So this video came across my Tumblr dash, and it triggered a rant.
Basically, the gist is this: a researcher fed volunteers milkshakes. One group got milkshakes that were labeled as low-calorie. The other group got milkshakes labeled as high-calorie. The group given the “high-calorie” milkshakes felt less hungry afterward.

This is an ( Read more... )

Last night I had a dream I was in some sort of godforsaken upscale organic food market place, like Whole Foods, and this really cute woman in a nice suit came up to me and tried to sell me her weight loss plan thing.

She was like "We have this revolutionary new system that will allow you to--"

And I was like "Get. The FUCK. Away from me."

And she ( Read more... )

Stabbity at Not Just Bitchy brings us "Oh, just stop worrying about what other people think", which is a nice thought-provoking read that can be summed up by this worth its weight in gold quote:

A depressingly common piece of advice I’ve seen given is to "just stop worrying about what other people think". That’s not advice, that’s a goal.
FUCKING ( Read more... )

I just wanna rant for a minute here ( Read more... )

Because I didn't feel like leaving it JUST on Tumblr, I responded to a good post by patheticfangirl about guys who are angry that there are yucky-ucky girls and gay people in their fandoms:

Seriously.  Hear fucking hear.

You don’t get to complain that there are no women in fandom and that you can’t meet “cool” chicks AND try to define how women DO ( Read more... )

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Trigger warning: eating disorder recovery issues ahoy. Also, see disclaimer below.I looked fine. At five-one and a hundred and forty pounds, I was not thin, but nor was I a size that aroused disgust or concern for my health. In fact, the extra squeezy bits were really effective camouflage for what was wrong, which is that I exercised for hours ( Read more... )

My big fat double standard is our latest Adventurotica.com article! Sargon takes on the unfortunate truth that, within the subset of the erotica genre that has embraced fat women as characters, there has not been a corresponding increase in the visibility of fat men. I'd excerpt it, but it's short, and it's all very much to the point. Just go ( Read more... )

New article up at Adventurotica! Free to read (as is everything on the site but the members-only story content).

Writing the plus-sized character.

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a fat girl, and knows that I am committed to the principles of size acceptance. It's very important to me. So, in my stories, I try to make an effort to include ( Read more... )

The context is long-gone, and I remember nothing else about the dream, but I woke up to this written on my bedside paper:

I am invited to a game of hide and seek. I point to my ass and quip: "How in the hell do you hide something that big?!" Everyone laughs.
I may have body image issues, and there are days when I have a hard time, but it is ( Read more... )