In the past few years, I’ve come out as a female fat admirer in my online and real life interactions.  I have loudly and proudly acknowledged my unabashed attraction to bigger body types, both male and female.  I have spoken to friends, acquaintances, and even total strangers, and fou/… Read full post »

I shouldn't go and write a few posts, stir up a few debates, gain a few followers, then disappear for a year.  That was very, very bad. 

 Particularly since something I wrote on here was discussed in an internet forum last year.  I did not know this until recently.  I… Read full post »

I watch a lot of these forensic true crime shows, and had decided that there’s really no such thing as the perfect crime.  Not when I’ve seen cases cracked with mold spores, blades of grass, inch-long pieces of string, broken glass, shoe prints, or miniscule drops of blood.  It&/… Read full post »

I have a very complicated relationship with bodies.

Especially now.  It’s springtime, a time when clothes transition from bulky and warm to short and light.  A time when gym memberships temporarily spike, as people have their annual “I’m too fat for a bathing suit”… Read full post »

Hold the presses, I’ve got a headline – Spencer Pratt Speaks Intelligently For Quite Possibly The First Time Ever!

In other news, Hell Has Frozen Over.

Yeah, so that was a tad bit snarky, but it’s Spencer Pratt!  The guy is practically a walking punchline.   Which i… Read full post »

Ever since I minored in Women's Studies in college, I've been wondering what the definition of feminism is.  It seemed simpler back then, when the world was reduced to textbooks and theories and the microcosm of the classroom.  In the real world, dealing with work culture and wedding c… Read full post »

Like many, I also saw a blurb on CNN bright and early Monday morning, about BeautifulPeople.com, the site that booted 5,000 members for having gained weight.  Like Kate Harding, I didn’t particularly care.  Why?  Because, as Harding points out, of course a site like that will be… Read full post »

On the last vacation I ever took with my parents, we spent part of our week on a small island.  We were right on the beach.  It was off-season and quiet, and it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves.  It was the perfect place to relax and just/… Read full post »

I’ve seen a number of blogs on OpenSalon dealing with the subject of introversion.  It makes perfect sense – despite the social element of blogging, it is essentially a solitary activity.  I can control when and where I participate in any sort of ongoing dialogue, and I retain t… Read full post »