Those of us who are born female and white are born into the status created by white men’s hatred and contempt for women, but white girls aspire to Being and integrity, like anyone else. Racism translates this into an aspiration to whiteliness. The white girl learns that whiteliness is dignity and respectability; she learns that […]
So, I was in the Pacific Northwest! It was a busy, busy week. I visited Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland, as well as Mt. Rainier National Park. A major highlight, if not the best part of the trip, was a spotted elephant sighting. See how much fun we had together?
Unfortunately, Supreme High […]
go read this great post on the anniversary of 9/11.
When it comes to the most violent acts in US history, 9/11 isn’t even in the same room with them…The United States of America sits on stolen land. Human beings were murdered in cold blood in order for this country to be built. Millions of human […]
If you are fat, you can choose to count calories or grams of cabohydrates; to drink Sego, Slender, or Liquid Protein diets; to eat Figurines; to go for Dr. Simeon’s Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) injections; to follow the Redbook Wise Woman’s Diet; etc., etc. The range of choices hides the fact that you are compelled […]
I guess I’m tired of so much hitting the heavy bag lately, because here’s another fluff piece for you. Have you ever had the experience of asking someone to do something that seems completely normal and reasonable to you (and to the rest of polite society, you think), and they just don’t get it? […]
Positive Amy came to life one day at the Landdyke Gathering. I realized that I was stomping around muttering grumpily to myself more often than not, and I wanted to see what life would be like if I stopped that. So at breakfast with YL and Kya I declared it “Positive Amy Day” […]
Up until the last few days, I have very consciously not written about food on this blog, particularly my own personal behavior and choices regarding food. This is because I have not wanted to lend support to the stereotype of the gluttonous, food-obsessed fat person. However, it occurs to me that it doesn’t […]
Recovery gives people permission always to put themselves first, partly because it doesn’t give them a sense of perspective on their complaints: parental nagging is not the equal of physical abuse and deprivation, much less genocide; vague intimations of unease are not the same as cancer. No one seems to count her blessings in […]
This is the context card in the wonderful reading YL did for me last week. The description of the card is thus:
Loyalty to an idea or a person is standing up for something or someone you believe in, sometimes in spite of great odds or difficulties. In taking a stand you might feel […]
At the Lesbian festival
the sign next to the kitchen door reads
“Overeaters Anonymous group meets every morning, 9:30.”
I am shocked to see it there
in what I’ve assumed to be lesbian feminist space
My friend and I discuss what action we could take
We post an adjacent sign
“It took a lot of willpower
but I finally gave up dieting.”
We decide […]
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