I hope it’s obvious why this piece of propaganda only seeks to promote hatred and divide us all. Anyone who promotes it as some kind of parsing tool is a hateful individual, regardless of what they say. In another age that would be obvious. But in this era of doublespeak and baloney surrounding these issues, [...]
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I’ve been listening to the Good/Bad fattie debate with a bit of detachment. I haven’t thrown my hat into the ring yet, since I feel the Good/Bad division is a historically natural human response, a sort of boundary/structure-seeking inherent in finding one’s place within a group. Perhaps my detachment comes from not feeling any need [...]
Posted by bigliberty on March 20, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/03/20/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
BeingGirl: For girls, by liars
This morning, Harriet Brown had a wonderful post to which I felt compelled to respond upon a bit more digging. “BeingGirl: For girls, by girls,” a site hosted by Proctor & Gamble, is one of those places that draws in teenage girls with cutesy graphics and shitty writing (by the staff), and better writing which [...]
Posted by bigliberty on March 15, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/03/15/beinggirl-for-girls-by-liars/
Dangerous Waters 2: “Fat kids = child abuse”
“Dangerous Waters” is a series whereby I take the “pulse” of sentiment on fat issues, and report those comments/articles/sites/etc that I feel to be physically harmful to fat people. For the first installment in this series, please see Dangerous Waters – Part 1. In honor of Sandy Szwarc’s latest post titled Fat children and the [...]
Posted by bigliberty on March 5, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/03/05/dangerous-waters-2-fat-kids-child-abuse/
Dangerous Waters – Part 1
Sometimes the hate is so virulent, it very much takes my breath away. I get scared, thinking of not only my safety, but the safety of my fat compatriots, and my future likely fat children. These are examples where people hate fat people so much (for often different reasons, or no reason at all) they [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 26, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/26/dangerous-waters/
Fat Discrimination Inevitable in the Next Presidency
As a disclaimer: I identify with, most closely, the libertarian party (see my post on FA and libertarianism). Logically, I would not be supporting any of the current candidates for the presidency based on my views; each of them hold some kind of deal-breaking beliefs which makes it impossible for me to rubber-stamp them in. [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 26, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/26/fat-discrimination-inevitable-in-the-next-presidency/
Getting Married? How Are You Planning to Lose Weight Before Your Big Day? – Part 1
I got engaged this Christmas, and I’m fat. You might wonder what the connection is (beyond a trollish, “Heh, you mean fattie mcfatfat actually got a MAN NO WAY!!”). But as anyone who has entered this phase in her life and as much glanced at bridal magazines on the rack would know, there’s significant pressure [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 11, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/11/getting-married-how-are-you-planning-to-lose-weight-before-your-big-day-part-1/
The Need for Unity in the Fat Acceptance Movement
I suppose many of you are scratching your heads, asking, “What unity? We’ve got unity. Fat crosses every line – gender, religious, party, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, age.” A true observation, and an important one. However, are we, as a movement, crossing every line? I hope you agree that it is necessary to have as many [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 7, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/07/the-need-for-unity-in-the-fat-acceptance-movement/
Kids being malnourished in Florida schools
A post concerning this article, posted on JunkFood Science: Brain food for kids: Having enough to eat Efforts to address childhood obesity by lowering fat and calories in school lunch programs are having unintended consequences. A nutrition audit of school children in Florida found that growing youngsters were being underfed and short on vital calories. [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 3, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/03/kids-being-malnourished-in-florida-schools/
“Lock-in” the Fatty Fat Fats
I have been reading the article on Junkfood Science here: Children hungry to lose weight One of the recommendations of “Hungry for Success” is so-called “lock-ins” of high school students during lunch-time, so they can’t leave the campus (and get that fatty fat fat McDonald’s food which is obviously CAUZING TEH FATZ THINK CHILDREN OMG). [...]
Posted by bigliberty on January 30, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/01/30/lock-in-the-fatty-fat-fats/
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