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Monday, December 14, 2015

On Labels

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This was a Facebook re-post of a conversation that happened on Paranoiascientist 's tumblr:  Whenever someone insists that people s...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

But what if I just want to lose a "little" weight?

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There is a stage in FA where people accept that other peoples' bodies are just fine the way they are, but for *reasons* they themselves ...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Lessons from the Photoshop

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Esther Honig went viral when she asked 40 photoshop users from 25 countries around the world to make her "beautiful" using a sing...
Friday, October 9, 2015

Empty Symbols

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Symbols are important.  They serve as a means of communicating a powerful message in a way accessible to people without reliance on language...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Donald Trump and Dog Whistles

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I have very mixed feelings about Donald Trump. I loathe the man personally. I think he's an ingrown hair on the ass of society. On t...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

SAAS: Sewing at Any Size: Copycat Your Clothes

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This is my series on Sewing at Any Size, or making basic wardrobe items to fit any body.  Please feel free to print/save for personal ...
Monday, June 1, 2015

Caitlyn Jenner

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Caitlyn Jenner looks absolutely stunning on her Vanity Fair cover shoot.  I'm very happy that she was able to express her gendered self ...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Big Fat Fallacies: Argument Against the Person

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See the introduction to this series and an index of posts HERE . Argument Against the Person/Personal Attack ( argumentum ad hominem) T...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Big Fat Fallacies: Appeal to the People

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See the introduction to this series and an index of posts HERE . Appeal to the People/Appeal to Popularity ( argumentum ad populum) This...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Big Fat Fallacies: Appeal to Pity

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See the introduction to this series and an index of posts HERE . Appeal to Pity (Argumentum Ad Misericordiam) This is a fallacy in info...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Big Fat Fallacies: Appeal to Fear, Appeal to Force

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See the introduction to this series and an index of posts HERE .  Appeal to Fear ( argumentum ad metum)  This is a fallacy in informal ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Big Fat Fallacies: Introduction

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Samuel Clemens said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."  Logical fallacies are a fourth type of li...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Age of Puberty: Why This Isn't About Fat (or Facts)

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The Huffington Post threw up another scare-mongering article about how fat people are ruining the world yesterday, with a classic "thi...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

A Break From Hiatus and a Brief Plug

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It's been a while since I posted here.  Between full time school and submitting articles to Yahoo Contributor Network , I seem to have l...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Framing Fat

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Whenever you enter into a discussion about something, you are interacting with someone's frames. These are the person's underlyin...
Monday, February 4, 2013

JoGeek vs. The Gluten

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I am spinning off my gluten-free topics into their own blogs, so that this one can focus on social justice activism and body prejudice.  If ...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Owning Normal

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I want to share this great quote from Jennifer Rowe at Fat and Not Afraid : "Today however, I want to say no to a bunch of things, ...
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