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Long overdue site notice
Hi! *waves* Remember me? I just wanted to post a short note to let everyone know that I am taking a hiatus from blogging (obviously, considering I haven’t posted anything new in months!). I... Continue reading »
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Marie Claire Article…
Maura Kelly, a popular blogger, posted an article in Marie Claire about whether America is uncomfortable watching overweight people show PDA on television. The article centers on the CBS... Continue reading »
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Celebs Come Out of the ED Closet
In an OK! Magazine article, on September 17th, celebrities admit to their struggles with ED. While the list leaves few surprises, as most have mentioned their past experiences with eating disorders... Continue reading »
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Feel Good Friday
Spousal/partner weight gain is a frequent letter seen among the sundry list of gripes and complaints seen by advice columnists and few columnists get it right with their responses. The Washington... Continue reading »
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“Guess how much weight I’ve lost” – a spot-on mockery of diet talk
A friend of mine shared this on Facebook and I thought it was too good not to share. I heard this type of conversation far too many times in the office I worked at until last year, and I’m sure... Continue reading »
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The office dieter
Charlynn posted a link to this Catherine Tate video on YouTube on her Facebook wall. This would be even funnier if I haven’t seen or even engaged in scenarios almost exactly like it. Anyone else... Continue reading »
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Participants wanted for eating disorder survey
Jennifer Barnes, a doctoral student in clinical psychology at Teeside University, is looking for men and women between the ages of 18-65 who speak fluent English to participate in an online eating... Continue reading »
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Feel Good Friday: Putting an end to “fat talk”
I’m still feeling all warm and fuzzy from the overthrow of Prop 8 in California, but there’s other good news to report for this week’s Feel Good Friday. We’ve mentioned... Continue reading »
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Food compatibility and relationships
Could you stay seriously romantically involved with someone who didn’t care about food the way you do? That’s the question posed over at the CNN blog Eatocracy and surprisingly, the majority of... Continue reading »
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The Beauty Advantage
I meant to post this the other week, but that pesky thing called life got in the way and I back-burnered it. Newsweek has put together an awesome special feature on the advantages (and yes, even... Continue reading »
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Oldie but goodie: 10 questions for Gina Kolata
I took a week off work this week, but it’s more like a staycation than a vacation. The pregnant foster cat was considerate enough to give birth yesterday morning, so now I can get to that... Continue reading »
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I’m Back…
Hi Everyone,It has been months since I’ve posted, and I apologize. I’ve been ridiculously busy… first it was school, then graduation, working two jobs, doing proposal edits for my... Continue reading »
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Crystal Renn on skinny pics: “Don’t make me into something I’m not”
Plus-size model and body image darling Crystal Renn and blogger Leslie Goldman appeared on the Today show to discuss the recent airbrushing scandal of Crystal by photographer Nicholas Routzen. I... Continue reading »
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And the contest winners are…
Thanks to everyone who entered the contest for the body-positive gift basket and body-positive gifts. The contest has now ended and the winners have been randomly selected. Congrats to…... Continue reading »
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Help stamp out fat hate groups on Facebook
Atchka of the blog Fierce Fatties is looking for your support to end Facebook’s demonstrated tolerance of fat hate groups on the social networking site. He’s started a petition with the ambitious... Continue reading »
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Win it: Body positive goodie basket and gifts
I’ve been a very lax blogger as of late and for that I am incredibly sorry. I went off my thyroid medication for more than a month (long story, but ADD played a huge role) and as a result I... Continue reading »
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Open Topic: Talking to kids about fat comments
I’m back on my thyroid medication and feeling more like myself than I have in the past month I’ve been off it, so I hope to be back posting regularly soon. In the meantime, here’s... Continue reading »
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Wednesday Weigh-In: A tide-you-over post until we can write something in more detail
I have a feeling I’m not the only writer for the-f-word.org that is insanely busy right now since no one has posted in over a week. On behalf of the three of us, you have our apologies. We hate it... Continue reading »
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The Wednesday Weigh-In
Margarita Tartakovsky of the blog Weightless interviews Cheryl Kerrigan, author of the new book Telling ED NO! and Other Practical Tools to Conquer Your Eating Disorder and Find Freedom. Fat Lot... Continue reading »
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Replacing racism with sizeism? Not cool, Wonkette
So, the blog Wonkette recently opined on Prescott, Az. city councilman Steve Blair who used AM talk radio show to advocate for the removal of a black child’s face from a downtown mural. ... Continue reading »
