In order for men's mags to sell, Rosie O'Donnell is going to be the cover model for months June-December, while the rest of the year is just well lit pictures of delicious food.

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The French Parliament is on its way to passing an unprecedented bill that recommends fines and prison sentences for people — like proprietors of those hideous and sad "pro-ana" Web sites — who promote and encourage "extreme thinness." The sentiment behind the bill is valid — if you've ever visited one of these sites, which are basically dedicated to teaching teenage girls how to starve themselves, you'd agree that they're bad. But anorexia was thriving long before the internet came into existence and long before models and actresses started looking more like dental floss than humans. As an American and an editor of an opinion-based Web site, I have a hard time condoning the censorship and an even harder time understanding how it is even possible to legislate a thing like this. And while the bill seems to be geared toward pro-ana sites, the wording suggests that anyone, including people in the fashion industry, that promotes an unhealthy level of thinness applies. It's a fact that young women need better messages about body image from the media, I'm just not sure jail time is the way to make that happen.

Despite the fact that she headlines a questionable, self-indulgent talk show and a questionable, self-indulgent (but ultimately addictive) modeling competition, Tyra Banks has been named OK! magazine's woman of the year. And as much as I would like to shake some of ridiculousness out of this woman most of the time, you can't really deny that she does big things.

Of course, she discusses her controversial curvaceousness in the OK! story.

“I love my curves," Tyra tells OK!. "I’ve made millions of dollars with this body.”

And Tyra says that the media is responsible for the body-image issues facing women today. "An average American woman is size 12 or 14," she explains to OK!. "So if I look like a 10 or 12 in a picture and someone says I look disgusting, are they saying the majority of America is disgusting? That made me really upset, and that’s why I decided to fight back."

It sounds like she gave this interview before Janice Dickinson went on her "Tyra is fat, but not in a bad way" tour.