Oh, everyone thinks s/he's a troll, sometimes it's fun to bat them around a bit to see just how far s/he'll take it.

Orangemarker, skinny legs and all presented the accepted understanding of misogyny. Most people, men and women, are not aware of their own misogyny and would say "But I don't hate women!" not realizing that by retorting in a gendered or sexualized way they are perpetuating that misogyny. You may think that s/he is…

Ms. West, I have enjoyed every single one of your posts since you joined Jezebel. I am completely appalled by what I just read and want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. You wade into some of the most charged and difficult areas of our society and do so with humor and guts (I'm amazed that you can make me…

Oops, you're right. American, sorry!

With those 8,000 km big boys it's that above a certain height your body literally begins shut down, so even if you've trained properly if you get caught in a storm and can't make it down in time you're toast.

I'm really happy to hear this. I've really struggled about what to do for my boy. He's 11 and I know that he would really benefit from the Boy Scouts. He lost his mom when he was 6 and has been living with me since. I know that being part of a troupe would be so good for him, but I just can't support that…

My best friend (white) and her boyfriend (Korean) punch each other in the shoulder whenever they see another couple with a white woman and an Asian man because while you often see white men and Asian women, other is not as frequent. Going out with them is amusing when this rare unicorn is sighted. I don't think you're…

Save a spot on the couch for me, I'll bring the mint milanos!

I'm glad I could share my story with you, as I'm sure many of the people you comforted would like to. Makes me think I should send a letter to the hospital. It's been almost a year and I'm finally coming out of the fog, remembering all the small kindnesses from the staff there.

I can only speak of my own experience, but when my father died in hospital I was incredibly grateful for the chaplain. I was raised without any religion and am an atheist or agnostic depending on ones definitions. My dad's death was one of those 'found out he had cancer, was dead 3 weeks later' cases, so I was in…

Funny you mention that, it turns out that a computer is better than doctors at diagnosing illness, likely because it has no bias. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2…

Good for you! This is why I usually don't read reviews. For whatever reason I am able to suspend my disbelief ... a bit more than most. As a consequence, I frequently enjoy speculative fiction more than that others don't. I find if I go into a movie without anyone else's opinions I enjoy it more.

I'm sure it was a fluke, but it was mildly entertaining and kept me a bit distracted from the fact that they were assholes.

Dr. Selze, I want to start your fan club. If other doctors understood the context of their patients half so well ... it would be a very different world I think.

Full disclosure, the following theory is absolutely horrible and I am going to hell. While my mom was in and out of hospitals over the course of a 4-month illness I noticed a trend, if her doctor was white, male, and straight = asshole. 100% of the time. Because of all the hospital stays she ended up seeing about 20…

Your analysis of how food is used in our society is both painfully accurate and elegantly stated. I'm very glad you went into medicine, the field needs more of you. Thank you.

You are so right on this. At one point in my life I desperately wanted to lose weight but doctors didn't have anything to offer other than 'yes, lose weight, good idea.' They can send you to physical therapy if you've sprained your ankle, a dermatologist if you have bad acne ... It seems that the medical establishment…

That does make it tricky. I don't know what sort of impact it would have, but there's always the medical licensing board.

I hear you! I've been dealing with degenerative disk disease since I was 25 (now 36) and had much the same experience. When it started I was overweight, but after years of impaired movement I'm about 75 pounds overweight now. Thank god my back is doing well right now, because I can't even imagine trying to get real…

Have you considered reporting him?