I’m generally down with the message of self acceptance at the core of actress Jennifer Lawrence’s presentation to Yahoo employees, reported in this HuffPo post.

But to play off her phrasing, this is just dumb:

“You look how you look, you have to be comfortable. What are you going to do? Be hungry every single day to make other people happy? That's just dumb."

As if these are the only options? 

There’s a saying at the poker table that “cards speak.” Doesn’t matter what anyone thought was there; only the facts matter. I recalled the aphorism while reacting to this tiny tempest on HuffPost Women:

I saw this over at Dances With Fat, Ragen Chastain's blog, and am passing on.

At the Huffington Post, Kerry Trueman, co-founder of eatingliberally,org, asks Marion Nestle about why the food wars have become a red state/blue state issue.