Steps Toward Acceptance
I am overjoyed to announce that I have been asked to write for my favorite fat-acceptance blog, The Rotund.
Look! I've made my first entry already!
". . . That’s my goal: acceptance. And I don’t mean the kind of sour grapes 'acceptance' that always feels like a consolation prize for being a fuckup. I mean real acceptance. I don’t mean settling. I don’t mean saying 'Well, there’s nothing else I can do, so I might as well give up.' I mean living with what I am. Not in spite of, not even though. With. Whole and complete.
"I want to be able to look at myself and say with no bitterness: 'This is what I am, and that is okay. And if it changes, that’s okay, too.'
"And then I want to go on and live my life. Not fat. Not thin. Just me. . . .
". . . I want that for all of us. . . ."
The presence of myself notwithstanding, I urge you to check the blog out on its own merits. TR is brilliant and sweet, the people there are wonderful, and the discussions are so valuable. I know it's done me a world of good to read it. You don't have to be fat to read; I think it speaks to anyone, fat or thin, with body-image issues.
And don't worry about being new to the scene. In fact, you can read a useful Fat 101 primer from The Rotund herself, right here.
Other links you might find of interest:
But don't you realize fat is unhealthy? For all those annoying people who insist that thin folks don't die. And Shapely Prose is just a damn good blog, anyway.
The illustrated BMI project: revealing the BMI for the bullshit it is.
Junkfood Science, a source of solid scientific information, debunking myths about obesity and dieting one at a time.
Happy reading!
Look! I've made my first entry already!
". . . That’s my goal: acceptance. And I don’t mean the kind of sour grapes 'acceptance' that always feels like a consolation prize for being a fuckup. I mean real acceptance. I don’t mean settling. I don’t mean saying 'Well, there’s nothing else I can do, so I might as well give up.' I mean living with what I am. Not in spite of, not even though. With. Whole and complete.
"I want to be able to look at myself and say with no bitterness: 'This is what I am, and that is okay. And if it changes, that’s okay, too.'
"And then I want to go on and live my life. Not fat. Not thin. Just me. . . .
". . . I want that for all of us. . . ."
The presence of myself notwithstanding, I urge you to check the blog out on its own merits. TR is brilliant and sweet, the people there are wonderful, and the discussions are so valuable. I know it's done me a world of good to read it. You don't have to be fat to read; I think it speaks to anyone, fat or thin, with body-image issues.
And don't worry about being new to the scene. In fact, you can read a useful Fat 101 primer from The Rotund herself, right here.
Other links you might find of interest:
But don't you realize fat is unhealthy? For all those annoying people who insist that thin folks don't die. And Shapely Prose is just a damn good blog, anyway.
The illustrated BMI project: revealing the BMI for the bullshit it is.
Junkfood Science, a source of solid scientific information, debunking myths about obesity and dieting one at a time.
Happy reading!