Monthly Archives: July 2010
Fat is easy, acceptance is hard
I have been at least lurking if not participating in the fat acceptance community for so long that I can forget how un-mainstream the idea of not wanting to lose weight can be. I received a lovely email from a … Continue reading
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Happy returns
One of the reasons I started writing again is that my husband and I are going through a separation of sorts. It is hard to know what to call it, how to view it. I met Carl almost seven years … Continue reading
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Being Auntie Claudia
I don’t have any children, but I have two nieces who are the love of my life. Bella is almost ten. She has the loveliest warm eyes, a smattering of freckles across her nose that she doesn’t like but I … Continue reading
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Thinking about abuse and my body
I’m still pretty new at getting back to writing, so I don’t know how polished this will be just yet, but I want to throw some thoughts out. So, this post. One of the things that stands out to me … Continue reading
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The story of my sexual assault
This is an account of one of the times I was sexually assaulted, about fifteen years ago. I wrote this about seven years ago, when it was still a lot fresher, but even though time has made the pain dimmer, … Continue reading
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Inaugural post
I have been involved in online fat acceptance circles (at least lurking) since the days of soc.support.fat-acceptance since the early ’90s, and yet have never thrown my own hat into the ring until now. I am going through some serious … Continue reading
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