Lookism and Love

I’ve blogged about his obliquely before, mostly on the Geek Girls Rule! blog, where I talk about men who fancy themselves “in love” with some woman they’ve never met or actually spoken to, based solely on her appearance.  Over there I spoke primarily about the difference between...

Review: America the Beautiful II

I had gotten mixed reviews on America the Beautiful 2 from other folks in the Body Acceptance movement who watched it when it first aired, and then I kind of forgot it existed until it popped up on on my “You might like…” listings on Netflix.  So I sent the husband off to gaming and...

Things No One Tells You About Recovering from Eating Disorders

Here are a list of things, might be a short list actually, but some things that actually surprised me to learn about myself and my body when I recovered from disordered eating. 1.  You will poop a lot more. You laugh, but I’m telling you, I thought there was something wrong with me when I started...

Do You REALLY Want to Do Something About Obesity?

Hello, from picturesque Lake Klamath in southern Oregon.  I’m on vacation, and I’m sure you all noticed a dearth of posts in the weeks leading up to this.  Let’s just call it “late summer” fatigue and go from there.  Part of why I’m writing now is that I’ve just...

My Doctor Listened to Me.

I turn my back for one minute… and douchebags find my blog. Sigh. I come back and there’s a bunch of “stupid liberal” bullshit in my comment queue.  They always seem to pop up when I’m not updating regularly, like they don’t know that I moderate all comments or how that...

A US Olympic Athlete Needs Our Support

Ok, the US Government doesn’t actually sponsor it’s Olympic Athletes for training.  Well, once they make the team they have the option of moving to the Olympic training facility in Colorado, but unless they do that, they receive little to no funding for their training.  Many US Olympic athletes...

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