Last Tuesday night I was at a visioning session [and yes, I would like a less ableist term for that] for a group I've been involved with for much of this year, and I repeatedly said that social justice isn't where my passion is. And just about every time I said it, I felt a little twinge like I was lying -- because fat pol and disability pol and ( Read more... )

At Shad (my work gym) yesterday, I saw a flyer for "Bridal Boot Camp." Do. Not. Want.

This morning, Scott stopped by my desk before class. He saw the "Shad March Events" flyer on my desk and asked me what I thought of Bridal Boot Camp (which was one of the ones listed there). He read me the description (which I hadn't looked at before).Bridal ( Read more... )

[from yesterday] (I didn't get home until after midnight last night and didn't even turn on my computer.)

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( Iran election )

Yesterday morning at the gym, I saw GMA's segment on Marianne Kirby and Gabrielle Gregg.

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Seen today via Dave Chen: Abercrombie and Fitch banishes girl with prosthetic arm to storeroom because she doesn't fit the "look policy"

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Yesterday, I was reading a rant about the way Zoe Saldana's skin gets described in fanfic, and in reading ( Read more... )

I was at the gym this morning, and NBC's TODAY had Jillian Michaels from The Biggest Loser on, and I tuned in partway through the segment. She was talking about "fat talk" and how it's harmful to women. She said that we're socialized to be modest, to not seem too full of ourselves, but at what cost. Yes, I think that is true to a degree, but I ( Read more... )

[eumelia wrote, "It is common in certain types of papers to establish the various identities of the author so that one reading may know through what prism they are going to receiving this information."  A number of IBARW bloggers have included an identity listing preface in their posts.  Lessee, I'm a white able-bodied bisexual college-educated middle- ( Read more... )

I wasn't sure how this would go, 'cause I figured okay, it's gonna be a bunch of fat-positive feminist-identified women ... how is there going to be any discussion? ( There was some interesting stuff, though. )

Meh, the past couple nights do not bode well for me and summer.  The warm weather makes it harder for me to fall asleep, and all the water I'm drinking means I have to pee all the time ( Read more... )

Hmm, maybe i won't go to Senate tomorrow after all. *sighs*

Maura's giving(?) a lecture on "Size Oppression and the Size Rights Movement" in Seelye 301 at 7 ("This lecture will focus on the myths and facts about large sized people, taking up space/our right to space, accomodation issues, and employment discrimination.") and i'm really interested ( Read more... )