Let's Talk About Body Stereotypes.
No, really. If you haven't yet, check out this article about how a writer for Marie Claire thinks that fat people shouldn't be allowed to kiss on TV. There's a Facebook page organizing a kissing protest outside of Marie Claire's offices in NYC.
ETA: Maura Kelly, who wrote the Original Article in Marie Claire has apologized as a footnote to said ( Read more... )
ETA: Maura Kelly, who wrote the Original Article in Marie Claire has apologized as a footnote to said ( Read more... )
Always consider the source. She's in her mid-30s, she's "working on a novel," she says she's used to be anorexic (which is why she's an expert on weight loss), and claims she's never been in love. So why does anyone care what she thinks? The best thing result (in my mind) would be if everybody just ignored her as a troll and moved on.
People have all kinds of rational and irrational biases. While it isn't impossible to change someone's mind, it is a horrific amount of work. I honestly believe the best thing to do is ignore them UNLESS you heard somebody say this sort of thing in public: then I might break out the sarcasm.
As far as the medical thing goes, I've divined that the only way you can get good health care is if you're in the health care industry on the care giver end. For everybody else, it is essentially Russian Roulette. I know someone who had a horrific, chronic condition that wasn't resolved until he lucked into a doctor who could actually read his scans, and he had the most expensive insurance you could get, and was seeing docs at a top hospital, and the docs that missed the cause of his condition were world-famous experts in the field.
According to the doctors I know, the key is to be really annoyingly persistent. It helps if you can also speak doctor, but not so much that it sounds like you're a hypochondriac.
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And, hey! I'm in my mid-thirties and working on a novel, and I am awesome! Hee! ;)
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