Next time you think someone's being mean to you because they're racist? Well they might be racist. But it's probably because you're a failure as a human being. Try engaging your brain before unleashing the vitriol.

You know, you've got me in one. I've never had more than a passing involvement with an addict. Maybe that's why she's a novelty to me, and not a trigger for terrible memories of actual addicts in my life.

She's terrifying and hilarious and I will buy her book. I just cannot stop watching. She fascinates me.

That's not really my point. My point was a lot of people think lack of overt malice means there's no problem. And in fact, racism can stem from things very different from malice, as (I believe) is the case here.

Fuck you, your erroneous assumptions, and you rudeness.

I'm so sorry to hear that. I heard something similar ("at least you know you can conceive, you can try again soon!" which is not at all comforting at that moment) and it was heartbreaking. I don't know you or your practitioners, so all I can say is that whatever their reasoning, bigoted or otherwise, you should be…

I would agree, with the caveat that it's more of a laziness, "there are no serious costs to doing business this way and better testing would cost more," sort of racism than an explicit "let's kill off brown people" racism. But yes, very problematic nonetheless.

Exactly. It's nothing sinister, beyond the systematic problem of testing drugs on groups of healthy middle-aged middle-class white men and then prescribing them to people in all states of health, of all ages and classes and sexes, without realizing that results will vary. Which is a big problem, but the issue is not…

Thank you for bringing Foucault into it. (Not sarcasm.) You're absolutely right, the fact that a line of argument is abused doesn't mean we should write off some very important aspects of theory.

But it specifically says they have a higher success rate after only one round.

A theory: most drugs are tested on middle class white people. (Usually middle class white men, but in case of fertility drugs, likely women.) This means that the data that is generated and presented as being true about the drug is really true about the drug for that set of patients. Lots of drugs have been found to be…

Sorry if I piled on. I get the need to vent. I was venting a bit too, because I had some significant body changes due to medical problems, and could not believe how everyone thought I owed them some explanation for why I gained weight (steroids and chronic drug therapy) and then lost it (stabilized initial problem and…

Yes, I'd like Ariana to provide a source on the Pope not flying over it, please.

YES! Yes, you are married to a demon. To prove it, take his picture and upload it to Jezebel. If it gets 666 recommends, you will know beyond a doubt.

The death rate for the surgery is real and non-negligible. That's one reason why doctors don't do the procedure unless the death rate for staying so fat is even higher, which for some people it is.

Just like every other woman, this woman is under no obligation to disclose anything at all about her body or her medical history. Yeah, lying about how she did it is perhaps not awesome. Also not awesome? Asking her to talk her body and her health in the first place, unless she's indicated she'd like to discuss it.

Exactly. I would be very surprised if the key variable were "bariatric surgery" rather than "dramatic weightloss." Although yes, dramatic and sustained weightloss by other means might be pretty uncommon. But fat produces hormones, most of them with deleterious effects in large quantities, so it's most likely the loss…

Yeah, catapult to the sun for the names alone.

How true. I mean I don't regularly buy it, and GOOP doesn't interest me enough to do so normally, but if she's this opposed to its publication, it must be worth reading, right?

Doesn't basic etiquette dictate that you don't ask that of anybody? Even with close friends, a good rule is, if they want to discuss it, they'll bring it up themselves, right?