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Read more: Saturday Ramblings
Saturday Ramblings
1am is still Saturday if you haven’t gone to bed yet, right? Note to self: The expensive twice-daily asthma med works best if the evening dose is 12 hours after the morning dose, not 18 or 20. You carry it with you. Set an alarm on your phone & use it. Don’t just turn it off. Kath posted about a current fat acceptance tag on twitter, if you haven’t seen…
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Read more: Music Monday
Music Monday
Kathy Mar has been making folk and filk music longer than a lot of people have been around. She was a professional folksinger and street performer in Denver before she discovered filk, the music of science fiction & fantasy fandom. She’s gone on to record several filk albums and won awards in filk music. And yes, she is a woman of size. One of her songs from…
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Read more: QOTD: Workplace Wellness
QOTD: Workplace Wellness
Much criticism of “employer wellness programs” have been focused on privacy concerns and angering employees. But now we’re seeing more practical concerns (also known as “does this even work?”). Which leads me to this quote of the day, directed at CEOs: Suppose a vendor made you this proposal: “Pay us to take your employees off the job for medical tests that the government specifically says are unnecessary, and…
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Read more: Wednesday Trying to be Monday
Wednesday Trying to be Monday
Good: Wearing nifty IGIGI dress from Gwynnie Bee. Bad: Turned my left ankle and fell in my driveway this morning. Good: Ankle feels okay. Bad: Right hip & knee, which I actually fell on, are sore. Good: Hubby brushed off dress. Bad: Headache. Good: Five compliments on the dress at work today. And it has POCKETS. Uncertain: What does this say about my “normal” clothing? In other…
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Read more: N Things Make a Post
N Things Make a Post
Thanks to This Is Thin Privilege for the shout-out. Jeanette took on the “Obese women get only an hour of exercise a year” thing. …as did This is Thin Privilege. …as did Marilyn Wann and many commenters on Facebook (signin needed). On a personal note, my allergies are bothering me much less since Sunday. Why? I spent over 3 hours Saturday doing “soak, rinse, repeat until the water…
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Read more: Music Monday: “Shut Up, Men Are Talking”
Music Monday: “Shut Up, Men Are Talking”
To quote the artist, Brooke Abbey: I read this great article by Mary Beard: www.lrb.co.uk/2014/02/14/mary-beard/the-public-voice-of-women …and this fell out. We’re sick of your death threats And “We’re Not All Like That”s Make space at the table and open your ears Make space at the table and open your ears Full lyrics and download are at Brooke Abbey’s Bandcamp page.
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Read more: Tell Me Again How It’s “For My Own Good”
Tell Me Again How It’s “For My Own Good”
Lara Frater wrote about this and I wanted to boost the signal. The Rudd Center recently came out with a study (PDF link) showing that weight stigma affects the stress hormone cortisol. Exposure to weight-stigmatizing stimuli was associated with greater cortisol reactivity among lean and overweight women. These findings highlight the potentially harmful physiological consequences of exposure to weight stigma. It doesn’t require being fat to have this kind of reaction, by the…
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Read more: It Came From the Search Terms
It Came From the Search Terms
how does 400 pound have sex 400 pound what? If you mean £400 I’m not sure. blogs about being obese Hi! what to do super morbidly obese What do you want to do? what size is 6x plus Oh dear, plus size sizing is NOT for the weak. For example, I wear 5x at Making It Big, except when I wear a size 4x or a size 6x. I…
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