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By: And I’ll say it again! « A Pound A Week – 52 Weeks/52 Pounds

And I’ll say it again! « A Pound A Week – 52 Weeks/52 Pounds — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:56:54 +0000

[...] I was reading her blog about a woman who was going on about how much she could eat because she was a marathon runner. [...]

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:00:52 +0000

Wow, it sounds like she was sickly obsessed with herself. I’ve never been at a point where I was completely happy with my body. Even at 5\10′ and 153 pounds.

Now, I realize, it’s about being healthy. If you’re doing things that are good for you body, your body will be good to you… even if it may not be your dream body, you’ll feel good about yourself and THAT is the most beautiful thing anyone can experience!

By: Marilyn Wann

Marilyn Wann — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:58:52 +0000

You rock for speaking out about the evils of internalized fat oppression. (Yes, thin people have it, too. There’s no weight limit or minimum on the stuff.) I’m a free-range fat rebel. I hang out with all sorts of experts who know about psychology, eating disorders, intuitive eating, Health At Every Size, getting back in touch hunger/fullness and a happy relationship with food, doing physical activity for joy and to feel good not out of shame or blame, about getting rid of weight-based hate of all forms. (Mebbe you know my buddy LadyMonster, who lives this stuff and does a great workshop on loving your body!) I go around the world giving weight diversity talks. Political consciousness helps. Getting angry helps. Finding community helps. Making some revolution…awesome!

I’m organizing a Big Fat Kiss-In against Marie Claire, who still act proud of their blogger who said she’s “grossed out” by the idea of two fat people kissing. Wanna come?

By: Elissa

Elissa — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:04:58 +0000

I’m up late today and struggling to get things done because “insecurity insomnia” kept me up nearly all night. Sucks. I need to meet with my ipod and have an old-school riot grrrl intervention RIGHT FUCKING NOW. Revolution grrrl-style forever!

By: lynn @ the actor's diet

lynn @ the actor's diet — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:02:51 +0000

After years of compulsive dieting/eating disorders I’ve finally come to the point where I CAN eat whatever I want and still look “camera-ready.” That said, I now have high cholesterol and am prediabetic. There’s ALWAYS something…

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Tweets that mention And Never Get Full… « Margaret Cho -- Topsy.com — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:56:59 +0000

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By: brad

brad — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:46:47 +0000

awesome essay and much to think about. been there on that ‘too poor to buy food’ thinness too. but boy was that a long time ago *burp* . does just the itch tip you off to the head lice, or are there more signs?

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:41:22 +0000

Six years ago I weighed in at a slim 430 lbs. I didn’t eat because I was hungry. I ate my emotions. Happy lets eat. Sad you bet I need to eat…whatever the emotion of the time happened to be I had a meal associated with it. Once I figured out A) how to associate my emotions with other things and B) what “good” food really is I can happily say I am now a glorious 220 lbs of hulking man meat. Do I eat bad things sometimes…yes…but I’m no longer afraid of food. I’m also no longer afraid of my emotions. Margaret please realize there are alot of people out there men and women who love you and desire you for exactly who you are. As a white male engaged to be married to a kinky queer woman of color I have now been exposed to all types of sterotypes and prejudices that I had never before seen in my life…yhenna and I both thank you for being exactly who you are…know there will always be people to support you wether you’re 90lbs or 250 lbs. Some of don’t see the size of a person except that of their heart.

By: Juliet

Juliet — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:36:26 +0000

Sometimes I think I have to be thin like the people I see on TV, because you never see any women above a size 4 on TV (you just see their gigantic husbands.) However, when i was younger and thin, like those people on TV, it’s because I was too poor to buy enough food and I didn’t eat much. Lots of people would comment about how great I looked, but it didn’t make my life better, you don’t get a free vacation or money or an award for matching a societal ideal. And creepy men leer at you, why meet this ideal if this is the reward?Now i’m at 25% body fat, I get enough to eat and I have a husband who loves me, and creepy men don’t leer at me. I feel so much safer in this “larger” body you have no idea. The only time I feel fat is when I look in the mirror too often and think that I should be different than I am.

By: Jennifer G

Jennifer G — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:34:49 +0000

Lovely punchline.