I’ve been tweeting up a storm this Mother’s Day morning, all on the #thingsfatpeoplearetold hashtag. Not about anything particularly new, or some fat-hating piece released this morning, but rather on the messages about fat motherhood and mothering fat children I’ve heard in some context or another during the past few years. Full disclosure: I’m not [...]
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On Mother’s Day 2011, Hate for Fat Moms in Abundance
Posted by bigliberty on May 8, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/05/08/on-mothers-day-2011-hate-for-fat-moms-in-abundance/
It’s the Little Things…
I was reading up on lower back exercises, when I had the distinct pleasure of coming across this little gem: Circled text: In addition to imparting strength to your core back muscles, this exercise, will also keep a tab on your waistline! Isn’t that a great incentive to do this lower back exercise, specially for [...]
Posted by bigliberty on January 12, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/01/12/its-the-little-things/
Call for Study Participants!
Hi all, I’m posting this call for study participants the request of Michaela A. Null, a doctoral student at Purdue. She (and the study) look legitimately very interesting, and I encourage you to participate! The study details are posted below. Your friendly liberty-lovin’ size activist, BL Call for Participants Hi, my name is Michaela A. [...]
Posted by bigliberty on June 9, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/06/09/call-for-study-participants/
First Lady Releases Child Obesity Recommendations
…largely blames mothers for child’s obesity. cue shock and surprise Link to the AP article Some particular gems (note throughout these that the child omgbesity is referred to, without challenge, as “the problem”): Mrs. Obama has said she wants to help solve the problem in a generation so babies born today will come of age [...]
Posted by bigliberty on May 11, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/05/11/first-lady-releases-child-obesity-recommendations/
Eugenics Rears Its Ugly Head, Again
When you deliver your body to the State, expect the State to start: Making you do things Preventing you from doing things In other words, if you hand your body over to someone else, that someone else will claim the right to control it. Today I was rudely reminded that eugenics, one of the nasty [...]
Posted by bigliberty on January 22, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/01/22/eugenics-rears-its-ugly-head-again/
When Other People Pay For It, They Can Claim the Right to Control It
I’ve said this several times before, but it bears repeating: when other people can make a reasonable argument that they are paying for the choices you make about your body (even if those choices are only perceived choices), then they can claim the right to have a say in your choices. Take the furor over [...]
Posted by bigliberty on November 19, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/11/19/when-other-people-pay-for-it-they-can-claim-the-right-to-control-it/
Unfriending the Bigots
Ah, Facebook bigotry. Guaranteed to be even more awkward than your ordinary brand of internet bigotry, as it usually involves family, friends, classmates, or coworkers. I recently got into a bit of an exchange with a person I’ve met all of once, who thought it necessary to masturbate his fat-hate onto my Facebook wall. Seriously, [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 7, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/09/07/unfriending-the-bigots/
Our Health, Body, and Morals – Followup
I just want to thank everyone for the overwhleming response to my last post, The Connection Between Health, Our Bodies, and Our Morals. I’m really pleased by the well thought-out, careful, and rational posts by my readers, and I think my followup to the post deserves its own space. You will be relieved, I’m sure, [...]
Posted by bigliberty on June 12, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/06/12/our-health-body-and-morals-followup/
The Connection Between Health, Our Bodies, and Our Morals
Juliet gets up at 5:15am. She throws on some gym clothes, takes a few sips of orange juice, and fills up her water bottle. She opens the storm door ever-so-softly (as not to wake her still-sleeping husband and two children), and begins her warmup. Five minutes later she’s pounding the pavement; forty-five minutes later, she’s [...]
Posted by bigliberty on June 11, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/06/11/the-connection-between-health-our-bodies-and-our-morals/
The Fat-Hate Troll in the Livingroom
I’m writing this in response to a heartbreaking post on RandomQuorum. I was just going to leave a comment, but really, this hits too close to home for me to be able to leave a comment of any kind of reasonable length. As background, the author of the post is going through a tough time [...]
Posted by bigliberty on June 3, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/06/03/the-fat-hate-troll-in-the-livingroom/
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