From one of the most fashionable places on earth - thin is most definitely "out"

Check out this New York Times article:

INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | April 16, 2008
French Bill Takes Chic Out of Being Too Thin
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
French legislators adopted a pioneering law Tuesday aimed at stifling a proliferation of Web sites that promote eating disorders with “thinspiration” and starvation tips.

This follows a weight minimum decree from the Spanish fashion industry last year and Miss London being told to gain some weight before she returns to the arena. It's when I hear things like this that I'm hopeful that all our small efforts or individual voices really are coming together for healthy change. Of course, what about freedom of speech? I'm usually vehemently against censorship and governments meddling with an open internet, but I think I have to admit that in this case, I'm glad that a serious forum (that neither disease-ifies nor glamourizes eating disorders as often happens) has publicly recognized the dangers of these "thinspired" communities.

Fox News is So Not Funny

I was really hoping this offensive newscast from Fox was a Comedy Central sketch, but alas, I think it's real.

Feministing.com writes:
Regarding the actual story, it looks like the nurses are rightfully pressing charges against the clinic. The Chair of the Nurses Working Committee said, "We feel like ornaments in the skirts. We don't have freedom of movement and can't bend over to tend to patients. We are made to expose our bodies to do our work."