What *I* want for Fat Acceptance.

Quite a few blog posts have had me thinking about this.  One of which I have to admit, I sparked.  And because we’re not a monolithic group, because we’re made up of many different people from many different walks of life who have many different personal goals regarding FA, I decided I needed to be [...]

Mother, you’re breaking your Daughter’s heart.

I wasn’t sure how I wanted to write this.  I knew I wanted to write about it, from the moment I had this conversation with her, but I just didn’t know how to approach it.  I’ve decided to make it an open letter to my mother.
Mother,
My heart is breaking for you.  This year has been [...]

Want to preach FA? Get drunk!

I’ll give you a minute to stop laughing….
Done?
Okay then.
Here’s the thing: as I said in the comments on my last post, I’m not very good at articulating my FA stance to people I know and love, let alone total strangers.  Hubby is the only one that really knows how involved I am in FA, and [...]

Internalized Fat Hatred Right In Your Face

Number One Daughter had a doctor’s appointment today, with her specialist.  Dr. Specialist comes to the school and takes over the nurse’s office for the day and sees the patients there – all the parents have to do is come to school.  I tell you, this is a lot easier than having to keep a [...]

Fatphobia Scarily Close to Home

As Sandy reported last night, Gateshead City Council is joining the Fatphobia Brigade and thinking up the most ridiculous measures they can think of to fight OMG TEH FATZ!!!11!!!ELEVENTY-ONE!!. I’ll get to what I think about that in a moment.
But what really scares me?  Gateshead is the next city over from me.  Yup – I [...]

I need some help brainstorming.

The thing that I was hoping to avoid happened yesterday.  The Little Helper came to me and announced that she was going to Fitness Friday* to exercise to get rid of her belly.  “I have 3 weeks** to get rid of this,” she said, grabbing the puppy fat she has around her belly.
I was horrified.
I [...]

On Comparisons and Food

I found myself quite busy last night, due mainly to it being that time of the month.  I was feeling like shit much of yesterday, and spent most of the morning sitting on the couch doubled over in pain.  By mid-afternoon I was feeling much better, so I ended up doing all my chores late, [...]

Observations

It’s strange how something can be all around you but you don’t really notice it until somebody points it out to you.
For example, I’d never heard of the band Stereophonics before my Hubby downloaded a bunch of their albums a few years ago, and I “stole” them to take to work with me.  All of [...]

Now HERE’S an eating disorder in the making….

Note: I copied this verbatim from the current magazine.  It’s a British publication, so if you’ve never heard of it, don’t worry.  It’s a “real-life” magazine, not a tabloid or anything like that.  They pay “real” people for their stories and publish them, usually for a small fee (£500 per story is about the average).
Stop [...]