These Are the Perfect Comebacks to Backhanded Compliments ...

By Jennifer • Apr 19, 2015 • MD

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.

1. Hair Color

Hair Color

2. "Too Tall"

"Too Tall"

3. Racism Much?

Racism Much?

4. "still" Single

"still" Single

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5. Style Sense

Style Sense

6. No Wife for You!

No Wife for You!

7. I Knew!

I Knew!

8. Make-up Madness

Make-up Madness

9. Photo-Ready

Photo-Ready

10. What?!

What?!

11. Blond?

Blond?

12. Butt out!

Butt out!

13. A Weighty Issue

A Weighty Issue

14. I See

I See

15. Courage?

Courage?

16. Hair

Hair

17. Classy!

Classy!

18. Sisters!

Sisters!

19. Lookin' Good!

Lookin' Good!

20. A Meal? What?

A Meal? What?

21. STFU

STFU

22. Make-up?

Make-up?

23. Flattery

Flattery

24. I Hate This One...

I Hate This One...

25. Boobs

Boobs

26. My Face!

My Face!

27. Asian...

Asian...

28. Pretty Face

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

29. In Case You Didn't Know...

In Case You Didn't Know...

30. To All the Haters

To All the Haters

31. Works in Every Scenario, Actually...

Works in Every Scenario, Actually...

32. Actually... Nope!

Actually... Nope!

33. 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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  • Tigerilly

    2015-04-20T01:25:10.054Z

    I can't even read them because the pictures move when you scroll. Not comebacks but a great way of looking at things and she's a great artist too.
  • Snowlion

    2015-04-21T22:47:29.868Z

    Just wasted four minutes on this. Oh well.
  • Olivia

    2015-04-20T00:27:22.557Z

    I don't think these are good comebacks.. Lol.
  • Ljs1495

    2015-04-23T05:48:06.281Z

    Post another one I can't read any of this
  • Lizzie

    2015-05-11T21:34:30.118Z

    A few were okay, but some just said things like "excuse me?" And "seriously?" Oh however did you think of that comeback? *sarcasm intended*
  • Jane

    2015-04-20T00:42:50.682Z

    So confused 😰
  • lizmarkovich

    2015-04-20T03:32:19.869Z

    most of these have terrible comebacks-the ones that dont dont make any sense
  • Andrea

    2015-04-20T13:50:12.348Z

    Couldn't read most of them even with tapping on each meme. From what I can tell, not missing much.
  • CyranoSCW

    2015-07-17T21:57:40.017Z

    Well, I thought it was interesting. I liked the pictures and am glad to know that I'm not the only person who's gotten those "compliments". The people who say them usually don't mean any harm but they can still get to you.
  • Divamom

    2015-04-20T00:40:01.233Z

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