One thing that a lot of people miss when they talk about the relationship between poverty and obesity is the time it takes to prepare home cooked food. It's not necessarily that fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, unprocessed meats, nuts, eggs, etc. were so prohibitively expensive on poverty wages. It's that when I got…

My best friend got a shitty boyfriend and became addicted to heavy drugs and kinda dropped out of my life. This year she called me, crying, asking for help. We picked out an NA meeting and went together and for the first time since high school, I feel like I have a reciprocal friendship again. But. I told her how…

Yeah...fuck this article.

Wait, what? You're 5'7" and a man and should weigh 135? I'm 5'6" and a woman and weigh 145. I'm no supermodel, but I'm not fat. Perhaps you need a different doctor.

I know that face. I make that face whenever I feel completely defeated. I know it is just a picture, but I sure hope he doesn't feel the way his face makes it appear. I like to think right after this he went outside, felt the warm sun and smiled a bit as he thought about something good that happened to him…

I agree completely, if only for the shallow and egoic reason that I am bigger than that model is. When I think of "musclebound", I do not think "Abercromie and Fitch model".

I am really surprised that commenters think models have to be very fit! As a very athletic woman who works with models during my day job and had a couple very close friends who were successful models, I can tell you with certainty that they are not actually allowed to get muscles! It is a big no-no and my friends had…

I feel that way about Eddie Izzard. If I ever hear a word about Eddie Izzard making an insensitive or cruel joke at the expense of another I'll just be beside myself.

Yes funny people are so often very dark and troubled people too.

My husband is 5'4, and while he still is taller than me (I'm 4'11, it would be quite a challenge to find someone shorter than me!) all of this is true! He's amazing around the house, and is overall just the best partner I could have asked for!

I love the idea that Troll Dolls are all Brummie toddlers.

You know, this is why it enraged me so much when that woman was arrested for leaving her child in the park while she went to work at McDonald's. In China, completely random strangers pick up children on the train/bus/sidewalk, play with them, show them things in their bags or coats, then put them back with their…

This basically happened to me last week. Except it was her car, and I jumped out on the freeway after getting punched in the face. I'm 27. It's so fucking humiliating.

AGREED. Many of us now in our 20s, 30s and 40s are struggling to break the cycle of control, abuse and emotional blackmail that comes from really sick parents, both living and deceased. Even now, I have to be in the right place emotionally to deal with a call from my mum as I certainly won't be feeling good about…

I just realized you are the same person who gave me the recipe for hummus using dried chillis. I've made it like 5-6 times now. In the span of a few weeks. You are officially my Jezebel bff.

I am glad I am not alone with the having to run away from home as an adult, although I am sad that someone else has had to experience a similar situation. Yeah, this app makes me feel all sorts of not good.

Ugh I agree with this. I moved out of the house at 19. My mom was one of those that if I hung up on her, she would keep calling. If I let it go to voicemail, she would leave five minute voicemails. If I texted not to call me or just ignored her altogether, she would take the hour drive and come banging on my door.

I don't know how to feel about this. My mom smothered the fuck out of me as a teen. I wasn't a partier; if I was going out, then it was either to youth group or to the mall with a friend, and I stayed in touch with her and followed curfews, let her know if I was going to be late, etc. But she never left me alone. I…

THIS. I always feel my heart drop when my mom calls because I know my day is about to go south really fast. I'm almost 30 and I still barely pick up the phone when she calls, I have to wait until I'm in the right mindset to deal with her. This app would not have been appreciated when I was a teen.