A bit off topic, but I'm making a plea for Jezebel to do a post or repost from Kate Harding or others about how people approach stories about weight/fatness, whether about the diet industry or instances of discrimination like this.

@Pinkpepper1818: "Something needs to be done to discourage the wide-spread weight gain. Telling people fat is unhealthy doesn't seem to be working."

@ProfessorSara: Plus, [SPOILER]...

Walking home from the train at 1:30 am in my slightly sketchy neighborhood I was approached by a guy who said "Hey, stop...I'm your neighbor..." I didn't recognize him (I don't know most of my neighbors) and said, firmly, "I don't want to talk to you." And walked away.

Rachel is a shrieking troll doll of a human being who has no voice modulation. (There's something about the way she screams "NO ONE'S GONNA COME BETWEEN ME AND MY MAN"! that makes my cat hide under the bed every time she comes on screen.)

Just an update, for those who think what Abergil did is perhaps not so bad: she is a virulent, unrepentant racist.

As a Marxist, I think this has scarred me for life. (It does, however, give new meaning to the phrase "close collaborators.")

@BullyTerrier: I think Rhianna, who they've hidden behind another girl and who's turned sideways, might be the token plus-size model this season. I can't tell for sure though because she's buried back there.

@womenmakenews: I think the film you're referring to is "To See if I Am Smiling."

@Red_Flag: Fair enough to say that my first definition of this as a war crime may be inaccurate, since the circumstances under which these men were detained remains unclear.

@Red_Flag: Actually, according to both the UN and the Fourth Geneva convention, Palestinian lands are considered "occupied". Therefore, the Geneva Conventions do apply.

@Red_Flag: She was in the military, acting in a military capacity. (It is not clear that this was an "immigration" issue—since border crossings in Israel/Occupied Territories are fraught with questions of occupation, and are most often militarized as part of an ongoing military conflict. To my mind this is clearly…

"Possibly cruel"? Sorry, Irin, but that is a massive understatement.

@TomSkylark: I'm not as familiar with the graphic novel, but I think I agree generally with what you're saying.

@SynicVance2.0: One of the funniest parts when I saw "Scott Pilgrim"? The chorus of boos that greeted the appearance of M. Night Shyamalan's name in the trailer for "Devil." Totally deserved hate.

@TomSkylark: Hate to say it, but I don't think most people in the larger movie audience, have *any idea* what "Sex Bob-omb" is a reference to, or what 1-up meant. (Though unless you're stupid you can figure that last one out.)

@outuendo: Well, alright, I should have said "most" 22-year-olds—there are always fans that transcend generations—although expecting to have enough of them to score a hit at the box office is wishful thinking on the part of the film studio, I think.

@maggeimerc: I just made this point above. I'm 35 and liked it—because things like Mortal Kombat, Nintendo 64, and Seinfeld are all reference points for my teen-to-college years.

I liked it—it's about my generation after all. (But what's weird is that my generation is a good 10-15 years or so older than Scott Pilgrim and his friends, so there's some disconnect there. Unless I'm missing something. But I remember Nintendo 64 and Mortal Kombat and Seinfeld as part of my high school/early college…

For a great perspective on this, I'd really recommend Raj Patel's Stuffed and Starved, which details how the profit-motive keeps a large percentage of the planet hungry/starving, while foisting cheap and nutritionally dubious food on the poor and working classes in the industrialized world.