Posted on April 5, 2008

Dear Media

Those of us in the “fatosphere” are not offended by the word “fat.” Which is why we did not call it the “overweightosphere” or the “pleasantlyplumposphere” or the “fluffosphere” or the “spherosphere,” although that last one would have been kind of awesome. We are offended when people use the word “fat” as a synonym for … Continue reading »

“Weird Moods”

Since I know some of you out there are current or aspiring yoga or pilates teachers, I’m gonna give you a tip for free. (I would imagine this tip would also apply to tai chi instructors, and anyone else teaching a mind/body discipline.) Here’s the tip: SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UUUUUUUUUUP. Especially when working … Continue reading »