Fatima Mernissi and the Size 6 Harem Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem. from Scheherazade Goes West by Fatima Mernissi, a Moroccan feminist and professor at Mohammed V University, who grew up in an enclosed harem, unable to leave except…
QOTD: Clarissa Pinkola Estes
There is no “supposed to be” in bodies. The question is not size of shape or years of age, or even having two of everything for some do not. But the wild issue is, does this body feel, does it…
Too Much Weight Loss
Weight-Loss Surgery Wrecks Woman’s Health Yip said not all gastric bypass patients are the same—especially those who can afford the best medical care. “Celebrities in general have a different support than a common person,” he said. “And I truly believe…
What Would You Do If Ordered to Put Your Toddler On a 500-Calorie Diet?
The lock-up diet Although obesity has not yet been criminalised in the USA, it is possible to have your three-year-old child taken from you for the offence of ‘allowing’ her to become fat. That is the stark lesson of the…
QOTD: Paul Campos
“[Harvard professor of epidemiology and nutrition] Walter Willett says most people would be healthier if they had a BMI below 22. It’s as if he said most people would be healthier if they were more than 6 feet tall. It…
Two for One Bigotry!
Queers cause childhood obesity The only surprising thing is that it isn’t an American politician this time.
PETA Declares a New Target
Fat people! Yep, that’s right—they’ve named the “Flab Five” and are supposedly sending “Veg Eye for the Fat Guy” makeovers to them. Um, what? This has WHAT to do with the supposed unethical treatment of animals? I was already disgusted…
Size Acceptance Stuff
Demonizing Fat in the War on Weight—an actual positive article in the NYTimes! I want Paul Campos’ book, The Obesity Myth. A quote from the NYT article: He said in a recent interview: “The current hysteria about body mass and…
The Big Fat Con
The Big Fat Con Story: Size really doesn’t matter. You can be just as healthy if you’re fat as you can if you’re slender. And don’t let the obesity ‘experts’ persuade you otherwise, argues Paul Campos Consider this: from the…
Health Headlines
Guess I should go back to taking the stuff, huh? Glucosamine Stops Knee Arthritis in WomenSupplement Likely Benefits All Types of People, All Joints, Say Researchers