Posted in funny, self reflection, spirituality on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Now I know this happens to some people. And I’m not trying to make light of it, but some interesting things come when the subject of death enters a conversation. Some friends and I were sitting around Friday night, having a beer at a local bar, when the idea of “What would you do if [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, beauty ideal, body image, college, feminism on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
So, an 18 year old dies from voluntary surgery, a breast augmentation to be exact.
“doctors believe Kuleba died of a rare and potentially deadly genetic reaction to general anesthesia known as malignant hyperthermia”
Ok so a few bones to pick with this one. First, every girl, and every woman, has the right to do whatever the [...]
Posted in beauty ideal, body image, fashion, female sports, feminism, racism on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m actually spitting fire right now. So I’ll just post the images from Vogue’s supermodel/athlete shoot. No female athletes.
Posted in beauty ideal, female sports, politics, racism on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Check this out
The cover of April Vogue will feature Giselle and Lebron. She looks waifish, carefree- he looks intense and menacing. Ummm HELLO! Earth to Vogue! RACIAL AND GENDER STEREOTYPES! As though I needed another reason to stop reading the magazine. Why can’t fashion get its act together? I miss it.
By the way, this is [...]
Posted in election, feminism, politics, racism on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
In response to Hillary’s comments about how she would not have chosen Wright as her pastor. (fucked up for race reasons!)
“Hillary chose to stay with Bill Clinton after he cheated on her, numerous times, and publicly humiliated her, numerous times. And Bill Clinton is not blood related to her but is certainly like family.”
ummm ok. [...]
Posted in fat, fat acceptance, feminism, obesity epidemic, racism on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the fantastic things about blogging is the practice we get in dialogue. Standing up for our opinions, seeing others, and conversing accordingly. Last year I had a fantastic professor who focused on taking on the rhetoric of white america, trying and failing, to deal with racism. It was tough, because it made us [...]
Posted in beauty ideal, body image, self reflection, spirituality on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Two things happened yesterday. 1) I actually began to KNOW that if I was skinnier, I wouldn’t be happier or better. I knew it intellectually, I knew it, but I hadn’t yet REALLY had it penetrate into my real knowing. Its an amazing feeling. I could see myself as that much smaller, and knew that all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Check this out about People of Color and the FA movement. Excellent
Posted in beauty ideal, body image, eating disorder, fat acceptance, self reflection on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »
About a year ago. For years, I had swung between really caring that I couldn’t break my nasty, ugly habit (old words I used to describe my nails) and occasionally ceasing to notice, and thus ceasing to bite. I came up with theories about WHEN and WHY I would bite them, the traditional stuff about being stressed, [...]
Posted in body image, eating disorder, fat acceptance, food on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
I went to a really nice dinner tonight with a group of people I really really like. They are all sweet, kind, and generally would say that they care about me, and one another. However, this is also a group of people who believe in diets. As in, at least 20 minutes of the conversation [...]
