Comments | yakalskovich: I'm a person, not an epidemic -- Fat Acceptance 101 link list

yakalskovich

I'm a person, not an epidemic -- Fat Acceptance 101 link list

Aug 13, 2009 22:37

It really pisses me off that putting up an advertisement like this is still thought a) acceptable and b) funny. The post I link vigorously protests against it, but an ad agency came up with the bullshit, that organisation is paying for it, and thousands of people are probably finding it funny, not only thin people, and people that 'successfully' ( Read more... )

fat acceptance, tldr, what i posted elsewhere, links, rant

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marchenland August 13 2009, 20:55:17 UTC

Bravo, you!

I'm a tweener, myself, and -- sadly -- not healthy right now (dunno if you saw my post about that a while back... blood pressure up, ugh), but I greatly prefer a fat-accepting world over the other kind.

yakalskovich August 13 2009, 21:34:09 UTC

But you know you don't have to get skinny in order to be healthy; you're addressing the issue you have as it is. That's the difference to the kind of people who are all 'I need to lose weight, and then I'll be healthy, loveable etc...'

P.S. yakalskovich August 15 2009, 13:48:58 UTC

Oh, by the way, I totally loved your photoshoot of those Goth roller derby girls on the cemetary. Would it be all right to link to your flickr set from my tumblr account, using this picture as a teaser?

While I often joke that fat hatred is like Eastpack backpacks in that it fits every subculture or counterculture, there do seem to be niches in the Goth culture, and not all these derby rollers are skinny or even 'normal'. I think that set is a wonderful celebration of kickass female diversity, as well as that particular roller derby team!

Re: P.S. marchenland August 15 2009, 21:24:50 UTC

By all means! You never need to ask to link; in fact, my Creative commons license means that people don't even have to ask to use most of my pics in most ways -- I just hope for credit if it gets used on a site or in printed form somewhere ( ... )

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wiebke August 13 2009, 21:06:48 UTC

Several comments I'm going to make but... first on the ad, the stupid thing is... BEING VEGETARIAN DOESN'T MAKE YOU THIN! That is such a fallacy, as I learned from personal experience. Sometimes it works just the opposite, LOL. And of course there are huge numbers of skinny people who are total carnivores. Correspondence? None.

Anyway, lots more comments, just the ad... FAIL.

Comment 2 wiebke August 13 2009, 21:13:14 UTC

I love your domino dress. I think it suits you and looks good. Does it draw attention. Sure. So what?! You already have fab hair and a personality, what's the use of hiding it behind a... hmm, understated dark blue office dress? No point at all.

For many, many years... well, 'til at least the time I left home for college at 19, I really kept trying to HIDE myself. As in, try to fit in and dress like other people and not be seen. I look back on it and have to laugh, because the possibility of me being "invisible" or "not being noticed" or "looking normal" is about zero. Not that I have abandoned all decorum, but going for the opposite ("Look at this insane outfit, ha ha ha... Yeah, you think it looks silly but still, I'm brave enough to wear it!") is so much more fun and, as you say, liberating.

P.S. This icon is me going around a small city in northern Italy, scandalizing the townsfolk with clothes which are supposedly inappropriate. I should be shorter and thinner and wear a longer skirt. As if! LOL.

yakalskovich August 13 2009, 21:21:49 UTC

You could make a blog (or tumblr account) of its own just posting the amazing outfits that you inherited from Caleb's grandma!

Because they seriously rock & kick ass, what I've seen of them so far.

ceitfianna August 13 2009, 21:35:35 UTC

Thank you for posting this and I love your new layout.

I'm still figuring things out for myself as I settle into school and just next round of my life but its nice to understand better what you're thinking.

yakalskovich August 13 2009, 21:48:48 UTC

Thanks!

Yes, it's what I'm thinking and what I have found; everybody's mileage varies, of course.

But I felt I couldn't keep all these things to myself when they might be USEFUL for others.

nazgulwears August 13 2009, 21:47:19 UTC

Nobody has the right to tell anybody who they ought to be and what they ought to do. Absolutely nobody. Me neither!

Hang on! You keep telling me I ought to learn Latin!

But if you do yoga and it happens to be on a wednesday or saturday, may I join?

yakalskovich August 13 2009, 21:50:57 UTC

ROFL!! Well, yes, erm, that's something else...

*giggles*

Yep, course you may! After all, there must not be one day in the week where there is no sports or sports-like activity, huh?