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The Skinny Online | 21 hours ago by Lisa Sargese
“The worldmakes you intoa bitch, no matter how quietly you go,so you may as well gokicking and screaming.”- Roseanne"The Common Woman is roaring andthe force of her roarcannot be contained.She will expose the truthof the masters of war,andbring t read more
Fat Acceptance Vs. The Don't Kid Yourself Diet
Peculiar Beauty | October 7th 2008 by Bonnie Downing
Fat Acceptance is everywhere this week. The Times did a story and I keep running into responses. The movement asserts that fat doesn't necessarily mean unhealthy, that diet and exercise don't work for everyone, and that size is determined by genet read more
Jesus Thighs
The Skinny Online | October 4th 2008 by Lisa Sargese
"If you ask people what they want,they usually talk aboutwanting what they don't have, rather than what they already do have.They tend to ignoreand take for grantedwhat they already haveand enjoy,and only noticewhat is missing."- Richard Bandler"The read more
Does your brain tell you your bigger than you are?
Food Chains | September 26th 2008 by food chains
On perusing the internet I came across an interesting article which I think has huge implications for our body image and perception of ourselves. I was reading about the parietal lobe, which is a lobe in the brain that is responsible for integratin read more
People are saying NO to diets
Food Chains | September 21st 2008 by food chains
While I was reading big fat deal they had a wonderful blog posted from the New York Times on the Slow Food movement. Here are some exciting and interesting excerpts that are both encouraging and exciting. The market research firm NPD Group gets a g read more
Why we REALLY overeat
Food Chains | September 17th 2008 by food chains
This was the title on a mag in the supermarket called ‘healthy choice’. I personally am SO GLAD that they have finally figured it out. I mean to say why we REALLY overeat must mean that they have figured it out in contrast to every single read more
What part of fat acceptance don’t you understand!!!
Food Chains | September 16th 2008 by food chains
I have noticed that more and more lately I find myself under marketing attack by diet websites, nutrition websites and supplement websites. Ironically this is despite a blog I wrote called ‘why we should eat real foods and not supplements‘ read more
What is my sick fascination with weight loss TV shows
Food Chains | September 16th 2008 by food chains
So I think I am like one of these people that drives by car accidents and gets some sick pleasure by looking. Because every tuesday night there is this weight loss TV show called Down Size Me. Usual story - put them on a highly restrictive diet (they read more
we deserve the runway
The Skinny Online | September 12th 2008 by Lisa Sargese
"I think that whateversize or shape body you have,it's important to embrace itand get down!The female bodyis somethingthat's read more
Genetics Isn’t Destiny
Health habits | September 9th 2008 by DR
You’re 20 pounds overweight. You have been trying to lose that weight for years and years. Not matter how hard you try, the weight just won’t come off. Sound familiar? You bet. Maybe it’s your genetics? In the last few years, study read more
Our Safety Net
Everyone's Child | September 3rd 2008 by Krista Long
So today I took advantage of a program St. Mary's food bank offers (I sort of needed to). They offer the Food Value club:Are you finding your dollar doesn’t go as far at the grocery check-out? Have you found yourself in a difficult situation becau read more
All about me....
Back Across The Line | September 2nd 2008 by BamaGal
It's been awhile since i gave an update on what's been going on with me. Still dealing with the fibromyalgia pain, as well as osteoarthritis. Some days I feel a 100 years old. I had a lump removed from my breast---it was benign thank goodness. Saw my read more
Not all obese people are unhealthy, just most.
Improving Life | August 28th 2008 by Bently
Scanning through blog after blog, a common theme floods the month of August. Several entries appear to cite this article or some other article that follows the same story. I read through the article and the wording throughout struck me to be quite o read more
Weighing in on the Alabama Obesity Debate
Back Across The Line | August 27th 2008 by BamaGal
Here is a headline from Alabama in mid-July: Alabama Obesity Ranking (WBHM - NPR News and Classical Music) Montgomery -- Alabama has once again been ranked as one of the most obese states in the country. The latest survey from the Centers for Disea read more
Diversity of opinion
Fatadelic | August 25th 2008
Lindsay has a post up discussing the recent conflicts and power struggles in the fatosphere: There is one thing that FA blogs have in common across the board: we believe that it is wrong to mistreat someone because they are fat. That’s it. Diversit read more
Go read this now
Fatadelic | August 21st 2008
I know we all read the fatosphere feed, but there is such a high volume, it can be easy to miss stand out posts. And so, with this in mind: Bri has an absolutely brilliant post up at the moment examining models of illness in relation to fat. Definit read more
Fastest Man in the World
Health habits | August 18th 2008 by DR
For everybody who is: too tired to go to the gym or about to break their diet or blames their obesity on their genetics Watch THIS Now get outside and sprint some hills dammit!!! HIIT Program Design Ninja Warrior training Omega 3 Wonder Supplement read more
Hollywood to Declare War on Obesity
Health habits | August 16th 2008 by DR
By 2030, over 86% of Americans will be OBESE. And who’s to blame? HOLLYWOOD That’s right, I said it. Hollywood. And you thought that they were already doing their part to keep America trim by encouraging all of America’s young wo read more
Dangers of Fat Acceptance
Improving Life | August 11th 2008 by Bently
WordPress opens a world of discovery, the streams of passionate and knowledgeable writing flows endlessly. Amidst this river of ideas, being a strong proponent of health and well-being, I encountered several Fat Acceptance blogs under the health sect read more
5 Ways to Get Fit and Slim Fast
WamFitandWells Weblog | August 7th 2008 by Annie
Image via Wikipedia Good Post here by JC at the “Really Useful Fitness Blog” “5 Things Anyone Can do to Lose Fat and Get Fit Fast” 1. Energize Yourself Ways you can do this include getting enough sleep, eating lots of fresh ve read more
Oh, please no… my sides are splitting!
Fatadelic | August 5th 2008
The fat people, they cannot take a joke: Malaysian long-haul budget carrier AirAsia X on Tuesday denied it was considering charging passengers according to how much they weigh. An Australian executive with the airline had been quoted as telling a tra read more
Anthony Bourdain And Fat Hate
womanistmusings | August 2nd 2008 by Renee
Ok asshole, apparently you need to be told that fat hate simply isn't appropriate. I know that you are trying to uphold an aging rock star ultra laid back image, but expressing bigotry against people doesn't give you automatic entry into the & read more
Fat Acceptance & Domestic Violence
Barbara's Tchatzkahs | July 30th 2008 by Barbara
There is a pervasive way of thinking in our culture today that seeks to undermine women's fight for empowerment. Women are being attacked at every opportunity by messages designed to make them feel bad about themselves, in hopes that these women will read more
We’re back — with a mini book review
The-F-Word | July 28th 2008 by Rachel
The great outdoors can restore my inner sense of peace like nothing other, especially a place so beautiful as Hocking Hills. The husband and I had a fabulous trip, with many memories of our one-year anniversary — like the purple knee I’m read more
For Fat Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Pain Was Enuf
Raven's Wing Poetry | July 26th 2008 by Nicole Nicholson
This lune chain was written for Poefusion’s Friday Five. This week’s words: appearance, defect, trellis, youngster, laundry. The title was taken from Ntozake Shange’s play, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When T read more
Harambe = Coming Together as One
The Skinny Online | July 26th 2008 by Lisa Sargese
This angle?Or this angle?How about this angle?This angle (below)makes me look thinner and younger than I look in real lifeso this must be the angle. "I know everything about art.I just don't know what I like."- Harambe2Harambe2 made a comment on m read more
Re-visiting Average-sized Privilege
Fatadelic | July 23rd 2008
In 2003 Tish at Fat Shadow (one of my fat acceptance heroes from way back, who sadly hasn’t blogged for some time) posted an ‘Average-sized Privilege list’. I had which forgotten about this gem until ding at Bitch Ph.D. asked if s read more
Movie Review: “disFIGURED”
The-F-Word | July 23rd 2008 by Rachel
“disFIGURED” bills itself as a film about “women and weight,” but this is no chick flick of women bemoaning the sad, fat state of their thighs. Two women with overlapping insecurities – one is struggling with anorexia, the other with e read more
Fat People Need An Intervention
womanistmusings | July 18th 2008 by Renee
Last Sunday while flipping through the channels I came across the show Intervention on A&E. Every time I have seen this program it has been about people battling their addiction to drugs or alcohol. This past week the show was e read more
I am not Marilyn Wann
The-F-Word | July 13th 2008 by Rachel
I find it ironic that Chris Matyszczyk’s column over at CNET is titled ‘Technically Incorrect.’ Perhaps he should revise it to ‘Quotationally Incorrect.’ Matyszczyk quotes liberally in his entry here from a blog entry I read more
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