Thoughts from replies to the survey for Big Big Love II

[moominmuppet]

Whenever I take surveys with a lot of free text answers I try to copy them out for my own reference. These are my answers to some of the free text questions on the survey for the new version of Big Big Love about sexuality and fat. I may expand on them if I have enough brain cells rubbing together (I'm kind of migrainey and brainfoggish, and wasn

Comments

[ex_serenejo]

I have been reluctant to read her stuff on fat issues since that whole secret-weight-loss-diet-blog thing. I still think she's pretty awesome, but that left a bad taste in my mouth, as it were.

[moominmuppet]

Huh, I didn't know about that, but it doesn't sound good. What's the deal?

[lilyofthewest]

I didn't know anything about it until just now, but I was curious and the great google machine found this: http://laurietobyedison.com/discuss/?p=426

[moominmuppet]

*chuckle* Great minds think alike; that's the same link I was coming over here to post!

[ex_serenejo]

Basically, that's it. She started a secret diet blog: http://laurietobyedison.com/discuss/?p=426

[moominmuppet]

Wow, totally missed all that. I've been reading it, and it's a really fascinating discussion. I'm working on a post about where I fall on things, but I'm still struggling with its cogency.

[ex_serenejo]

Yeah, and actually, the people I can talk with it about are people who realize it's a complicated issue. Debbie (on the Body Impolitic post) essentially nails it for me -- not that she agrees with me completely, but she is (as am I) frustrated with people who see Hanne's behavior as either evil or laudable; it's someplace in between, as are so many things.

[moominmuppet]

*nod* Exactly. And it's a lot of complicated intersections. I'm hoping I'll have an easier time talking about all of it with a fresh start tomorrow.