This is the part that gets me:

It's still online. Celebitchy has a grab of it through the wayback machine. It is genuinely scary to read - "No oil, no butter!" She actually advises telling people you have a severe lactose allergy so they won't put even a tiny amount of butter or cream in your food by accident.

Even IF she genuinely does have an eating disorder (and I don't doubt that is a possibility, given her notorious "diet" from a few years ago) - how does insulting her via the Internet help in any discernible way? Do people genuinely believe that telling her to eat something will snap her out of it? Yes, commentators…

It's not so shocking in the US if you know the history. The US is still dealing with the fallout from the Dalkon Shield, which was an IUD that, due to poor design, caused a huge crisis back in the 70s. A lot of young women today have mothers who were young back when it happened and now those mothers may discourage…

Wait, so hold up? That thing about the fish that the Catholic Church was promoting years ago is actually true?

Yes. My gyno (former now) actually said I was crazy for thinking it, but during my brief and fruitless adventure into Yaz usage, my hair started falling out in clumps. And I have thin hair, so this is not hair I could spare.

Um, did you think I wasn't already aware of that? That wasn't exactly the point.

There have been times in my life that I've felt pissed about being a native American in the United States. However there are times that I feel lucky because of some of the deplorable things I've heard from First Nations people coming out of Canada. And this will certainly not help matters.

So all those BBW matchmaking sites are a grand conspiracy to distract us from the real agenda? Heavens, I had no idea.

Except B12 supplementing is an extremely well-known thing amongst vegans. Why do you think most dairy alternatives are B12 fortified? Because vegans use them and it's an easy way to get the supplement. You're acting as though the vegans of the world don't know anything about their own diets. B12 is one of those things…

What about them? This thread is about autism, which last time I checked isn't exactly the same thing.

What happens when an omnivorous diet is not "well-planned?" You get sick.

I think you probably have a little exposure bias going on. Most people I've met think that autism is NBD because most of the autistic people you can actually meet in life are on the mild-to-moderate end of the spectrum. People with severe forms of it are more often confined to their homes, hospitals, state facilities…

"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for…

Can I just say that I'm genuinely shocked that they even bring up the issue of formula? Most times those who are deep into the attachment-parenting or autism-avoidance circles tend to uplift breastmilk as the ideal cure-all for all things that could possibly go wrong with a baby. They tend to avoid the idea of formula…

No, I get it. I'm a lawyer who has been tangentially involved in IP law and nothing irks me more than a large, well-established company screwing around with a small business owner who poses no actual threat to them because of some perceived usage of the name.

I'm sure she is "close" to the common woman.

But then isn't this law sort of not addressing the issue? The law isn't about trying to identify those who show the physical signs of an eating disorder. It's just basically saying, "If you're below this bar, you don't work." And while I applaud the intention, that is a flawed system. Not everybody who falls below the…

As a feminist and a comic, it just didn't feel like the right fit for me.

We did a sort of tour of the eastern coastline. We started in Stockholm and did some sight-seeing up the coast - we stopped in Uppsala - which was interesting, to say the least. Stockholm I have to say was really okay - but I think that's because it and the surrounding areas have sizable immigrant populations. On the…