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First, a ran­dom thought:

And now, the actual content:

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You know all those stories and worries about immunizations contributing to autism? Forget them. The doctor who wrote the study that started the scare back in 1998 has been charged with “fixing” the data. What’s more, the “study” only involved twelve patients!

The second story is a very good article about how the obesity scare is just leading to ( Read more... )

I lost track of who originally linked to what, so I can’t credit them properly. But thank you to whoever they all were, anyway!

Filed under “another reason I’m proud to be a homeschooler”: California court rules that private school can oust lesbian students. I do understand that it’s a private religious school and that their denomination doesn’t ( Read more... )

I’m more and more tempted to write some fiction again. It’s been years since I did that. I’m good with characters and environment, but not so good with plot. I don’t like to write about negative things, or nasty people, which is rather problematic when you need to have conflict.

I know part of it is reading books and thinking, “Damn, I could do ( Read more... )

About models and the effects of the media on body image in their populations, at least. Following Spain’s move last year that banned ultra-thin models from catwalks, France is acting. The “French parliament’s lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone-including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web ( Read more... )

Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there.

About models and the effects of the media on body image in their populations, at least. Following Spain’s move last year that banned ultra-thin models from catwalks, France is acting. The “French parliament’s lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make ( Read more... )

And another announcement, this one at the request of Stefanie:

The date has been set! Mark your calendars for NOLOSE ’08: September 26th through the 28th (Friday-Sunday). Meet us by the pool at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Northampton, Massachusetts for a weekend packed with fattastic fun, food, friends and other good stuff!

We’re all ( Read more... )

Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there.

And another announcement, this one at the request of Stefanie:

The date has been set! Mark your calendars for NOLOSE ‘08: September 26th through the 28th (Friday-Sunday). Meet us by the pool at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Northampton, Massachusetts for a ( Read more... )

I was going to ask, “This is news to whom?” Then I realized that it’s perfectly likely that people who aren’t fat really don’t realize how much size discrimination there is, while it’s impossible for the rest of us to avoid it.

From the International Journal of Obesity, 4 March 2008:
1Reposted in Medical News Today

Discrimination against overweight ( Read more... )

Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there.

I was going to ask, “This is news to whom?” Then I realized that it’s perfectly likely that people who aren’t fat really don’t realize how much size discrimination there is, while it’s impossible for the rest of us to avoid it.

From the International Journal of Obesity, 4 ( Read more... )