Rants
Opinion or fact? In this case it´s my opinion.
Arm Chair Aggravation  Why do chairs have arms? Why is it they are only made for small butts when supposedly 60% of the population is overweight? Britney Spears Fat?  Everywhere I look I see headlines and articles on how fat, pop icon and new mother Britney Spears is. Only on our planet could people thing of calling this blonde bombshell "fat". Fat People are Not Alone  Articles abound on how the war on fat people is the only acceptable form of discrimination. I guess you can say I jumped on the band wagon with everyone else. Yesterday I received a letter from a man named Christopher Hamre. Getting the Message  "400-600 advertisements bombard us everyday in magazines, on billboards, on TV, and in newspapers. One in 11 has a direct message about beauty, not even counting the Kirstie Alley Lost 60lbs!  Wow, it´s amazing, isn´t it? Over the last year I´ve watched Kirstie lose weight yet again. This time with the help of JC. I´ve never really minded Kirstie Alley. Her raspy voice and quirky comedies have always provided some Mirror, Mirror...  So what is the infatuation with our image? What went through our minds thousands of years ago when we first glanced into a puddle and saw our image? Something made us want to capture it. Mirrors are put up everywhere and if there aren't mirrors there's highly reflective glass or other surfaces. Not Another Fat Suit Wearing Celebrity  Can anyone who dons a fat suit really know what it's like to live in a 350lb body? Tyra Banks is going to dress up in a fat suit for an upcoming episode of her talk show. Revisiting Childhood Dreams  When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up? Chances are you weren't thinking in terms of being thin. Those wishes came with puberty. From then on so much time has been spent focusing on the outside that we've forgotten to take care of the inside. Sizing Up Our Society  We are living in a world of such political correctness it’s hard to know whether we’re coming or going. We have to be careful of when and how we say what we say and to who. The ABC's of Being Fat  The new ABC´s, of being fat that is, according to the Large & Lovely site. The Hairy Lip  Today, for the first time, I went to the beauty parlour for electrolysis of my moustache. I have been mulling this over for a few years; the last year almost obsessively, The Mysterious Bosom - the tale of one woman's breasts  Do you remember the moment when you first became aware (or self conscious) of your body? I do. It was summer. Hot and sticky. I was probably five or six years old. The Obesity Miff  With so much of the population overweight or on the verge of obesity the science community just can´t figure out why. They´re stumped. With so many fat people out The Word 'FAT'  I like the word fat. It's short. Easy to write. Requires no thought once so ever. When you say it people know what you mean. Sure I could use other words. Obese is a nice medical term ... What is Plus Size  There is a growing debate, even among the plus size community, on what is considered plus size. Where does the fat begin and where does it end? You probably have an image in your mind of what a plus size person looks like. But have you ever really thought about it as the range it is? Youthful and Fat or Aged and Scrawny  As I get older, instead of thinking of all the reasons why I should be a size 0, I´ve gravitated to reasons why it´s ok to be fat (I know some of you hate that word but I like it and I´m the one who´s writing at the moment).
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