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Read more: No, really?
No, really?
USA Today discovered that — guess what! — fat kids are more likely to be bullied. Researchers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor analyzed the bullying incidents of 821 children ages 8 to 11. The study, reported today online in Pediatrics, found that obese children were more likely to be bullied than normal-weight peers, regardless of gender, race, socioeconomic status, school demographic profile, social skills or academic achievement.…
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Read more: April Monthly Round-Up
April Monthly Round-Up
This is partly for me, and partly to show folks a little of what’s going on “behind the curtain”. :) Most popular posts written last month: Jamie Oliver’s “Food Revolution” Kraft Dinner Mix-Ins Weight loss math isn’t as simple as they thought Some May Be Thinner Than They Think! Things I don’t want to share… Taxes as a metaphor Sleep Eating and Fat Dissolvers Most discussed last…
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Read more: Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] This Thursday I’m especially thankful for: Interesting conversations about OA, trusting medical practitioners, and fat acceptance. Figuring out how to update a friend’s website despite no prior experience in the content management system it’s setup with or the language the site is using. Exercising regularly isn’t hurting. I realize this may be a factor of how I’m exercising (frequently small workouts and not pushing…
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Read more: Virtual Window Shopping: SWAK
Virtual Window Shopping: SWAK
[Virtual Window Shopping is looking at supersize / extended size clothing that I think is nifty. Preferably modeled by fat people.] Does the blue-and-white top at right look like a “crew neck” to you? Because — while I like the top, which is from Sealed With A Kiss Designs (SWAK for short) I gotta say that looks more like a scoop neck to me. I’m curious as to what…
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Read more: Music Monday
Music Monday
It’s Monday. I need something to help me re-adjust to work, and music usually fits the bill. Today is Avalon Rising performing Black Davie’s Ride. Left to right: Margaret Davis, Kristoph Klover, Scott Irwin, Cat Taylor, Mark Ungar. And yes, that’s a full harp Margaret is playing.
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Read more: Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] Things I am thankful for this week: Lesley of Fatshionista is in Newsweek, and it’s being read. Went to the Sounders game with the man of the house on Saturday, parked 1/2 mile from the stadium (cheaper parking) and had no problems with the walking. The game was fun, too! Survived a trip to the local REI for new walking shoes. (I’ve never…
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Read more: Things I don’t want to share…
Things I don’t want to share…
…I don’t want them to need sharing. I don’t want them to be real. But they are. Item: Man justifies murdering his wife, Maheshwari, because she was fat. Sadly, “bride-burning” — murdering a new wife because the dowry’s too small — is an all-too-common form of domestic violence in India. Item: Pheobe Prince killed herself because of bullies. Seanan McGuire speaks of her experience; so does Adrienne Jones.…
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Read more: Jamie Oliver’s “Food Revolution”
Jamie Oliver’s “Food Revolution”
I didn’t watch the show. I wasn’t going to blog about it, for one thing. But this article Arun Gupta wrote at Alternet is fascinating, digging into the various federal and state requirements for school lunches, how both policy and kids’ tastes encourages the use of processed foods … and here I am, blogging about it. That [Jamie Oliver] failed to meet the nutritional guidelines, went way…
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Read more: Wicked Girls Saving Ourselves
Wicked Girls Saving Ourselves
The phrase “wicked girls saving ourselves” was used in a pendant by Mia, who creates pendants as Chimera Fancies (among other things). Seanan McGuire, who is a bit of a polymath, turned this phrase into a song. Lyrics are here. Below she sings it at DucKon with help from Vixy & Tony, SJ Tucker, and Amy McNally. My initial reaction to this song was one of…
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