I’m not sure where you’re seeing that because what I see is activists challenging the idea that a fat person de facto has these conditions and the idea that it’s thin people’s duty to inform fat people strangers about the “dangers” of their own bodies.

I’d love to encourage her to channel that energy to volunteering for Habitat or some other organization. Her skills would be better appreciated there, than by the area building department who have no permits on record.

The biggest issue a lot of the “experts” seem to have with her is that she is not a formally educated “expert.”

Credentials typically exist for a reason beyond snob-vs-slob gatekeeping. I would 1000% want and expect a neighbor to be credentialed and have the appropriate clearances before digging a giant pit next door. This isn’t someone being uptight about a few pink flamingos in the yard or a garishly pained mailbox; there’s…

So glad to see this place is back! For me, it was just the right combination of sex/celebrity/politics to keep me informed without hitting 17 different American sites. I didn’t realize how much I relied upon it until it went away. (Hmmm...someone should make a song about that.)

I have read Jezebel without chiming in (aka lurking, I suppose) for years, and found myself genuinely sad when it closed down. Very glad to see you back, so I will leave my first comment to celebrate!

YAAAAAS!

Two days after my Mom passed away, I read the announcement that Jezebel was shut down. It was the the emptiest week of my life. I’m so glad you’re back.

Respectfully, fuck off with this take. Riding coattails? There are lots of legit criticisms you can make about Nancy Pelosi and lots of real reasons for her to retire. And I know most people don’t pay attention to the inside baseball stuff that happens in Congress, but who the fuck do you think was actually doing the…

I agree that there should be an overall generational shift to younger representatives, but I’m not going to suggest that one of the most effective politicians of our time (especially as a defense against the last administration) should step down.   Overall, her removal would be a net loss to Congress.  She would be…

Then you’re not against capital punishment. 

But moments later, Luke, who’d just gotten out of the jacuzzi, went into Margot’s room with only his towel on, removed it upon entering the room and got into bed with Margot fully naked, despite her being passed out. Immediately, producers intervened, turned on the lights and asked Luke to leave Margot’s bed. Trying…

Someone clearly destroyed one of his horcruxes.

You literally just publicly stated that you find her story to be suspicious.

I actually like it when a male artist doesn’t change the genders in a song he’s covering that was originally sung by a women. It displays a certain comfort with oneself. 

I think the fault lies with the practice of consulting family members of victims about sentencing in the first place. Family members of murder victims are the absolute, extreme opposite of unbiased or disinterested parties; so, for one thing they are simply incapable of making a reasoned recommendation. At the same…

but the two victims’ families arguing in favor of the death penalty can get fucked.

Thank you. The other side of this, as someone who has never been thin, despite wanting to be, and seeing this and feeling bad that I can’t do it. I have a friend who is about on par with Paltrow in her exercise and food. I know I don’t want to live that way, yet this societal pressure is so fucked that I still can’t…

I would NEVER be over it. NEVER. So you hang onto that as long as you need to. What a horrid woman. 

Long before I had any idea what an evil wingnut this woman was - my aunt gave me her diet book...