June 2012
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“Type 2 diabetes is so very rare among children in the US that the government...”
– Marilyn Wann (via fatgirlposing)
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Women, weight, and work →
friendofmarilyn:
“We can’t legislate people’s prejudice, but what we can do is make it illegal for people to act on those prejudices in the employment sector,and I think we should.”
– Cat Pausé, PhD (from 55:20)
“Oh, but this is not a matter of “glorifying” obesity. Glorifying obesity would...”
– http://www.fatshionista.com/ (via melasaurus)
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Lilo, why are you all wet?
seerows-kindness:
runicbasso:
youcannotstrikepeople:
I might just say /Fuck Sleep/ and go and watch this instead…
When I first saw this scene, I laughed. But then the subsequent times I spent my time analysing it. Then I sadfase’d. Hardcore. Lilo’s parents were killed in an automotive accident, in the rain. Yeah. I haven’t been able to look at this bit of the...
May 2012
257 posts
“Recently a commenter here raised the question of why a picture of a fat person...”
– http://www.xojane.com/issues/melissa-mcewan-shakesville (via therotund)
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Guest Post by Amanda Levitt: LoLo Jones and the...
virgin:
By Amanda Levitt
Since she was quoted saying that the hardest thing she has ever done in her life has been to remain a virgin until marriage, the news circulating about LoLo Jones, the 29-year-old Olympic athlete, has exploded. While I don’t really care that she is a virgin, seeing as how I am one myself at age 26, the way her status is being portrayed–not only by herself but by the...
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Minorities? Try 'people of color' →
Long before the press starting talking about changing demographics, community organizers needed to connect the communities that fell under the “minority” rubric.
Our specific groups were outnumbered by whites. But when we came together, the proportions shifted in a way that forced institutions to deal with us.
The term “people of color” has deep historical roots, not to be confused with the...
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“Nothing is acceptable until every non-heterosexual couple can have the same...”
– Me. That’s right, I said it. (via thisgenderedlife)
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