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That prejudice is alive and well in America.

I’m a big girl. I am. I know I am. No one actually knows it more than I do. But there are reasons for my size, some of which I can’t help (thx, genetics!). I’ve been thinner, never thin-and to maintain chunky-thin nearly killed me ( Read more... )

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Of all the states I have ever lived in, Washington may be the most kind-hearted-and the most misguided.
One of the first bills to hit the docket in the 2010 state’s legislature was a proposal by the honorable Democratic State Sen. Rosa Franklin of Tacoma to change the ( Read more... )

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On Monday, John Howell posted an excellent article about the ridiculousness of the SFF “ghetto”:

“For a genre that produces some of the most intelligent, thought provoking, creatively challenging works imaginable, it’s hard to understand how they could be overlooked so ( Read more... )

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If a = flea infestation
b = walking
c = writing 5000 words on my newest story
d = watching low brow comedies while knitting a hat
e = positive attitude
f = exhaustion

then

- e [(a + b + c)  + (- a - c) + 10000000b + d] / f

= my week

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The fair and lovely Eden Robins recently reminded me that I have a horrible habit-one that springs forth from a good place, but is nonetheless a horrible habit-of saying yes to things before I fully think through whether I can logistically and sanely handle one more thing on ( Read more... )

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There’s this allegory popular among the fibromyagia set that involves “spoons” when trying to describe what FMS feels like to “normies” (heh), and I have to admit, as fashionable as the allegory is, it’s never quite fit my experience with FMS. I never feel like I have a ( Read more... )

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I’ve really never had any holiday traditions. What we did, when I was growing up, to celebrate any particular holiday really depended on how much extra cash and time my parents had-which were both, usually, pretty scarce. We always had a tree (fake, silver) and gifts (wrapped ( Read more... )

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1. I spent Veteran’s Day at the Seattle VA Hospital. My 78-year old father had a thoracic aneurism correction last Monday, and has been having trouble recovering enough to go into short-term rehab or back home.  So, things have been worrisome in the Gussoff-Sumption household ( Read more... )