This.

[ravan]

Cartoon: Street Harassment

Now you know why I don't walk for exercise, why I prefer to drive rather than take transit, and why I have no interest in being "fashionably thin and beautiful". Fuck that shit. I'd rather die young than be a thing.

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Please forgive the rant

[melchar]

Being fat is the only accepted cause for discrimination now-a-days. Ignore that we are -all- living longer. Ignore that people have to die of -something- eventually. Ignore that being overweight is a benefit in times of famine.

Also ignore that an older person is healthier being -just- overweight because muscles stay toned [hauling body around]. The overweight - especially women - suffer less from brittle bone disorders [which has a one of the risk factors being underweight].

Just get your panties in a wad O World [okay - just 'oh US'] about people being fat. It makes the thin feel better about themselves. It gives the health industry a frontier to harass [especially when they redefine what the 'average' weight is in a downward direction ... as they do the same with what counts as an 'average' bloodpressure.]

http://stason.org/TULARC/society/fat-acceptance-research/A5-Life-Expectancy-of-Fat-People.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0815/is_5_30/ai_n13774457/

http://reason.com/archives/2008/06/17/accidents-murders-preemies-fat

http://ezinearticles.com/?Brittle-Bone-Disease&id=4463367

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4606011.stm

Re: Please forgive the rant

[ravan]

*Shudder*

Re: Please forgive the rant

[ravan]

Preach it!

Also the males who are socialized to think "thin is pretty" also tend not to prey as much on the heavier girls, either.

So yes, I don't do "diets" for the sake of my health. But I don't do public exercise for the sake of my peace of mind.