I’ve learned something about myself in the last few weeks: I prefer having done things to actually doing them. Even things I profess to love, like writing and baking, I sometimes feel too lazy or stressed or too paralyzed by fear of failure to actually get up and do. This past month’s specific examples: Writing…
The NYTimes has an article today about a photography exhibit in Los Angeles that’s all about beauty and the different ways it’s defined in our society. And I really want to go. I’ve always loved photography, and of course I’m always interested in the ways artists open society up to discussions of social pressure and…
Supporting my favorite soapbox claim that fat people can (usually) do all the same things thin people can do (sometimes better) is Michael K at my favorite celebrity blog, Dlisted, with this story about a 400 pound man who finished the LA Marathon! Woohooooooooooo stereotype-breakers! Tweet
This blog is where I’ll rant and rave about all things writing- or body-image-related. It’s likely to be a land of short posts, often linking to other peoples’ longer, better thought-out pieces of writing, like this one about traveling while fat, from the NYTimes. In other words, this is where I’ll procrastinate, when my other…