Sunday afternoon we all went out and saw "The Secret World of Arrietty". It's the new Studio Ghibli film and sadly, I was disappointed (which was surprising because usually the movies out of that studio are SO GOOD!). To perk myself up I took my Addi…
Waaaay back when I began my fat acceptance journey I was also a regular at a very busy forum called GaiaOnline. I started a thread in the Lifestyle Discussion part of the site on Fat Acceptance and HAES. In the last...year or so? me and the hubs pret…
The emotional fall-out from my depression, and later the abortion, wasn't just mine, it was Ryan's as well. Many things are triggering for me now, like hospitals, and I avoid movies or books with scenes of childbirth (I can't read Marley and Me witho…
Trigger warning for depression, suicide, discussion of medical procedures. This is a long one, so I hope you're comfy.
Unfortunately, while the meeting the next day with my nurse went well, the resulting visit to an actual doctor did not. Julie, my a…
Trigger warning for body hate, depression, suicide
I've mentioned not a few times on here the Gabe's labour and delivery was long and difficult, and that afterwards I feel deeply into post partum depression. I'm not sure if I've ever detailed how dee…
Trigger warning for weight loss and diet talk
Well, it's both. When I was expecting Gabe (called Gir at the time) I hadn't heard about fat acceptance yet. I was terrified of gaining SO MUCH WEIGHT because I was already fat. I wasn't concerned that be…
So last night I tuned in for the first time to a whole Grammys' award show (except for the parts where Chris Brown was on; then I changed the channel). Wow. That was pretty damn cool. And it was even better because a woman that I really admire and l…
Well, that whole morning sickness thing is still dogging me about half the time but other than that my energy is coming back. Today is go get blood taken day so I can check for things like Trisonomy 18 and make sure baby-to-be is putting him/herself …
Part of the Charge of the Goddess, one of the most widely used and easily recognizable pieces of written work in the Pagan community, reads as follows:
"Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My r…
On Monday this picture appeared on my Facebook wall, posted by an acquaintance. I have seen, and written about, similar sentiments before, but this one takes the whole damn cake, but it also led to a little lightbulb moment for me.
There's a lot …
Last Monday I hosted a small contest to help repurpose a sign. I recieved quite a few interesting and positive entries and have chosen KellyK as the winner! Congrats, Kelly!
"KellyK January 31, 2012 wrote:
You could paint it with "Eat food. Stuff…
So this is pretty great:
I chose to say what's on there because I got a lot of 'good natured' ribbing as a teen and young girl about being busty, developing early, being pudgy, etc. My mom told me to 'suck it in' during family photos (and I still f…
Despite being an eternal optimist, sometimes I doubt people. I've been disappointed before by people or groups who talk the talk but don't walk the walk. Well, today my faith and hope for humanity was renewed by the Big Fat Money Bomb project. In le…
Happy Thursday folks! Big news today in the world of JeninCanada-land; I'm pregnant! Yesterday was my first ultrasound and I'm measuring at 11 weeks and 2 days. I've known since the middle of December for sure (thank you over the counter pregnancy te…
If anyone remembers, a while back I posted about a small, heart-shaped sign that used to hang in my old kitchen. It says "Broken cookies don't have calories". I haven't hung it up in my new kitchen because that kind of thinking just isn't me anymore,…
The other day after work I was browsing the Fat o' Sphere and came upon Elizabeths' post over at The Extender on Sharran Alexander, the UK's only woman sumo wrestler. From there I went to the Daily Mail article for more details as I didn't even know …
This week is a big week for reproductive choice advocates; the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is being celebrated at MoveOn.org with a push-back against 2011 being the year of (overt) War on Women in the United States. Last year was the year a reco…
GIANT trigger warning for fat hate, violent rhetoric and imagery, and racist language.
Today has been a rough day with my local Occupy. It started with a long, heated conversation about using violent and/or eliminationist language, a conversation tha…
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