Good Girls Don’t Get Fat by Robyn Silverman My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is absolutely amazing, and I strongly recommend it to everyone. Yes, I said everyone. If you are a human being who is reading this post/review,…
Book Review: Good Girls Don’t Get Fat
Updated Page — Fat Stuff
I updated the Warning: Fat Lady Ahead page (finally!) today. The resources page had to be split into a separate page.
Linky Linky
You know all those stories and worries about immunizations contributing to autism? Forget them. The doctor who wrote the study that started the scare back in 1998 has been charged with “fixing” the data. What’s more, the “study” only involved…
Miscellany
I lost track of who originally linked to what, so I can’t credit them properly. But thank you to whoever they all were, anyway! Filed under “another reason I’m proud to be a homeschooler”: California court rules that private school…
Europeans Continue Coming to Their Senses
About models and the effects of the media on body image in their populations, at least. Following Spain’s move last year that banned ultra-thin models from catwalks, France is acting. The “French parliament’s lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday…
NOLOSE 2008
And another announcement, this one at the request of Stefanie: The date has been set! Mark your calendars for NOLOSE ’08: September 26th through the 28th (Friday-Sunday). Meet us by the pool at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in…
Weight Discrimination As Prevalent as Racial Discrimination
I was going to ask, “This is news to whom?” Then I realized that it’s perfectly likely that people who aren’t fat really don’t realize how much size discrimination there is, while it’s impossible for the rest of us to…
The Insanity of BMI
Kate Harding created this very cool slide show to show just how absurd it is to rely on body mass index to determine whether or not people are at a healthy weight. BTW—I did not “miss” blogging yesterday. February 29…
Who would you want to cuddle with or look like?
It’s a no-brainer for me! I’d rather be or hug the gal on the left any day! Somehow, though, the Make Me a Supermodel judges found the waif on the right more worthy of praise than Jen Hunter, the hot babe…