Topic: Health

Gallery: Six Great Examples Of Concern Trolling From The New York Times‘ Comment Section

Gallery: Six Great Examples Of Concern Trolling From The New York Times' Comment Section
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Last week, The New York Times ran an article called “Female Stars Step Off The Scale” about how women who are not Hollywood skinny are increasingly being allowed to play roles other than “the fat, funny best friend” in movies and TV shows. SOUND THE ALARMS! Some people think the women profiled in the article (mainly Mindy Kaling and Lena Dunham) are not fat enough for it to constitute progress, while others think writers are still placing too much emphasis on fat women’s bodies plotwise, despite the wider range of roles that are now available to “overweight” women. (I’m including women who are overweight by Hollywood standards, as well as women who are actually fat here.) But what do the people who comment on New York Times articles think?

Well, as it turns out, many of them think that allowing non-skinny women to play human beings instead of walking stereotypes is contributing to the widespread idea that being obese is cool, sexy, and great for your health! Read on for some serious concern trolling, plus a few comments that give me faith in humanity. More »

Does Size Matter? Science Concludes Yes, Mostly. Probably.

Does Size Matter? Science Concludes Yes, Mostly. Probably.

Because man’s existential agony is bottomless, the world will always be obsessed with penises and their various sizes. Though some would be happy to leave it at that cold comfort “motion of the ocean” what have you, plenty more would like to be validated and further encouraged to store boxes of Magnums in aggressively conspicuous places around their college dormitories. More »

Big Girl Badge: I Started Drinking Water

Big Girl Badge: I Started Drinking Water

I’m pretty sure I went through 23 years of life fairly-to-dangerously dehydrated. I don’t remember a time in my life – aside from doing sports in high school – that I willingly drank water. I’m not counting sitting at a restaurant waiting for my Diet Coke to arrive, buying the occasional bottle while running errands, or nursing some kind of illness (*coughhangovercough*). I’m talking about being well-aware of my daily hydration and actively contributing to it. More »

Give Up Your Boring Work-Out Routine And Try…Trapeze!

Give Up Your Boring Work-Out Routine And Try...Trapeze!

Sick of jogging in a stale, sweaty gym trying to figure out just what the hell is happening on the Days Of Our Lives rerun playing on the old TV? Done with staring at the toned spandex asses in your face at yoga, while you try to “breath through it”? Have you started imagining you palates instructor as an alien just to not be so bored? This sounds like a bad infomercial for a magical weight loss drug but really, exercising can actually be interesting and FUN! Like being in the circus fun!
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This Is Why We Need Planned Parenthood

This Is Why We Need Planned Parenthood

Last year, the Texan legislature slashed family-planning funding from $111.5 million to $37.9 million. These cuts deeply impacted Planned Parenthood clinics. Defenders of the cuts claim that women have many other options, and don’t require Planned Parenthood clinics (despite the fact that Texas has the highest rate of uninsured women in the country). RealityCheck reporter Andrea Grimes made some calls to see what other options Texan women have, and she will explain it better than I can. More »

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