Random thing I just realized: I find it hard to post about anti-fat hatred in more-general fora. I'm always afraid that if I even bring up the subject, it'll call attention to the fact that I'm one of the fatties, and the bullies will smell the blood in the water and descend upon me. And because being fat is something that's still considered a " ( Read more... )

Even though my conservative religious upbringing was comparatively mild, and ended when I was 12, I think I still have some lingering fuckery from it even now. In particular, I have ongoing wars with myself over anything I enjoy, especially food or leisure-related stuff, because I still feel like it's sinful/wrong/immoral to indulge in something ( Read more... )

Thanks to a friend's q on FB, I think I nailed down why I hate exercising for its own sake ( Read more... )

Sometimes, it kind of irritates me when fellow big folks lose weight ( Read more... )

Weird contrast when we got off the plane in MN: Suddenly, a heck of a lot more fellow fat folks around ( Read more... )

Dear healthcare professional:

If a patient comes to you with symptoms of a potentially worrisome infection (fever + lethargy + pain in alarming places), being condescending about it means you're an asshole.

I didn't come in because I hoped I had the infection, but because I wanted to rule it out. Oh, and BTW? You didn't actually do that. You ( Read more... )

Perused this article about FB/isolation/envy earlier. Found it interesting, maybe even somewhat enlightening ( Read more... )

Woke up in a bad mood thanks to a good dream ( Read more... )

Don't remember where I saw it, but I saw a comment earlier today from a guy who was defending a slender actress against accusations of eating disorders. His point, which I found interesting, was that the woman in question was naturally slim, as opposed to someone who's using artifical means to try to get to that size when that's not what their body ( Read more... )

To briefly summarize this fantastic article about research into the effects of stress on health:

( Stress is deadly, yo )