Roman shrugs as he answers my question, apparently unconcerned.

"Everyone is mean-spirited or insecure, Felicia," he says plainly. "Some just more so than others."

"And what are your opinions, then, on the people who put these magazines together?" I ask. "The ones who perpetuate all of this?" I hate that I sound as emotional as I do, but his condescension is getting to me. Is this how he sees me?

Roman seems to realize how his words are coming across, ...