Jezebel: The Skinny

It's Like The Hills, But With More Jägermeister

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:00:00 EDT

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Rachel and Joanna are two girls from Orlando who want to work in fashion. They come to New York — the city where dreams are made! — to Run This Town and Learn Life's Hard Lessons. This is their story. More »

Nigella Lawson Feels Bad About Her Body

dodai — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:30:00 EST

Some people love food writer and TV host Nigella Lawson. She's bright, successful, forty-something, and loves food, unapologetically. But some people — who have been commenting on the BBC website — think the British star is a "porker" who sends the wrong message, reports The Times of London. "What sort of an example is she setting with her weight and her appetite for high-calorie sweets and cream?" one reader asks. Nigella tells Times writer Shane Watson: "Maybe I have put on weight, or maybe it's a bad camera angle. But in real life, this is normal size. Everyone is so critical. All must be sacrificed to the great god of skinny. You must say no to everything." Ms. Watson claims that the "god of skinny" has dethroned the "god of beauty." She writes, "Beauty without a slim body is now almost pointless." More »

Something's Wrong With The Body Mass Index

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EDT

If you've ever calculated your BMI (body mass index) and groaned at the category you found yourself in, you're not alone. And a post on the blog Feministe links to a collection of photos put together by a woman named Kate Harding. Harding asked friends — and any other women — to volunteer photographs, height and weight information. The result? Pictures that shock. Because a woman with what you might consider to be a "normal" body is, by BMI standards, "overweight." More »