The Bus
by Arl Spencer Nadel
Young men on the bus
legs splayed wide
take up 2, 3 seats even,
Stare at you insolently
demanding their right
to take up as much space as possible.
Fat womon sits primly
Pulls in her folds
as tight as possible
takes up 1 1/4, 1 1/2
maybe 2 whole seats on the bus
ashamed, she stares out the window
and smashes herself […]
Please read Tara’s excellent post on the subject if you haven’t already. You may want to skip the utterly predictable comments.
Sister blogger justicewalks wrote a post about being born into the ‘wrong’ body. Her description of her wish to be taller reminded me of an incredibly detailed fantasy I had as a pre-teen or young teenager. Often at night as I was waiting to fall asleep, I’d imagine that a fairy offered […]
Old, and kinda fratboy, but worth watching if you need a giggle.
Some things I needed to hear: Unapologetically Alive by Twilight River at Loving My Belly.
Five women shot in Lane Bryant store shooting in Illinois: There’s not very much information out on this yet. I’ll be very interested to know more as this case unfolds. Via Shapely Prose.
The Health Institute for Nutrition: Some badly needed satire on the social hysteria about fat. Results not typical.
Did […]
Keep Santa Fat.com. For every signature on their petition, they’ll donate a pound of food to America’s Second Harvest.
That’s my kind of activism.
Via Sandy.
Apparently Dan Savage, the odious sex pox columnist, has reiterated his oh-so-radical stance that fat people are ugly and eat too much, and therefore deserve whatever mistreatment we get–unlike gay people, of which he coincidentally is one, who are just “born that way,” poor them, and don’t deserve to be persecuted.
As you all know, I’m […]
From Zuzu at Kindly Póg Mo Thóin, we have “Rejecting the frames”:
…why should healthy lifestyle be the ticket to being treated as a human being? I shouldn’t have to do a damn thing to claim my right to being treated equally other than exist. Who the fuck has the right to deny me that just […]
Everything about misogyny, fat-hating, postcolonialism and consumerism, that is.
In a delightful feature under the heading “body news,” we’re informed about the “Spice Girls’ Body War!” wherein they are “battling to see who will look the best” on their upcoming tour. I’m not under any kind of delusion that the Spice Girls are feminists, but […]
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