Something more positive

This is just something more positive, and random, than my post of just a few minutes ago. Cause I think I need some happier thinking to get me through my workday.

So, here’s some things I’ve done recently that many people assume fat people can’t/don’t do:

~ practiced bellydancing for an hour

~ walked to the county fairgrounds, then walked around there for a few hours, then walked back home, all without getting winded or exhausted or falling over dead

~ rode the flying swings ride at that fair

~ climbed stairs

~ walked to a friend’s house and back (it was only a couple of blocks, but still, some people think we can’t do anything)

~ ate healthy (oh my goodness, but I thought fat people ate McDonald’s three times a day!!!)

~ drank water

~ continued to be in love with and be loved by a wonderful woman who also happens to be fat, and gorgeously so

~ valued myself!!!!

Take that, those who think we fat people must be lazing around eating cheetos and fast food and inhaling lard all day every day!

But yeah, I do feel a bit better now ^^;

Fast food ban in California

To all those who thought I was being ridiculous by being concerned about the Metabo “fad” in Japan:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121668254978871827.html?mod=yhoofront

It looks like we might not be too many steps away from them after all, if this passes. Because our country is so obsessed with this war on obesity, if this passes in California, I bet we’ll be seeing something similar in many more places. Not that its going to do any good, or make people any healthier. But hey, when has that stopped our government?

*fumes*

MeMe Roth – wtf?

So I was just looking up more Joy Nash videos, as she’s finally putting her Fat Rants on DVD *dances* and came across this bit from a morning TV show. In it, she discusses obesity and health with an awesome woman named Kelly Bliss, and MeMe Roth….who I think is insane. Unfortunately I have to link to MeMe Roth’s YouTube account to to show you the whole thing, but I think its important to see, so here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBdLKNKqeAY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5gpSwiMWds&NR=1

…what the hell??? She contradicts herself often, makes sweeping assumptions about health based on size, speaks over and interrupts Ms. Bliss (notice how Joy Nash barely has a chance to say anything too), and pretends to agree with them wile still assuming them unhealthy because of their size and insulting them that way. Its also really frustrating to me that at first the hosts are really positive about Joy and Kelly Bliss’ messages and standpoints, but then, and this is especially true with the male host, they start taking MeMe’s side little piece by little piece. They even call in a nutritionalist, who at first is very positive as well, but still refuses to say that overweight people can be healthy, only “somewhat” healthy. Kelly Bliss is a very healthy woman, who does even more for her body than MeMe Roth suggests a person do. Joy Nash is also very healthy. But all of them still end up suggesting that neither of them can possibly be as healthy as they say because they’re fat. Ugh!!!!

I’m sure I have a lot more to say about this, but I’ll shut up for now. I want to bellydance later and don’t want my mood to be totally soured by this.

On the plus side (har har), I recently ordered two fat-positive books to take with me on an upcoming family vacation. My family is very…well, negative about weight, so I decided to treat myself so I’d have something positive to read in the midst of that week-long negativity. I even bought a new swimsuit too, because I was too fat *gasp* to fit into my old one. But I digress. The books I got are “The Forbidden Body” by Shelly Bovy, which was recommended to me by one of my watchers on DeviantArt, and “Fat!So?” by Marilyn Wann. They both look amazing and I can’t wait to read them. I’ll let you know what I think after I have.

Now I’m going to go bellydance, which counts as exercise. Fat girls do that too, MeMe Roth.

New format and header again

Suddenly I was unhappy with the format of this blog, so ta da, I changed it!

I think this looks much better, and less passive. Besides, now I have my header image in full color, and I always work better in color.

In case anyone wants to see the entirety of that drawing, by the way, you can view it here – “Hot Damn”

Keira Knightley and Beth Ditto

Soooo I’m sure more everyone who has been active in the size-acceptancey community knows about this, but I’m blogging about it anyway. I recently started listening to the band Gossip, whose lead singer is Beth Ditto, a very proud BBW. They are very cool but that’s not why I’m writing. Apparently last year at some point, Keira Knightley was at one of the Gossip’s shows, and she had an unexpected reaction to Ms. Ditto’s size. Read here:

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/03/keira_knightley_praises_the_so_sexy_beth

omg yay!!! I don’t know much about Keira Knightley otherwise, but my opinion of her just went up