Hasn't this been known for a while?

To me, trends in obesity are kind of like looking at abortion rates - they don't tell the whole story. Say more women are getting abortions. Is that because there are more unplanned pregnancies, or because by de-stigmatizing abortion more women are willing to consider it, or because more women who are getting pregnant…

My heart breaks for this woman. She doesn't know the difference between your and you're. So sad.

Not to sound like a grammar elitist, but it's not too hard to figure out how this girl got duped.

That's how I am. I have some friends who say that the "boot camp" mentality is motivating, but I wonder about it ... Even if it is motivating, you still have to internalize that message that you have to be at the top of your game or worth nothing at all, or that having excess fat is something that needs (as in, you're…

Nah, I think she's of the Megan 'I'd strangle a mountain ox to be with Olivia Wilde' Fox variety; the type of person who makes out and/or talks about women for the sole purpose of being 'edgy'.

You know, I'm sort of bored in my current career and every once in awhile toy with the idea of getting certified as a personal trainer and starting a body-positive training studio. So often it seems like the fitness community tries to use self-loathing as motivation for a person to lose weight, while I've always…

Ah, but it might make them understand that getting some exercise isn't just alwaysas simple as they think. All it takes is for one relatively minor injury to your foot, or your knee or even your shoulder, and you're screwed :(

But what would be the point? I thought being fat had no negative health consequences according to the deranged Jezebel fatstremists.

I'm going to start rating things on the Pringles scale.

I was so disappointed in Gone Girl. Heard from so many people how well crafted its plot and characters were, and didn't find either compelling. It felt like a slightly longer version of an SVU plotline.

I can't say that I'm a fan of the vagueness of the proposed language. I think most of the people I know have engaged in at least a few acts that could be characterized as "controlling behavior." Could a woman who nags her husband to help out more around the house be prosecuted under this act? She's attacking his…

"not in my life but still in my thoughts" is EXACTLY facebook. that should be on the commercial

True. But I'm an Occam's razor kinda gal. And believe that a child of this very young age should keep all of her insides, if at all possible.

Soooooo, Deathfat? Or Health At Every Size?

Facebook is the best for people like me who have moved around a lot and now have best friends scattered across the world, not to mention family everywhere except my adopted state. Unfortunately, from what I've heard, too many people use it for their primary communication with their local friends and family.

I do the same thing. If someone in my family is starting to act like they want to schedule a "Family Reunion" I notice that all of us "others" begin updating FB like crazy, sharing pics, random crap from our lives, just so that the troublemakers will be satisfied and forget the whole "family reunion" idea. To me, FB…

I think people with kids need to keep a better eye on what the fuck their kids are posting. I watch my cousin's 16 year old kid on Instagram post things that I think he's going to be seriously sorry about one day.

Oh, I don't know. I'm not so clear on Alexis's recent history — has she been in hospital for three months continuously, or in and out? Is the diet of 900 to 1,400 and plenty of exercise confirmed by doctors, or is it self reported? The fact that she has "brain cravings that make [her] want to eat an entire jar of…

I've always wondered if people save their more intense rage for "the other person", because it is easier to think really horrible thoughts about them. As opposed to having all those hateful thoughts about the person you love/care about. You have no emotional attachment to the other person and can therefore hope they…