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July 9, 2010
Back To The Fature & Contest Winners!
This week in fatabulousness . . .
Fat Bride Flickr Pool – A bevvy of fat and fabulous brides! A great antidote to the must lose ___ pounds in order to get married b.s.
Ding Dong Change4Life Is Dead — Britain's anti-illiteracy anti-obesity campaign is being tossed.
Losing Some Weight! – Tabayag shares the power of losing some weight (from your closet).
Facebook Allows Hate Speech Against Fat People — HuffPo reports on this glaring reality.
July 7, 2010
Stop Dieting Now Is Now Available!
I'm pleased to announce that my book, Stop Dieting Now: 25 Reasons To Stop, 25 Ways To Heal is now available at online retailers in the U.S. and Canada (and shortly in the U.K.)!
From an early age, our culture tells us that losing weight and dieting is the key to having it all. Whether it's better health, a better body, or a better lover, we all learn that dieting will get us what we want faster than anything else.
Though we all want this to be true, if you're like most dieters, then you...
July 5, 2010
"Pretty"
This video gave me chills.
"Pretty" by Katie Makkai.
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Courtney Love's Nose, Cognitive Dissonance, & Body Image
by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C.
www.bodylovewellness.com
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The other night, I finally sat down to watch VH1′s Behind The Music about Courtney Love. Watching the Courtney Love interviews felt like visiting with an old friend. She's still the same — endearing and maddening at the same time.
At some point late in my sophomore year of high school, I decided on a little side project. I was on a mission to hear and find out about as many w...
July 2, 2010
Back To The Fature
This week in ferocious fatness . . .
"Second Verse, Same As the First; Fat Acceptance Is For Everyone" — Marianne explains why fat acceptance is for everyone, even thin people."On Cure Evangelism" — Really interesting post by Feminists With Disabilities about "cure evangelism" that will definitely ring a bell for anyone who's ever dieted (or been told that losing weight will cure whatever ails them)."Arm(istice)" — GirthfulGirl declares a truce with her arms. Let's hope they don't take up...June 30, 2010
Just So We're Clear . . . Some Fat Facts
by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C.
www.bodylovewellness.com
Recently, this blog has gotten a lot of new readers who may be new to Fat Acceptance & Health At Every Size.
As a consequence, I've been fielding lots of comments of the "how can you be promoting fat?!" and "haven't you heard of type II diabetes?!" variety. So, rather than trying to respond to these commenters individually (and as a way to provide support to people who want to respond to these comments in their own lives and blogs), I've...
June 28, 2010
Gimme A Break: How To Re-Energize Yourself With Real Breaks
These Ladies May Have A Case Of The Mondays
by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C.
www.bodylovewellness.com
Listen to the podcast of this post here:
Breaktime!
Does this sound like you? You're at work or doing school work and you start feeling tired or bored. You feel like you need a break, so you do one of three things:
1) Get coffee.
2) Get a snack.
3) Get coffee & a snack.
I've got nothing against coffee or snacks, particularly if you're hungry. But things get a little wonky...
June 25, 2010
Body Love Wellness Wins A Beautiful Blogger Award!
The Weightless Blog has bestowed a Beautiful Blogger award to Body Love Wellness! It's such an honor to get an award from such a wonderful blogger!
To claim this wonderful award, I need to:
Tell you seven things about myself that you might not know.
And pass on the award to seven beautiful bloggers.
It's kind of a blogger award/chain letter, but here goes!
What You Might Not Know About Me
I've always loved low brass instruments, like trombone and tuba. As a child, I played baritone horn...Back To The Fature!
Wrap it up. I'll take it.
"The World Is Buzzing About Full Figure Fashion Week" — Nice round up by Daily Venus Diva of the amazing amount of well-deserved press that FFF Week got this year. Kudos to Girthful Girl PR for her amazing work!"The Rhetoric Of The Real Woman" — Mo Pie at Big Fat Blog shares why using the term "real women" to describe plus size women is problematic."Body Image Confession" — Margarita at the wonderful Weightless Blog talks frankly about her recent body image set...June 23, 2010
A Dose Of Reality: My (Formerly) Exclusive Interview With Biggest Loser Finalist, Kai Hibbard (Part 3 of 3)
by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C.
www.bodylovewellness.com
A few months ago, I wrote yet another post on why The Biggest Loser is so bad for its contestants, the millions who watch the show, and the culture in general. I expected to see the usual comments from my usual readership.
What I didn't expect to see was a comment from Season 3 Biggest Loser finalist, Kai Hibbard, saying how much she enjoyed my post and asking if we might speak.
Shortly thereafter, Kai and I spoke on the phone about h...
