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The Fat-Hate Troll in the Livingroom
I’m writing this in response to a heartbreaking post on RandomQuorum. I was just going to leave a comment, but really, this hits too close to home for me to be able to leave a comment of any kind of...
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The Connection Between Health, Our Bodies, and Our Morals
Juliet gets up at 5:15am. She throws on some gym clothes, takes a few sips of orange juice, and fills up her water bottle. She opens the storm door ever-so-softly (as not to wake her still-sleeping...
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Our Health, Body, and Morals – Followup
I just want to thank everyone for the overwhleming response to my last post, The Connection Between Health, Our Bodies, and Our Morals. I’m really pleased by the well thought-out, careful, and rational...
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Unfriending the Bigots
Ah, Facebook bigotry. Guaranteed to be even more awkward than your ordinary brand of internet bigotry, as it usually involves family, friends, classmates, or coworkers. I recently got into a bit of an...
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When Other People Pay For It, They Can Claim the Right to Control It
I’ve said this several times before, but it bears repeating: when other people can make a reasonable argument that they are paying for the choices you make about your body (even if those choices are...
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Eugenics Rears Its Ugly Head, Again
When you deliver your body to the State, expect the State to start: Making you do things Preventing you from doing things In other words, if you hand your body over to someone else, that someone else...
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First Lady Releases Child Obesity Recommendations
…largely blames mothers for child’s obesity. cue shock and surprise Link to the AP article Some particular gems (note throughout these that the child omgbesity is referred to, without challenge, as...
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Call for Study Participants!
Hi all, I’m posting this call for study participants the request of Michaela A. Null, a doctoral student at Purdue. She (and the study) look legitimately very interesting, and I encourage you to...
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It’s the Little Things…
I was reading up on lower back exercises, when I had the distinct pleasure of coming across this little gem: Circled text: In addition to imparting strength to your core back muscles, this exercise,...
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On Mother’s Day 2011, Hate for Fat Moms in Abundance
I’ve been tweeting up a storm this Mother’s Day morning, all on the #thingsfatpeoplearetold hashtag. Not about anything particularly new, or some fat-hating piece released this morning, but rather on...
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