The rhetoric about fat and people who are fat is really intense and nasty and I’ve decided that I would really like to focus on things that make more sense. But it makes me sad. Really sad. There’s so much discussion about what to do about the fat people, especially the fat children. It feels […]
NaBloPoMo July 2011
Cultural Bias In Communication
I’m reading this great book at the moment, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and one of the concepts it talks about is how much cultural norms effect the way that we interact with each other. The concept is discussed in terms of air traffic crashes and how the way that people interact, specifically in this case […]
Does Overeating Make You Fat?
I was reading the other day a post about the idiocy of taking children away from their parents because they’re fat. The post was written from the point of view of a social worker and noting how much difficulty that would cause, particularly in the face of the already overworked system that’s having trouble coping […]
A Visualisation Exercise
I’ve started this post over a half dozen times already because I’ve been having trouble getting my head around what it is that I want to say. You see I woke up this morning feeling grumpy. I’m tired, I have a headache and I feel really doubtful about what I’m doing. My goal here, in […]
Tuning Out
I don’t watch television much any more. I started talking about that a couple of days ago before going off on a rant about some stupidity that I did watch. But I don’t as a rule, watch TV that is. There’s a few reasons for that. Mostly I’m fairly busy doing all sorts of other […]
I’m Afraid Of Where This Is Heading
Yesterday I let loose about the idiocy of taking children away from a loving, supportive home because they’re fat. Some people would argue that if a child is fat then the home is not loving and supportive. That’s ridiculous and shows a complete lack of understanding of obesity itself, dynamics of families and the damage […]
The Insanity Of Fat Phobia
I had dinner in a bar last night on the way to the movies and whilst I was eating the TV was on in the background. The news was playing. I didn’t really pay much attention until there was an item showing ‘headless fatties‘. Then the news reporter began talking about some guy with a […]
I’m So Happy And Grateful For
Ever had one of those days when … damn, just, damn. It’s usually not big stuff, just petty little things that have a really annoying tendency to stack up one on top of the other. And then ever been telling someone how crap you day has been and they say something like, “oh well, at […]
What Do You Really Want?
If you could pick one aspect of yourself that you could change what would it be? What if I said you can’t change anything about your body? What then? Money maybe. Lots of money would be great. More freedom? A wonderful partner? Health? Ooh, clothes. Defining what you really, really want our of your life […]
How To Develop A Positive Body Image
What is it that you really want? Have you ever thought about it? Do you know most people never really consider what they want, or if they do, they think in terms of “I’d like a TV” or “I’d love a pair of Jimmy Choo’s” (which, totally with you on that one). Very few people […]