Slim 365 – Oprah used it, so should you!

You don’t lose weight, but you feel like shit.

On Diets

I’m writing this post in response to Meowser’s excellent post There Are Diets, And Then There Are DIETS. It was truly excellent, and made me start thinking about how my very unusual dietary requirements go practically counter to how fat people such as myself are often told they “should” eat. I have orthostatic hypotension, brachycardia, [...]

A short comment about comparing fat and racial prejudice

I’m reposting a short comment I made on Nati’s Plushus blog about comparing fat and racial prejudice. I’ve been silent on this a long time, because I spoke up long before I had really coherently put together my thoughts in a way that would most clearly represent what I had to say. Additionally, I’ve been [...]

How Dare You Be a FAT Girl Scout?

One of my most vivid anti-fat memories from childhood was the summer I attended a Girl Scouts day camp. It was my first camp experience, and it was filled with the smell of rotting pine needles (lovely), swimming in a warm forest lake (even lovelier), and learning how to build fires and recognize poisonous plants. [...]

Of Breasts and Money

Or, you know, health care. This was a comment I made on BL’s last post and she requested that I make it a stand-alone for further discussion. I was so flattered I did it immediately. Ok, I haven’t read all of this one yet (BL, you have a terrific talent for composing amazingly rich, thorough, [...]

Too Fat To Work – Send Money

There follows, in this article, after the picture, a bunch of names and weights, reducing these people to numbers and letters. Nevermind that. There follows a description of the horrid fatty foods they are forced to eat because they don’t know and can’t afford any better. Let me tell you, “Bacon Butties” sounds good, and [...]

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