Given that the Western attitude toward Africa as a resource-rich, diverse place, and the historical exploitation and enforced underdevelopment of the continent is the cause of the poverty, war, and famine that are currently such a serious problem, it might be a little flippant to insist that we should be fine…

either that or Obvious is, in fact, the girl who criticize-flirted (some of you refer to it as "negging?") with crisisinthewoods the other day, and is desperately trying to backpedal and justify herself now, as she sees her tactic didn't work, so that maybe she can get another shot with that cute stranger at the bar?

Just in response to the public transport comment... Yes, I'm speaking as a fatty, but can I just say that fat people are some of the best to sit next to? We're highly aware of the fact that we are fat. Most of us have a lifetime of experience trying to make ourselves take up as little space as possible. This means we…

I. FREAKING. LOVE. YOU. SO. HARD. You said everything I wanted to say in a better way than I could ever say it. I literally have tears in my eyes (of joy) that someone else took what was in my brain and put it online. Thank you 1,000 times over.

I can attest that #3 definitely belongs on there. I cannot tell you how many guys I've known who I clicked with, but didn't think of me "in that way". Now, I know that attraction can be a fickle thing and that it may not have happened if I was thin, but on dating sites it's too much about the image before the…

I love this comment and I love you for writing it. <3

I don't think that I could have said it better myself.

You win ALL OF THE INTERNETS!!!! Seriously, this was great.

People really don't thin shame in a way that it is a thing. You can be thin and never hear a bad word about your weight. With fat shaming, you can expect, if you are the least bit overweight, that you will be fat shamed, ignored, and discriminated against all at the same time. It's a thing. It's a big thing—a huge…

This is an excellent comment. A lot of slim commenters are pointing out that their physiques aren't considered to be the most attractive as they aren't curvy and thus they have no privilege. I think it's important to note that even if a slim person isn't considered 'hot' at least they're not assumed to be lazy and…

Please let us know when science identifies visual markers for fitness, since fitness is found in people of a vast range of sizes. Good on you for sticking to your ignorant, fat shaming ways despite the numerous times we talk about fitness for fat people.

Thank you. Some thin girl gets told to eat a sandwich and starts talking about reverse-lookism or someothersuch nonsense. Most of the comments I hear directed at skinny people are good-naturedly ignorant, but harmless. "You should have a hamburger." or "if you turned sideways, you might disappear." or "OMFG YOU'RE SO…

You have a good point, but I don't think the preferences can be considered trivial and non-discriminatory until dating sites start having "dealbreaker" lists that are prepopulated with equivalent options. Right now, you can find some variant of "I can't stand people who are overweight" or "I won't date fat people"…

I like this very much. Yes, it makes me feel horrible when people comment on my body and like all the effort I've made to try and maintain a healthy weight has been for nothing. That should not happen.

Fuckin' NAILED IT.

A billion thank-yous for pointing all this out.

People who are worried that thin-shaming is anywhere near as crippling as fat-shaming, please take this short quiz:

Uh, what?