I'm not really sure what you're trying to say. That she shouldn't talk about the lengths she goes to to achieve a certain image because it could be damaging? I mean, I think we all end up being actors to some degree in systems that oppress us. I certainly tear myself down over my weight constantly, even though I think…

But you're also assigning motives to her words. My reading of them is different than yours, but no less valid. I say, she isn't proposing it, she's remarking on it/acknowledging it. Completely different things.

Because she's also part of the pop machine? Because she's a human being with insecurities and inconsistencies who can recognize how unhealthy our fixation with thinness is and still feel pressure to conform to it? And she's never said women should only come in one size or live like she does. In fact, isn't it…

Yeah, I never read the #popstarsdonteat thing as prescriptive. It's a comment on how hard it is to be a pop star. She's not saying that's how it should be.

You said she earns millions undeserved. That's what I was replying to.

Why is it undeserved? Millions of her fans pay good money to see her in concerts and buy her music and merchandise because they believe she deserves it. Who are you to decide who deserves it and who doesn't?

Fuck you. That is all.

"But she meant well!" God, what a tool.

You're an idiot with no reading comprehension skills. Whoops! Just had something to say, I guess!

"And I'm not even a crazy feminist! I like dresses and baking! I hate football!" lol

Because that's just not how research works.

But who makes for a better soylent green?

Look up food deserts...

Lol, because we live in igloos and hunt during the winter wrapped in our skins and furs, just hoping we can get a fire started at the end of the day?

Ugh, exactly! Her work is such a wonderful pastiche. I've never heard her claim to be breaking new ground. She readily acknowledges the people who have influenced her. The only people claiming that she's trying to be edgy/different/whatever are people who don't really get it.

I still don't see how any of that hurts you or impacts you in any way.

Man, I love Gaga. That is all. She's great.

Agreed!

But they didn't say that all believers in luck are overweight and vice versa, just that people who believe in luck also tend to be overweight/unhealthy.

Oh, for fuck's sake. No, university money is funding it. Once a society decides that funding universities is a worthwhile venture, because it produces better-rounded, more educated people who can contribute more (money, skills, whatever) back to the society, the money they collectively give the university becomes…