"Are you wearing that?"
"If you're taking me out somewhere, and you see me with clothes on, then yes, I'm wearing that. This is not a hologram outfit1 under which I'm actually naked and about to get dressed in something you won't passive-aggressively tell me you don't like."
–Fara Greenbaum, comedian3, New York City
"You should smile more."
"I hate when guys tell me to smile more. Maybe I just got fired today. Maybe I've just been walking around in 5-inch heels all day. Maybe I'm just not impressed with your mesh4 t-shirt. I don't tell you to do things, like get a haircut. But you definitely need one."
-Chrissie Mayr, comedian and host of Comedy at Stonewall Inn, New York City
"A pet peeve5 is when strangers -- always men -- tell me to smile. This happens a lot on the NYC subway, and no one on the subway is happy to be taking the subway. While waiting for the train one day, a guy asked me, 'Why aren't you smiling?' and I told him, 'Becaus
