...are people really surprised by this? it's a weight-loss competition reality tv show. what else did everyone expect? as a nation and as a world, we have a sick, sick fetishization with shedding fat and with fat in general. add to that the competitive, strategic, all-in elements of game playing and poof...disorders…

me too!!!

this is such a disgusting misuse of the intention of malas. ugh i fucking hate this company. hate.

this is one of my greatest irrational fears. i wanted it to stay irrational. WHY YOU DO THIS TO MEEEEE

am i the only one who doesn't think this is that disgusting????

eh, i'm not really a wild and out person but i do have one kind-of-but-kind-of-not crazy story.

this response is the best. agreed!!!

YES. this is what i am saying too. she's a waste of breath. there is so much more to focus out attention and energy on. this is a drain.

aren't there far more important people in the world to publicly crucify? this seems like an awful waste of time. she might suck, and might be an idiot, but there are far worse sucky idiots out there deserving of attention.

i don't think you're over thinking and i don't think you are being paranoid. thank you for this beautiful piece. this is the dialogue i want to have. i don't want to be rewarded. i want change, i want progress, and i want an education. this is why these discussions are important. remove the personal attachment, remove…

that last one made me feel things. i'm glad i'm not the only butt person around here.

that's not true.

jasmine is my favorite girl. my favorite girl, in the whole wide world.

OMG WHAT IS THIS

we SHOULD be embarrassed. we SHOULD feel less than awesome. we should be evaluating our government and its agencies. we should investigate, ask, prod, poke, and demand. if our government is supposed to be a representation, it is our duty to know the details. to not be informed is to be willingly and woefully ignorant.…

i know you said this is in detroit, and i'm pretty sure you were hinting at this, but i couldn't survive off of $15/hr here in SF. i'm barely scraping it together and i get paid $13/hr at my full time job. i work another job once a week that helps. most of my friends are in that situation, too. new york has got to be…

i'm just regular zoe, no y, no dots. when people call me 'zoh' i'm like wait, who do you know that has named their child zoh? and furthermore, haven't you seen the name zoe pasted a million times everywhere now since it's so popular? -_______- still, i like just the 'e'. i'm zoe, with no frills ;)

those are great names!

what are their names :)?

i'm really sad :( my name is now in the top ten list. when i was a kid i only ever met dogs named zoe. it was rare to meet a human zoe. now i hear my name called all the time only to turn around and see a toddler walking to its parent. all the sadz