Isn't it disgusting? However, she was the first to give birth to an heir without a witness from the House of Lords in attendance, so, yay progress?

My theory (and my family's - bonding by gossiping about the royals is all we have) is that they were so obsessed with marrying Chuck to a virgin (she was examined by an OB to make sure she was intacta) that they didn't pay attention to what she thought she was getting. She thought she was getting a real marriage, and…

Jilly Cooper FTW! Although she's a friend of Camilla's. But whatever, her writing is awesome even so.

You've nailed it. I'm British/US - and have trouble coming to terms with how little most Americans understand "class." You get it. Awesome.

OK, can you suggest sources for this? I've heard this anecdotally but would really like to know more about it. A Google Scholar search for pediatric dentistry turned up that general is about exactly as risky as local + sedation (and more risky than local + no sedation) but I'm very interested to know if there's a…

But she has no insecurities because she's happy and proud to be fat, goddammit!!!

Her professional identity is largely geared to her weight. It's too bad, because she's smart and a good enough writer, but the slow slide to "fat acceptance/glorification" house expert has crowded out a lot of her otherwise interesting material.

Where do you find or how do you make double cream greek yogurt? The only stuff I can find is fat free.

Apparently he lost weight by eating nothing by 12 hard boiled eggs per day. Which says he has iron self-discipline, and also really isn't too interested in the sensual side of eating. Ugh.

Yup. A good family friend is the head chef at one of the best restaurants in the city, and at home, for dinner, he defrosts chicken fingers and fries. He pulls out the stops for his wife on special occasions, and cooks cool stuff for dinner parties, but when it's just him and the kids ... nope.

Wisdom teeth were always done until sedation or general, where I was at the time (not USA.) I've never had it for basic fillings.

This always puzzles me too. Yes, general anesthetic is risky, but there is this wonderful thing called local plus sedation, which means you don't need to be intubated and ventilated, there is way less risk than with general, and you don't remember a damn thing. I had my wisdom teeth out this way; apparently I was…

Oh, well, there's the misunderstanding. I've always found Darth Vader strangely attractive, too.

WTF? Mocking people, or deeming them a priori repulsive, because of what their bodies look like is not cool. I find it equally unacceptable to mock people for being fat as I do for being old. How do you translate that into "complaining about fat people"?

Fair enough. And you couldn't pay me enough to get into bed with someone who weighed 350 lbs. Still seems rude to get grossed out at the thought that they have the effrontery to hit on someone, though.

It always amazes me how much of what we consider racism, regional/ethnic prejudice, and "concern trolling" really just comes down to class warfare. I kind of wish we had a way of discussing it other than upper/lower, with its implicit judgments. If you have a double-barrelled last name and a family estate, nobody…

Why? If Rebel Wilson hit on Channing Tatum (pretend they're both single) would that be offensive, too, because she's not seductive enough for him? Age-shaming is no better than fat-shaming. From pure self-interest, you should find it worse, because while you can work your ass off to avoid getting fat, guess what?…

Agreed. He's a bright, accomplished, and (this is a matter of taste, but, selon moi) very attractive man. If it's not okay to go "ew, gross" at fat women being sexual, it's also not okay to mock/be grossed out at older people being sexual.

I think this goes to the profound ambivalence many people have toward abortion, even those who call themselves pro-choice. Many, many people I know identify as pro-choice, vote consistently along those lines, but say things like "if someone is raped ... if the baby has birth defects ... if the mother finds out she has…

Because I love Burt, I'm going to assume it's a bit off-putting because Jack is a friend of Polanski's who seems just this side of sexual predation himself. Because I'd really like her to be better than "Ewwww, teh olds have secks!" or "Ewwww, unconventional looking men aren't hawt."