I agree that speaking to your loved ones about their health is a caring thing to do. In the example you give, however, people are suddenly gaining or losing weight. That is a completely different thing than talking to someone about their weight when that someone's weight has been stable the entire time you have known…

Hey, Nick, sorry to break it to you, but there is research that questions whether diabetes causes fatness as a precursor to the onset of diabetes as opposed to obesity causing the diabetes.

Can you tell me where this mythical place is where fat people are being congratulated on their being fat? Are the fat people riding unicorns as they pick up pots of gold at the end of rainbows?

You have completely misunderstood fat acceptance. Accepting that your body as
fine the way it is after years and years of misery because fat is ugly, stupid,
dirty and gross and therefore you see your fat self as ugly, stupid, dirty and
gross despite (often many and ongoing) failed weight loss attempts is not the same…

Actually, many people have an "excuse" for not exercising or eating healthily (poverty, lack of adequate sources of nutritious foods, social determinants of health ). There is no need for you to monitor other people's behaviour that has nothing to do with you. (Saying it is costing you money due to health care costs…

I am thinking another unhealthy habit that Jen (I can call her that cause she is, like, my bff) has is that she ages. With her money you would think she could get a special portrait of herself for her attic. Oh, and looky looky, low-body fat is listed (is this a first?) as a negative. Luckily, the authors have…

I have my own equipment — IPod Touch (4Gen) — with which I take excellent pictures of my cats — only some of them are blurry or not centred. Additionally, I showcase my originality by having no tattoos. My unobtrusive mien would be great background for your blessed event, I only hope my creativity and uniqueness can…

I agree. He is gross. My mom used to watch his dad's talk show when I was very young — a veritable zygote — and I didn't like him, either.

On the inside of a found matchbook: "Draw this tiger and mail it in to see if you qualify for an art education at New York's Lycée des Beau Artes!"

I, too, love this show. In my mind I can complete ALL the challenges. In real life, I can't even come close. I also wonder why the food in the challenges is never something like a giant (GINORMOUS) salad (bigger than Seinfeld's Elaine big salad, for sure). OR, a very berry enormous bowl of fruit salad. Why is it…

Thank you so much for this! That bird rocks out. He does, however, sound a bit demonic.

I don't like when non-celebrities are described as "randoms", at all. It seems so dismissive and unkind.

Can you point out where I said I had a medical condition? I think with a quick re-read you will find that it is you that identified as having a condition in need of treatment. And possibly a reading comprehension course. BTW, stop promising to go and do various things and just leave.

I replied to some of your hate above, but am now regretting my attitude. I thought you were being hateful and prejudiced. I am beginning to think you may just need some help with your self-loathing — it is beginning to leak out and be noticed by those around you. Good luck finding and getting the treatment you need.

Your ignorance and self-hate are showing. I was a fat vegetarian, now I am a fat omnivore. I bet you think you can tell a lot by how a person looks. The rest of us know that that is discrimination.

I know, right? I would have gone to a charity-based thrift shop that sells used clothing.

Actually, clothes are not only how we dress to impress other people. How we clothe ourselves is coded to telegraph important information about ourselves to other people in society. Not being able to portray yourself in a certain way may affect your ability to get a job (I am not saying this is so for A&F clothing…

Wow, that's a breakthrough. I guess the years and years of empirical evidence showing that people can't lose weight and keep it off is misleading. The idea that an individual is in complete control of their health is misleading, this includes weight. Your statement shows that you really think the millions (billions?)…

Mark Graham coined the term 'lipoliteracy' to describe the ways that people read fat bodies to ascertain the fat person's behaviour, lifestyle, health, etc. (It is in Fat: The anthropology of an obsession edited by Don Kulick, Anne Meneley. Graham's article in it is called "Chaos".)