Prominent bioethicist*Daniel Callahan*says our current obesity issue*could be solved by*just trying a little harder to make overweight people feel bad about themselves. He calls this strategy "edgy." We call this strategy offensive and stupid. More »
Bioethicist Suggests More Fat-Shaming Will...
The Ontario Medical Association really, really wants to curb obesity*and discourage people from eating junk food. And although what they've come up with is pretty nauseating, we have to give them kudos: Instead of going the ever-popular fat-shaming route, they're taking cues from the arguably...
I was nervous for last night's Presidential debate. Partially because debates make me nervous in general...and partially because I was pretty sure that Twitter would become flooded with fat jokes about moderator Candy Crowley, who is a plus-size woman. And, sure enough, it did. Because heaven...
Because I was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, and because the woo-woo liberal arts college I attended didn't have a football team, the Oregon Ducks are my preferred college football team. But at their game against the University of Washington Huskies on Saturday night, I was...
By now you've almost certainly heard about Jennifer Livingston, the WKTB news anchor who responded to viewer Kenneth Krause, who wrote in to criticize her weight earlier this week. Her on-air defense of her weight (and ability to set a good example for her community, whatever her size) was...
The backlash to the backlash against Paula Deen has begun, with Deen supporters accusing Anthony Bourdain—and anyone else who questions Deen's ethics or antics—of being elitist, fat-shaming*and preachy. But elitism has nothing to do with it, and fat-shaming doesn't have to. Deen is a symbol of a...
What to do when you've got papparazzi photos of Hilary Duff grocery shopping in sweatpants while pregnant? Shame her for buying so much food, obviously! The Daily Mail routinely gives backhanded compliments to women, sending mixed messages about weight, aging and beauty, but today's article...
There is probably nothing that we hate more than fat-shaming (which is the major reason I don't watch The Biggest Loser). Not only is it humiliating to treat someone with such disrespect and try to shame them into losing weight, it doesn't work. And yet, some companies refuse to believe...