It's absolutely neither, but you do prove my point about being competitive regarding weight.

You do know that the adjectives used in that sentence were describing a particular contestant and the stark difference between her before and after photos, on a show that promotes extreme and short-sighted weight loss, right?

I love that Elle went with "The Star of 50 Shades of Grey" as the cover text. No cheesy business like "50 Shades of Dakota" or something like that. Just straight "Actress: She's in a Movie."

She (and anyone these ads is influencing to use this cream) thinks she looks most desirable with stark-white skin, blue hair, bright pink lips and a colorful top.

Think of how white skin used to convey wealth and leisure, and how later, tan skin meant the same thing. Now think about how the desirability of something as individual as one's skin tone has for a very long time been determined by wealthy white people. This has really never been the case for people of color in…

Yeah this is less about the specific contestant's results than it is a great opportunity to shed light on the dramatic process of the show. Even ignoring the (very important) health aspect of losing a lot of weight in less than half a year, the fact that contestants have every hour of the day to work toward their one…

I'm not sure if it's just the towns I've lived in in Iowa or if it's the whole state, but our liquor laws are pretty great. The only stipulation really is that you can't purchase alcohol between 2-6 am (some stores close their liquor departments early but they don't HAVE to, and most will still sell wine/beer), you…

I was a pretty devoted fan as well and I don't remember anything about "Ron's privilege" being exposed either, if anything the opposite was always true? I mean he had the most knowledge of the wizarding world as a culture but Hermione quickly learned more about the actual magic, and Ron's family's resources/social…

Correct, which I why I never claimed that I did. I also never claimed that she can fly, but no one seems to be bringing that up.

Yeah dude, and you're the expert. Please continue to ignore all the comments on this article that say "I weigh the same/less than her and I am perfectly healthy", because you just KNOW that she's not healthy. If you're not her doctor, shut up about whether she's healthy or not.

There is no way to know if she's healthy — only she knows that.

I don't really understand the dismissive "K" after a deliberate choice to quote paragraphs of someone politely detailing their weight-loss success.

Good lord, there are people who think a blog that posts (and cross-posts) dozens of celebrity and political blurbs daily and a monthly printed fashion magazine have the same planning processes?

Not sure where you're getting the idea that his work is the issue. Every in-depth, witness-heavy article Jez has published about him is purely criticizing his professional conduct, not the themes of his work.

And her father is "Wayne Maines." From Maine.

Every article I've ever read on the subject mentions only weak speculation that they must have started seeing each other before they became public when she was about 20 (her words).

Dating a ~20 year old in the family is definitely taboo, but that word doesn't even come close to describing the immorality of molesting a child. That's straight soulless, not just something that's frowned upon.

Speaking of giving up, we really might as well change the definition of "nonplussed" to mean the opposite of what it actually means (surprised, bewildered). Can't tell you how many times I've seen this work used incorrectly in articles, and not just on Gawker.

No interest in watching the video, but what is going on with the hip/stomach of the woman whose butt is covered by the "play" button? Her panties appear to be defying physics.

Clam dive is my personal favorite.