Some time back, Medium contributor @AnnLitts wrote a piece on the ongoing, lifetime battle with her last ten pounds (https://medium.com/@annlitts/ten-pounds-f02d047764a)
I was reminded of the brutal press coverage of singer Janet Jackson’s perpetual weight battle. At one point they were shaming her about her ten pounds, then it was 70. We always got big brag coverage when the bulge took a vacation. Then she was in hiding again…