Tall"

"Too Tall"

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Racism Much?

Racism Much?

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"still" Single

"still" Single

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Style Sense

Style Sense

Famous Quotes

Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.

Peter Elbow
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No Wife for You!

No Wife for You!

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I Knew!

I Knew!

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Make-up Madness

Make-up Madness

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Photo-Ready

Photo-Ready

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What?!

What?!

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Blond?

Blond?

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Butt out!

Butt out!

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A Weighty Issue

A Weighty Issue

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I See

I See

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Courage?

Courage?

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Hair

Hair

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Classy!

Classy!

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Sisters!

Sisters!

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Lookin' Good!

Lookin' Good!

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A Meal? What?

A Meal? What?

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STFU

STFU

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Make-up?

Make-up?

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Flattery

Flattery

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I Hate This One...

I Hate This One...

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Boobs

Boobs

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My Face!

My Face!

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Asian...

Asian...

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Pretty Face

Pretty Face And a few extra bonus panels, just in case...

UPD:

This image is of a young woman with a confident, beautiful expression on her face. The accompanying caption is a reminder that we should all have a few comebacks ready for backhanded compliments. It's important to remember that we are not obligated to take criticism from others, and we should never be afraid to stand up for ourselves. This image is a great reminder to all women that they are strong, capable, and beautiful, and they should never let anyone make them feel otherwise.

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In Case You Didn't Know...

In Case You Didn't Know...

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To All the Haters

To All the Haters

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Works in Every Scenario, Actually...

Works in Every Scenario, Actually...

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Actually... Nope!

Actually... Nope!

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You Should!

You Should! To see more of Vanessa's amazingly fabulous work, follow her on Tumblr at vanscribbles.tumblr.com. Seriously. Do it now!

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Horrible article. No where can anyone find something positive about how everyone is unique by the negative messages presented.

Such an incredibly lame and juvenile article.

Post another one I can't read any of this

These are not good comebacks. Most of them sound like a ten year old!

The comebacks are really lame, but it's nice to see all the different issues women go through mentioned here.

So confused 😰

Just wasted four minutes on this. Oh well.

Ok I see I'm not the only one who thought this was terribly lame

Useless

These are so whack. She should stick to being an artist...

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