Weight Loss, Denial, and Body Image

(This is an edited version of a post I put on my personal blog last week.  So some of you have already seen this.  So my apologies to those that have already seen this, but I DID warn you it was going to be showing up here!!!    )
I’ve lost weight.
I don’t know [...]

The girl on the street.

While walking down Fawcett Street Friday, I saw her.  I’d say she was in her late teens/early twenties.  Way on the small end of fat, she looked cute.  Black jeans that fit her perfectly, the most adorable black & white striped (horizontal stripes!!!) top, and a bright red jacket.
But it wasn’t her clothing that drew [...]

Stephen Fry, HIV, and Bipolar Disorder

I would like to preface this by saying that I realize that some of this may not be “news” to some people. I purposely stay away from the news as much as possible. Honestly? It’s because I’m depressed enough as it is and I don’t need more to bring me down. [...]

How did I become a feminist without knowing it?

Answer: I was raised by my grandmother.
I started thinking about this after reading a post that The Rotund has up on her LiveJournal*, dealing with a blatantly sexist comment.
Here’s the part of my comment that really got me thinking:
But then, I was raised to believe that I was just as good as any man. I [...]

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 [...]

Fat Positive thoughts in the oddest places.

I just got on the desktop computer* and opened up a webpage, which is set to iGoogle under my username.  I have it set to “random themes” and I get a different one every day.  This is one part of what came up today.
At first, I just looked at the colors and thought “oooh!  I [...]

Fat Family: an Observation

Yesterday was my best friend’s (May) daughter’s (Hayley) birthday.  As I’ve said before, my best friend and her family are like my own second family.  And apparently the feeling is mutual, because Charlene (May’s 2nd daughter) said practically the same thing to me the other night.
While we were all out together, we ran into [...]

In which I might get a bit rambly…

I’ve been kind of… “out of it”… mentally the last couple of days.  I’ve been reading, but I’m having a hard time really gathering my thoughts in a coherent manner.  I’m going to give it a shot, though.  But be warned: I might go off on a tangent.  It happens.
I keep going back and [...]

Being Part of the Team

I’ve been thinking about this since Friday night, when I realized I was on the fatosphere feed.
It was kind of funny… fatfu had emailed me to let me know that she had added me, and said to let her know if I didn’t want to be on it.  Of course I have absolutely NO [...]

Hatred

Hate (noun):
1) Intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility
2) the object of extreme aversion or hostility
There is an inordinant amount of hate trawling the internets at the moment. I’m sure most of you who read me know exactly what I’m talking about. I think other people have addressed that particular issue much better than [...]