This is actually a recent article - I was basing my less than ten percent based on what I'd learned in school (studying genetics and metabolism)....curious, I wondered if they'd found more genes and it had risen.... but it seems that number hasn't changed.

Dude. Amen to all of this. You have articulated every thought I've had about Jezebel's approach to weight issues in general.

Just wanted to take the time to say nice post. This is just the way it is.

Right, so one silly blogger fighting for "fat acceptance" versus, you know, science. It's amusing that on this website not many would take the rightwing approach to climate science, yet the rhetoric is almost exactly the same when it comes to this issue. I'm certainly not saying shaming is beneficial or productive,…

Like, you can SAY "I am tolerant to thin people!"

her entire critique was based on reading the post through the most "offense-sensitive" goggles, getting (predictably) offended, and then attacking the referenced author (sorry - on a slow computer - it's a pain to scroll up to read names).

Your post addresses Lindy well. This is yet another of her "I got your back but don't forget I have it worse" columns. Is it ok to fat shame her ego?

I came here to say the same. I just love it when people tell me what I'm really thinking.

mmm but you have to be the correct type of 'thin'! I think the issue here is that people are conflating 'slim' or 'very slim with large breasts for their frame' with 'thin' or 'skinny' which I would say is size 2/0 and flat chested (AA cups). That kind of 'skinny' is the wrong kind of 'skinny ' as far as society is…

Furthermore, one of the points of the article was to point out that, whether fat or thin, women's bodies are constantly being policed and told that they're not good enough. Regardless of which bodies are privileged in Western society, the fact that some are and some aren't is bullshit and we should all fight against…

Yes please. Enough with the suffering Olympics.

Can we stop treating this as a zero-sum game? (Addressing some of the responses I'm seeing, not Lindy.) I say this about patriarchy all the time, and I'll say it about weight policing and beauty standards:

I'm sorry, but no. I am a "curvy girl" with a skinny sister and while I've likely dealt with more shaming over the course of my life, I've also seen people be incredibly nasty to her about her weight, and watched her cry over people telling her that she's too skinny, she looks gross, and yes that she needs to eat a…

Nope. Thin privilege isn't nearly as cut and dry as male privilege or white privilege by any means. There are certainly physiques that are advantaged or valued by society over others, but having a rail thin frame devoid of features is really never one unless you're on the runway. Claims of "thin privilege" strike…

In my opinion, "Thin-shaming" falls under the same category as misandry and reverse-racism. It's not to say that it doesn't happen or that it doesn't exist, but what people need to realize is that when you come from the perspective of the privileged class, there's a huge difference in (pardon the pun) weight being…

I was worried this was going to turn into an article about how thin women need to stop complaining how they have it so tough, because Western society prizes them (actually, it doesn't - thin is never thin enough, so "thin" women still aren't prized) and was really elated at the first paragraph...

Well, you did your job. You say "new terrifying info" and I came for the "new terrifying info." Only there wasn't any.

That's verrrry timely, since the Diana movie is coming out in a few weeks.

Right, I mean who doesn't want a good game of rugby with a beautiful girl?

Will someone please, PLEASE tell Robin Thicke that being with your girlfriend/wife from a young age is NOT A DEFENSE AGAINST MISOGYNY. He brings that up every single time he's asked about this video, and I don't understand at all what point he thinks that makes. Misogyny is not sleeping with a bunch of women. …