October 2011
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You care more about your health and well-being...
I’ll re-iterate, you can almost certainly guarantee that each and every individual cares more about their well-being and health than any other person, unless there’s something very very wrong in which case blundering shamateurism is unlikely to be the answer.
Whenever anyone starts off claiming to care more about your health than you do, they are likely to be deluding themselves and...
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“By the way, you don’t have to “love your body”, just try to...”
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look and be amazed: Body Acceptance →
sonilovedyou:
Let me start by saying that I am a 5’4”, 20 year old girl, who currently weighs in at 284 lbs. I am considered morbidly obese and am pre-diabetic. That is the perspective I am writing from.
Recently I have been struggling with loving and accepting my body, so I sought out the Tumblr Fat…
Honestly is it me or what’s with the low quality of some of those posting in so...
mothsinamoshpit:
basically:
i am fat
i have been exposed to fat acceptance stuff
i still hate being fat and think that i am gross
therefore, they clearly aren’t doing it right
You may have somewhat of a point, but in the end you have to be ready to stop hating your(fat)self. Some people think their way out of it, but many have to be thoroughly exhausted with self hatred to their very...
leonine antiheroine: Kirkland's Heroes: Betty Boo →
kirklandciccone:
Betty Boo is one of the greatest pop geniuses ever produced in Britain. Born Alison Clarkson, she transformed herself into Betty Boo, a postmodern pop goddess. Her debut album Boomania started off as demos produced in her own bedroom and her partnership with The…
I <3 Betty Boo.
Not Right As Rain: I am so sick and tired of... →
heylookitsjon:
I am so sick and tired of people telling me that if I just were more confident, people would find me attractive.
It completely ignores that fact that society, as a whole, takes one look at my fat body and immediately makes assumptions about me. About my eating habits, about my hygiene, and about…
It is frustrating to be told something you feel you can’t, but...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai comes out in favor of gay... →
rudolove:
Zimbabwe’s beleaguered gays got a boost from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who reversed his position and voiced his support for gay rights.
Gay rights should be enshrined in a new constitution for Zimbabwe, said Tsvangirai, in an interview with the BBC. He said that gay rights are a “human right” that conservative Zimbabweans should respect.
Last year, Tsvangirai joined President...
Rules of a Whiteness-Free Discussion.
darkjez:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Based on today’s events, I’ve concluded that the guidelines that have been set out in your basic social justice 101 are indeed set in whiteness and leave little to no room for non-whiteness based discussion. I’ve constructed a list that amends a lot of the principles to be a little bit more open. The truth that is really meant to be conveyed here is that good...
"Why a personal trainer is making himself obese…... →
brinaelegiraffe:
I can’t even.
This makes me laugh. Here’s someone who’s chosen to get fat of his own volition and has ‘admitted’ that yet has not been roundly abused and torn to shreds by the usual chorus of fat hating. Indeed, he’s been praised for trying to understand poor fatz (((SOB))).
If he wanted the full fat experience he should be roundly abused,...
Dear Doctors, Quit It With the Weight Bullying →
cupcakes-for-breakfast:
I feel that this is an honest, insightful article. TW for the comments - there is some concern trolling (*deep sigh*).
Too right! And also, stop justifying it on the grounds that you “care”, no you do not if you turn a “consultation” into a dictation, a rant, a sermon, or spittle generating invective. Some of us have actually been lucky enough...
Gotta love when people post really nasty rants... →
hystericallyyours:
It’s so utterly unnecessary.
Your gross generalizations of the FA movement, excessive use of capslock, and repeated use of the phrase “fat pigs” and “fucking cunts” leads me to believe that, while you may be ~slim~ on the outside, you are quite vile and uneducated on the inside. And honestly? I’d rather be fat, thanks.
Ha, ha, I’m mostly oblivious because I just...
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The Curvy Nerd: Comment fail: wherein I try not to... →
curvynerd:
I usually don’t comment on Gawker (or even Jezebel), as I don’t like getting drawn into fights. Instead, one of my favorite past times is watching OTHER people getting drawn into fights. There are some epic threads that make for good reading.
But yesterday, on a post about a man who opened up a…
I like that the comments thus far, didn’t seem to pay much attention to...
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“I just simply can’t understand this fat acceptance movement thingy. Since when...”
– 4chan.org/fit/
This is hilarious.
(via swanson-goldwater-rand)
I just simply can’t understand this fat acceptance movement thingy.
No truer words have been spoken, hurrah for self awareness! Unfortunately, it keeps going from there as if “not understanding” something is the same as...
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Today, I saw the parallels between "dieting" and...
theorangemage:
Similar ideas. One is about changing your habits in order to change your body. One is about changing your habits (and thoughts) to change your mind. Both are often very long-term struggles, and from where I’m sitting the success rates on them are about the same.
Bleh. I figure I’ll get hate for this post, but whatever. Thought I’d throw out that brain fart of a thought.
One is...
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whatevs: Sometimes tumblr bums me out because of... →
nopockyforkami:
Sometimes tumblr bums me out because of the intersection of two incredibly important parts of my personality.
Fatness and Veganism.
I’m fat. I come from fat stock. I am, most of the time, comfortable with my body. Even when I talk about losing weight, it’s not to obtain a weight that society…
Critical analysis of where one’s food comes from does not necessarily...
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Captain Porkerella Takes On The World!: Whale or... →
captainporkerella:
Recently, in a large French city, a poster featuring a young,thin and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym.
It said: “THIS SUMMER DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR A WHALE?”
A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded…
This is great! I never feel insulted to be compared to whales, they have such...
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leonine antiheroine: The List: Thick, Chubby,... →
nuestrahermana:
Now, I know you are tired of searching endlessly for WOC thick, chubby, plus-size, fat fashion blogs.
After much, much, much research (did I mention it was a lot of research?)… here it is! Feel free to reblog. These are mostly WOC blogs but *three* are on here because they…
Excellent.
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There has been no real 'obesity' debate
The misnamed ‘obesity debate’ refers to those who already agree that fatness must be stopped through punishment. ‘Debate’ in this instance means talking about how bad fatness is and how much/ what kind of punishment fat people should be subject to.
The use of this term is an attempt to turn these punitive urges into the appearance of rational empiricism. The conviction is in place, reality...
