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Read more: Cool Video on Weight Bigotry
Cool Video on Weight Bigotry
5 comments on Cool Video on Weight BigotryTo quote SikaResult in the video: “I am healthy, but not thin.” Note the images she chooses and how most of the video shows her exercising.
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Read more: Just A Rhetorical Question
Just A Rhetorical Question
I had my first period when I was 10. I’m 46 years old. WHY aren’t I done yet???
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Read more: Things to Read
Things to Read
The first thing that makes me wonder about the supposed “skill gap” is that, when pressed for more evidence, roughly 10% of employers admit that the problem is really that the candidates they want won’t accept the positions at the wage level being offered. That’s not a skill shortage, it’s simply being unwilling to pay the going price. — Peter Cappelli I’ve noticed a tendency to want…
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Read more: Soda Ban?
Soda Ban?
I’m sorry if this offends anyone, but I don’t necessarily care about New York’s proposal to ban larger-than-16oz-sugary-sodas. Partly it’s because I’m not affected; I live in Seattle and haven’t even sampled non-diet pop* in years. I am skeptical that it would make fat people thin, naturally, but I think it would be more likely to affect the budgets of folks who are grabbing lunch or dinner…
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Read more: QOTD: Health
QOTD: Health
The debate about what exactly health means goes back to ancient Greece. Does health just mean living a long time? Does it mean feeling strong? Are athletes the epitomy of health? In fact, athletes suffer more injuries and illnesses than the rest of the population because they push themselves so hard. So who represents health? What about spiritual health? Ethical health? It’s amazing how much we project onto body type these…
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Read more: Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
Because it can be helpful to think about what’s going right. 1) My carpool. 2) Converting a favorite out-of-print exercise tape to DVD. 3) Allergies doing better. 4) The last book of Mira Grant’s trilogy is out and I loved so much of it. (The titles, in order, are Feed, Deadline, and Blackout. Do read in order.) 5) My boss is pleased with my work. This makes…
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Read more: Things to read
Things to read
From Jezebel’s Work-Life Balance Isn’t Just for Moms: The basic point of all of this is that whether you have kids, have a partner but no kids, or are living alone, working too much sucks. It’s no way to live, and we’re not dummies. So at some point, most of us realize that we’d rather do something that allows us to actually have a life, rather than commit…
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Read more: What does it say about our society
What does it say about our society
… that my reaction to feeling low-energy and blah in the morning is “drink coffee” not “eat breakfast”? (And yes, I spent my teen years either on a weight-loss diet or expected to be on a weight-loss diet.)
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Read more: A Periodic Welcome Post
A Periodic Welcome Post
I thought it might be helpful to fill in any new folks. What’s this blog? I started this blog to have a place to talk about fat acceptance and how my life is and isn’t affected by being very fat. Do you really weigh 400lbs? Pretty much, give or take 5%. Do you look like the really fat people used to illustrate stories about overweight folks? Yes,…
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