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"As long as they're making it with their eyes open -- as long as they understand the costs and risks of fatness, and decide that they're willing to accept them -- then I support them."
Maybe I'm just having a bad morning, but that sure does rub me the wrong way. Your body is your business. My body is my business. I do not need anyone's approval or disapproval to be fat. That's where the judgements creep in--I don't understand placing conditions on the acceptance of a person's size. What I don't understand is why anyone should care why I'm fat and that I am fat. So what?
Caught Between Fat and Thin: When a Fat Acceptance Advocate Takes Off the Pounds
This piece was originally published on AlterNet. I'm always going to be a fat woman. Don't get me wrong. At five foot three and 135 pounds, I am not, by any useful definition of the word, fat. But I have been fat. I was fat for many, many years. And for years, I was an ardent advocate of the fa...
I'm not fond of the word 'spirit', but how about Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree?
Feliz Navidad?
10 Best Christmas Songs for Atheists
What do you do if you're an atheist who likes Christmas carols? It's widely assumed that atheists, by definition, hate Christmas. And it's an assumption I'm baffled by. I like Christmas. Lots of atheists I know like Christmas. Heck, even Richard Dawkins likes Christmas. Plenty of atheists recog...
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