That's a comment on the show's premise, not the actual usefulness of BMI. The Biggest Loser treats BMI as correct, telling contestants where they fall on the chart and celebrating any move down toward the acceptable numbers. Also, Weight Watchers is the show's sponsor.

I agree with you. I'm a survivor of both incest and sexual assault and these scenes have been hard for me .... but I find myself somehow relieved when I see them. The scenes have been the most realistic portrayals of these things I've seen on TV and it's like, ok it's all public now. It's out in the open and I don't…

Coffee break! (6:16)

William Blake?

From the linked article, the lyrics appear to be:

Well, we may not be getting the entire picture of how the family lived. I'm not inclined to believe that the media is innocent of building a narrative that fulfills the racist expectations of their audience. How do we know that the rest of the house was squalid?

From the little bit that I've heard and read of the…

I've dated a few women who smiled 24/7. It was absolutely maddening. I could never tell what mood they were experiencing, so I never knew how I was supposed to act. I'd much rather be in a relationship with an actual human being who will express themselves, not just plaster on a fake smile. To be fair, one of the…

I firmly believe Kanye's proposal was intended to get press and be as ridiculous as possible in an egotistic tongue-in-cheek way (which is his constant attitude, except when he's being purely egotistical.) Come on, guyssss. He literally wrote PLEEEASE MARRY MEE!!! It's commentary on how desperate everyone is to see…

Try picking up any medical textbook that covers pregnancy. It is universally considered a disease state. That pregnancy is a medical problem isn't even slightly debatable.

So a little background. I am a sound-to-colour synesthete. Most of my life I thought I was either weird, crazy or both every time I listened to music and saw colours in my mind's eye. Eventually later on (my first year of high school), when I got into Electronic Music and was introduced to Aphex Twin, I found out he…

I'm sorry, the slow loris incident?

What is the female equivalent to brotastic? Whatever it is, this girl has got it.

haha. That's funny because I am.

So you're saying you're Irish Catholic then?

MY COMMENT IS BEING TAKEN TOO LITERALLY

LONG LIVE THE MAN BUN. Except no, good Lord, he looks like Olive Oyl.

I posted this on the Gawker Dayman story as well but I really think that it needs to accompany any story about Dayman.

jenny, your comment reads that you think that this is a situation where "both parties are equally guilty". they aren't. this entire debacle is a republican fabrication. they've decided to gum up the gears of the us govt to try to win on every point that they lost on for the last 6 years. given that the dems in…

But this is the sort of thing that warrants attention; these are real human beings living in the year 2013 who are opening meetings by singing fucking Amazing Grace like Coen brothers simpletons. They're in charge. And they're so preoccupied with women having sex without consequences that they're willing to burn…

Most foreigners don't care about American internal politics. But this default, if it happens, will completely fuck over the global economy. It will affect everyone on the planet, and poor countries disproportionately. Believe me, we're all paying attention to the US right now.