So Gussis is defending the show and complaining that the backlash is censorship, and acting like the show was supposed to be “provocative” and actually intentionally offensive. Sounds like some bullshit. They wanted credit for being “woke.” Now that they can’t get that, they’re denying it was ever supposed to be body…

Frankly, thin people with eating disorders harbor some of the most toxic views about fat people. We are literally horrifying to them, their worst nightmare manifested. I think Gussis is showing us exactly how she thinks about fat people. From the descriptions of the sordid portrayal of binge eating, I don’t think she…

Thank you. The people around here that were defending hurtful and marginalizing garbage need to know when to stfu. This show was clearly a bunch of thin people trying to seem like they “get it” but really just putting all of their own horrible misconceptions about fat people onto the screen. 

The only people making it difficult to talk about such topics openly are the gleeful fat-shamers who derail any productive conversation by making it seem like any non-negative portrayal of fat people will give everyone free license to become obese. As if pervasive social stigma is a dam holding back the flood of…

I think ugliness is kind of a status symbol in and of itself for a lot of these men. Like “I’m so rich I don’t give two shits if women actually want to fuck me.”

Thank you for being what seems like one of the few people on this site with reasonable, non-brainwashed views about weight and fitness. I was a victim of dieting and weight cycling for years. I became depressed because of a shitty relationship and turned to binge eating and put on a lot of weight. When I first joined…

You say this as if that poster wasn’t intentionally trying to be offensive...

For most of human history women were not subjected to rape culture. It is the result of patriarchy, which is relatively recent. If rape was the norm for our species, men would have only evolved to be large and have small penises, like gorillas. Instead, human males became much smaller and more agile, they lost the…

She’s extremely thin, blonde, and very aryan looking. That’s all she needs to appeal to white women.

This! Anyone who loses weight this way will gain it back and then more because of the metabolic damage that rapid weight loss causes. Also, what about loose skin? How does she magically have muscle tone when she hasn’t exercised once in her lifetime apparently? Also her fat suit is so disproportionate and not an…

Because this attitude is working really well now! /s

actually it’s not anecdotal, thanks for making that assumption. It’s roughly 33% of obese people who show no signs of metabolic disease. If you are actually as compassionate as you claim, you could do some research on Health at Any Size. Researchers like Paul Campos explain exactly why targeting obesity is problematic…

You literally just said you are “formerly fat.” Being able to lose weight and keep it off makes you fortunate, but you’ve decided to let it define your self-worth. Sorry but you’re not better than any of us fatties and from your attitude and lack of empathy you are, actually, an asshole. I work out more and eat…

In all likelihood these people will gain the weight back. Former fatties are such judgemental pieces of shit. It’s easy to lose weight. I have before! But then my metabolism was fucked because I took the “totally obvious” advice from so-called health professionals. If I had never tried losing weight and instead…

Yeah I was wondering when Jezebel was going post about this. You guys really need to take a stand here. Fatphobia is regressive and the intersection with racism/misogyny/homophobia/classism is clear-cut. People who shit on fat people are elitist assholes with no empathy. I am the only fat person in a family of…

Studies show that stigma doesn’t work, and that encouraging everyone to be healthy regardless of their weight improves health outcomes. Focusing exclusively on weight to gauge health leads to the promotion of bad habits. Also, the vast majority of people who lose weight gain it back and then some. This is actually far…

Thank you so much for your comments. Jezebel’s commentariat is so fucking fatphobic. It’s jarring. Any article that mentions fat-shaming or body positivity inevitably fills with weight loss tips in the comments. Former fatties (who are the absolute worst by the way) rush in to say their diets work and they are so…

Thank you for addressing sizeism and the way it causes doctors to make assumptions and give shitty advice. I work in an OBGYN and I am intimately aware of how judgemental and rude medical personal are about women’s weight. And also thanks for linking it to classism. I think a lot of commenters here are super shitty…

I work in my sister’s OBGYN office. It’s easily one of the most judgemental, body-negative and diet-obsessed spaces I have ever encountered. I would never ever go there as a patient having seen how everyone in the back thinks. It’s like feminism never happened. They sell weight loss pills and are thinking about…

I think this is an awesome and hilarious way to counter the emotionally manipulative marketing of the pro-forced-birth crowd. It disempowers what is supposed to induce guilt and makes it an object of mockery. People say feminists have no sense of humor. I disagree. We have the most fucked up sense of humor.