This article is a bit weird....could you have shown her face??? Maybe posted an interveiw so that we can hear her perspective? Isn't she still alive?

I was just thinking, I wasn't that shocked by what was written by the mum but then maybe its because I'm a brit. People swear alot here both with and at their kids. Also the UK (and I presume australia) doesn't have such a huge problem with slut shaming, abstinence and sexual repression. Parents here are kind of cool…

Ok I going to chime in here as I am an engineer and researcher in sanity provision (albeit in the UK). Your totally right there aren't enough toilets for women and there are also too many for men both legally and logistically. The problem is threefold

This to me is the most important discussion. Beyond the condom debate these porn producers are putting the health and safety of their workers at risk out of carelessness and just to make a quick buck and are relying on societies disregard and dislike for sex workers in order to get away with this. This sort of thing…

hmmm, I think you've underestimated how weak and stupid current gun laws in the US actually are

A lot of these "law abiding citizens" are very irresponsible with their guns, allowing them to easily be stolen or lending them to so called friends....thats often how criminals manage to get a hold of them in the first place. If there was a law that prevented this the number of criminals able to get access to guns…

spoken like someone whos never had a baby

Just read Wendi Deng's life story on Wikipedia and the Telegraph, my jaw hit the floor. I had no clue thats how she got started.

Just crazy but sad to say I have friends like that too although they target specific races not to date (usually black women and SE Asian men). I tell them outright they are racist, they don't like it but what can you do eh?

Growing up something me and all my UK friends have always been confused about is why in american movies and tv shows people only date other people of the same race. We would have long conversations about it and its still something I ask American people about when I meet them in person.

Black women are often shamed for dating out of their race and told to accept any black man that comes along even if he has a criminal record, no ambition and cheats on you. The same isn't true for black men.

I disagree, I think that my friends who are in other fields have this ability too. Regardless, I'm a scientist and I have read a good deal of relevent lit too and I disagree with you do i suppose we are 1 for 1

You know whats really unhealthy. All this obsession our society has with food (and weight) Food does not have that much power that a minuscule decision like if you eat breakfast will decide if you are healthy or unhealthy - whatever that means anyway. If people really cared about their health, they would have strong…

Hmmm you say your a "scientist" but that could mean anything, I'm a scientist too, doesn't neccesarily mean I know more than Lindy West (or Jezzie commenters) about fat and health. There are literally so many fields of science and so many specialisms saying "i'm a scientist" really doesn't mean much and could mean…

Also if you have been thin your whole life as you state in your comments then you couldn't possible know anything about losing weight which is a whole nuther kettle of fish let me tell you

I watched a bbc documentary where they showed brain scans and hormone levels of different people relating to fatness and hunger. Different people had different brain activity levels and hormone levels at all times of the day (which is unsurprising seeing as everybody is different).

Particularly the "natural" fatties…

that might be the case for your body but each body is different

I'm the same which is why I don't eat breakfast

"But letting human beings suffer with a treatable disease is not treating them very kindly"

She is a british citizen and has had ample opportunity to take refuge in britain or a british embassy