Month: December 2010
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Dancing to “Baby Got Back”
From Ragan of Dances with Fat comes this competitive dance number set to Jonathon Coulton’s version of “Baby Got Back”: Whether you are going dancing tonight or not, I hope you enjoy the video. Best to all for a happy new year!
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Today on Twitter: Body Acceptance
I don’t plan to write a lot of posts about things I say on Twitter, because I figure if you want to read it you’ll read it on Twitter. But I have a couple today I’d like to share to a wider audience. Today, Polimicks (of http://www.polimicks.com/ and http://polimicks.livejournal.com) decided to tweet about body acceptance, using a…
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Things I Would Like To Not Care About
I would like to not worry about: Whether a medical professional will consider my symptoms before making a diagnosis. Whether a job interviewer will not hire me because I’m fat. Whether the friend talking about her diet is doing so as a way of passive-aggressively commenting on my body size, eating habits, or perceived dieting…
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Partridges and A Pear Tree
You may have to be a certain era (The Partridge Family) to get this, but from the computer of Alison Bechdel comes this little video.
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I seem to have a theme this week…
From the Vancouver BC Aquarium comes this video.
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Thoughts on the solstice
North star guide my love to me Through times spent in good company Smouldering eyes around the fire With stories tall and spirits higher … Stoke the fire up bright and strong Verse to verse and song to song The day grows shorter by the hour Close the circle Feel the power Winter solstice tends…
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Tweet Tweet Tweet
Yes, I’m now on Twitter. I’m tweeting about fat stuff and with fat people. I’m also currently participating in #MooreAndMe, though hopefully that will end soon. Also thanks to Twitter I discovered Sweet Machine has a blog. And a “Get Out Of Diet Free” card. …and yes, “tweet tweet tweet” started an earworm in my…
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Music Monday: Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime
Chiron Beta Prime was commissioned for a corporate Christmas card with a “futuristic theme”. Lyrics and a free MP3 are available. Here Jonathon Coulton performs the song live with help from Paul and Storm and a guest from the audience. (During concerts, victims volunteers from the audience come up to do one particular line…
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Thankful Thursday
I think it’s time to do this again. See, my job was eliminated. Not fun, but I’m at the stage now where I’m thankful it happened, because: 1) Much less stress. The old job was changing and had become a bad fit, and now it’s OVER. 2) I qualify for unemployment. 3) …also, we have…
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Quote of the Day: Healthcare Providers and Expectations
From an article on healthcare providers stigmatizing fat patients: Healthcare providers also need to readjust their expectations. Getting individuals who are obese down to a normal weight isn’t realistic: Research shows that most people can’t expect to lose more than 10% of their body weight and, more important, to maintain the weight loss over time.…
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“In My Day…”
Today’s Pickles is, of course, meant to be funny. But for me it dredges up memories of my mother’s anger whenever I didn’t “appreciate” anything to her satisfaction, from getting to go to school to having my own room* to crying because of an earache despite having actual medication for it. And my guilt over…
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Dancin’
In a recent Fatcast, Lesley mentioned visualizing the hippos and elephants dancing in Fantasia when she’s stressed. Which got it in my head. So now I’m sharing the visual with you. ;)
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Gowns and Gowns
A couple random thoughts: The hospital gowns at the doctor’s office are always too small. I know I could buy my own, but that seems like overkill. Today, though, I was just going in for a pap smear, so I wore a dress that could easily hiked up and just removed my panties and shoes.…
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Dieting Changes How Bodies React To Stress?
At least that’s what seems to happen in mice. As summarized in US News and World Report, Shaving calories triggers molecular changes in the brain that make mice more susceptible to stress and binge eating long after the diet ends, researchers report in the Dec. 1 Journal of Neuroscience. The finding could explain part of…
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Have Some Cute
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Virtual Window Shopping: Holiday Lingerie
[Looking at nifty supersize clothing, which is to say, clothing I can wear. Preferably modeled on actual fat people.] You guys. I cannot believe this. Lane Bryant has Santa-themed lingerie in my size. The bra? Comes in 36C to 44DDD, which, y’know, I’m wearing a 44DDD bra right now. The matching thong or skirt? 26-28,…
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