Bryn Mawr Health Center Helpfully Emails Students Weight Loss Tips

The private women's college Bryn Mawr emailed a group of students late last week encouraging them to join the new school-sponsored weight loss program. Students received the email based on their elevated body mass index, data that was mined from their medical records collected by the college's Health Center.
Colleen McCullough Obit Leads by Calling Her 'Plain' and 'Overweight'
Here's how one Australian paper began its obit for a beloved author: "Colleen McCullough, Australia's bestselling author, was a charmer. Plain of feature, and certainly overweight, she was, nevertheless a woman of wit and warmth. In one interview, she said: 'I've never been into clothes or figure and the interesting…
Duh: Dr. Oz's Magic Diet Pills Don't Work
I don't want to alarm anyone, but the medical advice dispensed from Dr. Oz miiiiight not be totally valid. It's no secret that scientists and medical professionals think Dr. Oz is a quack who only cares about ratings, and now that the Federal Trade Commission has called bullshit on a weight loss supplement hawked by…
Hot Damn, Target Is Launching a Plus-Size Line That Might Be Fantastic
Well, well, well—I guess Target wasn't totally full of shit when they pinkie-promised that sharp new plus-size clothing was coming. Will wonders never cease?
Our Dumbest Diets: An Anonymous Jezebel Retrospective
It's January 2015—time to leave that holiday trend called "eating" behind and starve your tender, fragile bodies of nutrients. Oscar-winning director Lee Daniels is doing it! He's only eating carrots! He's ONLY EATING CARROTS. To honor this amazing decision, several Jezebel staffers have attempted to extract…
Your Cheap-Ass Gym Is Messing With Your Mind, Doesn't Want You Healthy
Most of us hate going to the gym. It's intimidating and, unless you're Hamilton Nolan, you don't even know how to use half the machines and weights. So when Planet Fitness showed up and started offering pizza nights and massage chairs, it all sounded great. But Planet Fitness doesn't really care about your fitness. In…
Never Ever Diet With Your Partner
True story: I am on a diet right now. Since September, I've lost about 40 pounds and am currently barreling my way to a size medium. I'm feeling pretty great. But, when I started, my partner said he'd change his habits with me and he hasn't had nearly as much success (SRY FOR THE CALL OUT). Why? Because, according to…
Miss America: Swimsuit Competition Let Her Show 'How Hard I’ve Worked'
Since winning the Miss America pageant, Kira Kazantsev has been on the road not denying getting kicked out of her sorority for hazing and visiting hospitals, Disney World, and Canada. She stopped by USA Today for an interview with Ann Oldenburg, where she chatted about Kim Kardashian's Paper cover (because apparently…
Internet Mad That Plus-Sized Model Isn't Really Plus-Sized
Late last week, Elle profiled Myla Dalbesio, a model who—along with Jourdan Dunn, Amanda Wellsh, Ji Hye Park and Lara Stone—appears in Calvin Klein's new "Perfectly Fit" campaign. Dalbesio, at size 10, is considered plus-sized in the modeling world, a fact that Elle mentioned both on Twitter and in the article. This…
Reader to Columnist: I Used to Want to Be With You But You're Fat Now
The best thing about working on the internet is the ease with which readers can get in touch with you. It's so nice to be privy to thoughts about your work and, more importantly, what you look like! At least, that's what Telegraph columnist Bryony Gordon learned (though not for the first time) when she received an…
Let's Nip This National Conversation About BBWs Right in the Bud
Good afternoon. I need a drink because Drake just dropped a verse about BBWs in the middle of "Only," Nicki Minaj's latest track.
Body-Positive 'Chubby' J-Pop Groups Will Eat Whatever They Want
Earlier this year, Chubbiness, an all-girl group consisting of girls bigger than your average Japanese starlet stormed the J-Pop scene. The Chubbiness girls love to talk (and eat) food and their favorite "chubby" body parts. They've been quite the sensation, and they're not the only puniko ("Marshmallow girl") group.
London Fashion Week Hosted a Big, Splashy Plus-Size Runway Show
Here's a milestone: This year's London Fashion Week included a real-deal plus-size runway show for the brand Evans. Which is even more remarkable when you consider they're the UK equivalent of Lane Bryant. Maybe the plus-size corporate motherships really are catching on!
'Fat Shaming' Doesn't Make People Lose Weight So Shut Your Piehole
You often see a refrain in the comments of posts about how maybe fat people are humans and don't deserve to be harassed or pestered or treated like lazy scum: "But if we're not mean, fatties will think it's ok to be fat! It's for their own good!" Well, guess what: treating people like shit doesn't actually make them…
