我童年的大部分时间，十几岁的时候，还有二十多岁的时候都超重了。 Despite 减重65磅 while in 大学, I continue to struggle with my weight and body acceptance issues on a daily basis.

在被同龄人评判为胖之后，我知道严厉的话语、沉默的凝视和小声的窃笑所带来的极度痛苦和折磨，所以我养成了在谈到别人的体重时缄口不言的习惯。

So, was I offended this week when I read Maura 凯利’s blog post (that ignited a firestorm) 为 美丽佳人 “Should “Fatties” Get a Room? （甚至在电视上？）?” Nope. 我同意她的观点吗？ 一点也不。

As of this writing, 凯利’s post has over 2,500 comments, hundreds of bloggers have written about her and the 今日秀 did a segment on the post (according to the show, both 凯利 and 美丽佳人 Editor-in-Chief 乔安娜·科尔斯 declined to appear on the program).

Editors at 美丽佳人 have provided 凯利 with a plat为m to engage readers, be snarky and draw visitors to the site, day after day. 她做得很好。 Just about the entire Internet is talking about her and 美丽佳人 was a trending topic on 推特.

I was surprised to hear that Coles and 凯利 turned down an appearance on the 今日秀. Both had released statements about the controversial post – why not take the opportunity to further explain what 美丽佳人 was trying to achieve with the piece that was sure to upset its primarily female audience. The biggest question I have is why did an editor assign a story about a television show to a writer who, according to 凯利’s post a) is “not much of a TV person” and b) never saw the CBS sitcom 迈克和莫莉? 比起凯利关于超重人士亲吻或观看“一个非常非常胖的人在房间里走动”的问题，我更想知道这本杂志的新闻诚信。

I’m glad 美丽佳人 is willing to publish controversial articles and doesn’t feel the need to overly censor its writers. I support 凯利 and her right to voice her opinion under the 第一修正案。 就我个人而言，我宁愿不同意别人的观点，也不愿听不到他或她的观点。

对于所有被凯利的帖子冒犯的人，请记住：“当人们攻击你时，你必须记住，别人对你的评价与他们的关系比与你的关系大得多。” – Hillary Rodham Clinton (Thanks to my colleague Lisa 为 posting this quote on 她的Facebook page.)