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• New Mom Dropped By Insurer For Being Slightly Overweight

  The insurance company worried that it would have to take care of children like the ones picture above, based on no evidence other than the mother they were carrying tipped the scales at over 200 pounds. Anna Holten is a 26-year-old Swedish woman. She stands at about 5' 4" (169cm) and weighs about 220 pounds (100 kg), giving her a BMI of 35. Apparently, this was too much for her insurance company, which dropped her to great public controversy... Read More... Posted May 14 2009, 12:04 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: sweden, pregnancy, insurance, weight gain, swedish, fat people, giving birth, overweight, body image, body issues, mother

• Sloppy Seconds: RNC Chair Tells Critics to "Stuff It"

  We stopped liking theater pretty much after we had that terrible drama mask tattoo covered with something else, but we're intrigued by "In the Next Room (Or the Vibrator Play." [NYT] Robert De Niro and Van Morrison will be among Jimmy Fallon's first guests when he takes over "Late Night." [Yahoo!] Lisa Rinna made a point of not hitting the gym before her Playboy shoot. [People] Read More... Posted Feb 19 2009, 06:44 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: new york times, richard simmons, sloppy seconds, tattoos, photos, playboy, Jessica Simpson, pictures, late night, theater, naked, robert de niro, weight gain, weight loss, images, Jimmy Fallon, nekkid, rnc, weight, suck it, lisa rinna, 2009, snuggie, republican national convention, snuggie pub crawl, michael steele, late night with jimmy fallon, in the next room, but can you drink in a snuggie, van morrison, february 19, lick it and suck it, in the next room (or the vibrator play), republican party, insecurity, stuff it

• Mike Tyson's Pork-Out

  Mike Tyson's tribal face tattoo was distracting back when he had a ripped body, which he no longer does... Read More... Posted Dec 16 2008, 03:46 PM by Colleen Kane with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: weight gain, mike tyson, face tattoo

• McCain Blogette: Hot or Not?

  John McCain's blond blogger daughter, Meghan, is under tremendous pressure from her readers (and apparently the public at large, no pun intended) to shed a few pounds, Nicole Richie style. Read More... Posted Mar 12 2008, 01:00 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: blonde, republicans, GOP, nicole richie, john McCain, elections, blogette, weight gain, meghan mccain

• Dolly Parton In Weight Gain Scandal

  After years of gaining and losing weight at a wilder rate than Jared from Subway, Dolly Parton has agreed to cease and desist and simply let the pounds pile on. Read More... Posted Mar 05 2008, 01:00 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: Dolly Parton, celebrities, weight gain, starpulse, weight loss