Comments on: Happy International No Diet Day! (Part 2)

By: LatCoetaMaf

LatCoetaMaf — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:01:36 +0000

Thank you

By: Sweet Machine

Sweet Machine — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:27 +0000

Flares away!

By: A Sarah

A Sarah — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:58:05 +0000

Wow, thanks!! Man oh man, mighty generous of you!

By: kateharding

kateharding — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:57:03 +0000

Hey, A Sarah, I’m going to give you your own thread, ’cause I think this is a good question for the Shapelings.

By: A Sarah

A Sarah — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:49:00 +0000

Um, help? I’m feeling tempted to diet! I’m at the high range of what I’d always thought to be my basic 20-pound range, which wouldn’t ordinarily make me feel ugly and SHOULDN’T, anyway, make me feel ugly… but it’s wrapped up with my feelings about my post-two-kids body that I’m having a hard time with, seeing some pictures of myself from six or seven years ago when I was at the “low” end, feeling like the emotional connection in my marriage has cooled, and the fact that I’ve been more active than usual lately (not for weight loss) and was surprised when I didn’t start feeling leaner.

I guess I’ve still got a ways to go on my FA journey. So I thought I’d send up a “need assistance” flare here at SP. I did a search for a thread that was marginally relevant so I didn’t hijack the more current threads. Hope that’s okay.

By: hallie

hallie — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:38:52 +0000

“an embezzler, drug user, shoplifter, or blind person than someone who is fat.”

…i’m sorry, but who even *designs* a study with all those traits as equivalents. seriously??

i saw your note, kate, honestly. but what the fuck. SERIOUSLY? holy fucking hell, dude.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:37:51 +0000

This thread’s probably dead, but I can’t resist saying that I, too, cannot believe they equated blind people to criminals. I’ve had a blind housemate for a few years now, and it’s just 100% Not A Big Deal. There are things we all do to accommodate those who live with us, and “don’t leave the ottoman in the middle of the living room floor where Kes might trip over it” isn’t a harder habit to get into than “don’t leave your wet clothes in the washer for hours, thereby preventing someone else from using it.” I can’t speak for her (sighted) husband, but they’re very much in love, and I don’t get the impression that anything he does for her, whether it’s related to her blindness or not, feels like a burden to him.

By: Godless Heathen

Godless Heathen — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:03:54 +0000

” A survey of college students found that they would prefer to marry an embezzler, drug user, shoplifter, or blind person than someone who is fat.”

Well geez, alcoholic shoplifting fat people can’t get no breaks in this world. Speaking as someone who is an addict, I resent being someone’s worst case scenario. Addiction is not a moral failing and does not make you a disposable human being. (I say is and not was, I’m still an alcoholic even though I’m not drinking.)

By: lactose intolerant lisa

lactose intolerant lisa — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:18:04 +0000

Thanks so much for mentioning how screwed-up the ableist study was.

By: buttercup

buttercup — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:33:18 +0000

defenestration of tosca. Fabulous. Now I have it stuck in my head.

Beats some other peanut butter songs I’ve had stuck, though.