No, it's not. It's because some of us get a little tired of people who cannot address issues of fat-shaming without turning around and saying, "It's THIN women who are gross and disgusting and unhealthy!" Can we please stop tearing down one body type in order to promote another? Because that's neither fair nor…

It's not "like reverse racism"—and I think that was an inappropriate comparison.

Body shaming is body shaming. Small women may have different experiences than larger women (duh), but that doesn't mean that small women aren't body shamed or subject to beauty standards. It's all a part of the same issue, and it IS a…

I totally understand this, but I do have trouble knowing how to respond to certain people when they describe themselves as "fat." I mean, not everyone uses it as just a descriptor, and it seems like you're not supposed to just agree with a statement like that.

I'm thinking, for example, of a cousin of mine. She's…

I have family and friends who are diabetic, so some of us *do* get it. My dad can get horribly sick and cranky even if he just eats a tiny bit off—like an extra piece of dessert or has too many carbs in one day. Luckily my mom is a nurse and is way better than he is about quickly calculating his current mood in…

The article even said that she had been given insulin in jail before. There is absolutely no excuse here.

Oh my goodness, just the fact that you acknowledge that you're having a white knight reaction and that it's racist/sexist is a great, important first step. Many, many men live their whole lives refusing to acknowledge why something like white knight behavior or benevolent sexism is not okay (and is, they think,…

It's one thing to ask someone, "Where are you from?" when they're an exchange student, when you're working at an international place together, when they mention that they're from a country where it doesn't snow. "Where are you from?" is a normal conversational response in those situations, one that you would also use…

Microaggressions are always very racist. Microaggression doesn't mean "less racist," it is just a term for comments like that that crop up on a daily basis that white people think are innocuous but people of color know are not.

Er, maybe because healthy food is unaffordable for many and in some case physically inaccessible.

Maybe I've watched too much *Star Trek,* but I'm inclined to agree. We just don't *know* what's out there. I don't believe in any god(ess) for the same reason: I don't think we can know. Personally, I'm pagan. I celebrate and revere what I know and can see, which is the Earth and the universe. Part of that also…

Disagree. This video was posted on Youtube by his family. If they don't want their kid called an asshole by strangers, then they shouldn't take videos of their kid behaving like an asshole and post it publicly for anyone in the world with wifi access to see.