Comments on: Campos Knocks It out of the Park Again http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/ 2007-2010 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:13:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: On fat acceptance and fitness « Raising My Boychick http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-107110 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:58:00 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-107110 [...] healthy”, and encourages people to sit on their duff and scarf donuts (possibly of the baby-flavored variety) all day. According to this line of thinking, accepting fatness encourages fatness; without the [...]

]]> By: Beckduer http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-41738 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:00:25 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-41738 littlem, on November 29th, 2007 at 4:49 am Said:
I wish we used the energy we spend on limiting and stigmatizing children’s food choices and spent it on better critical thinking and reading comprehension education.

Oooohhh, look. A pipedream. Shiny!

LOL! at work, with bronchitis, not a good combo.

I just found this whole community due to the WaPo article. I wish I’d known about you all Long, Long, Long ago, before I started trying to diet my metabolism into submission instead of accepting that my health issues aren’t tied to my weight so much as my struggle to LOSE weight! (Go figure!)

]]> By: fillyjonk http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25623 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:05:15 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25623 I get to actually contribute to critical thinking education these days at least, so it’s better than before, when I used to just sit around getting angry that nobody ever learned critical thinking. (Not that I can require anyone to actually USE the materials I’m producing, but it’s a start.)

]]> By: littlem http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25613 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:49:04 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25613

I wish we used the energy we spend on limiting and stigmatizing children’s food choices and spent it on better critical thinking and reading comprehension education.

Oooohhh, look. A pipedream. Shiny!

]]> By: wellroundedtype2 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25604 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:17:22 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25604 Ellie, you hit it exactly.
I want a sticker to put on my car that says “shallow assholes” with a big circle around it and a line through it. But somehow, if you are opposing some form of intolerance, you are supposed to be hypertolerant, which is ridiculous.
No fat chicks is wrong on so many levels.
I mean, were there fat chicks lining up to date these guys, they had to beat them away with sticks, so they had to adopt this policy?

I have fantasies where I have a big baseball bat and when I see a sign like that on a truck window, I smash it, and if confronted (arrested?) I say I was removing the sticker.

Wouldn’t an I (heart) skinny chicks window sticker be a much more positive message?

]]> By: Jae http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25600 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:07:45 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25600 I don’t know if they’re still around, but when I was in my early 20’s, I kept seeing these “No Fat Chicks” window stickers everywhere – ironically enough, almost always on a truck.

This reminds me, over Thanksgiving I drove up to my cousins house (in lovely suburbia where the world is perfect ) and written in spray paint below the word “Stop” on the stop sign were the words “fat chicks.” Stop fat chicks. All I could think was, stop fat chicks from what? From living? From going through this intersection? What exactly is it that you, oh insecure, sheltered, teenager with too much time on his hands, want to stop fat chicks from doing?

]]> By: nuckingfutz http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25557 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:05:07 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25557 I don’t know if they’re still around, but when I was in my early 20′s, I kept seeing these “No Fat Chicks” window stickers everywhere – ironically enough, almost always on a truck. Every time I saw one, the thought that went through my head was “even if I WAS thin, I wouldn’t want to date a guy who would put that on his truck!”

That’s what that one guy reminds me of. We may be fat, but he’s a shallow, vain asshole. I’d rather be fat than be an asshole any day of the week.

]]> By: kateharding http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25555 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:51:35 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25555 Hee, Ellie, I’m with you. It’s been said before in this thread, but I love how, “I wouldn’t date a fat chick!” is supposed to make us feel bad about our fat, when all it ever does is make us thrilled we never have to date that guy.

]]> By: Ellie http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25552 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:42:44 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25552 Commenter: if you want to date me, then you must fall within the “healthy weight” range.

So, let me get this straight.
1. I’m fat.
2. Therefore, I can’t date this guy.

This seems to be evidence in favor of obesity = increased quality of life.

]]> By: kateharding http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25551 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:35:26 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/11/28/campos-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-again/#comment-25551 Damn, I never thought of smoking them! I wonder if that would turn my lungs perfectly pink again.

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