and then you see her! Beautiful, vivacious, alive! The dress is lovely, but it doesn’t “make” her beautiful — it frames the beauty that is hers all along.

P.S. According to the CEI link on Sourcewatch, fat-hater (and Sandy-hater) Mi**** Fu****o belonged to the exact same think tank that she once did, so for him to claim that Sandy is in the fat-acceptance business for the corporate kickbacks is particularly risible.

She is the best friend I have ever had in my journey to body acceptance & total belief in fat rights & someday I hope many other people will realize the same & also realize that some who are often praised as being so fat-positive & so much a part of the movement are not. I am nearly 59, so I doubt that I will see any real progress in fat civil rights in my lifetime, & our status as pariahs seems to become worse each day, but one can hope…if not for me, then perhaps for my baby granddaughters, one of whom is even now being raised by my fatphobic, food-fearing son to one day likely have a serious eating disorder & who now is most likely not really getting enough food, particularly enough fats & sugars, for her optimal growth & development.

And as this topic should illustrate, people will hate & fear anyone who is different & try to discredit & humiliate those who dare to be strong & independent, & many will do whatever it takes to silence those who tell the inconvenient truth, especially those who cannot be bought off.

I hadn’t thought about the matter from the perspective mentioned above, about fat acceptance being potentially counter-productive to junk food companies. That’s an interesting thought…

Not to mention, nothing’s so attractive as the forbidden. If HAES ever catches on, people might start to notice that a great deal of junk food tastes like ass.