Polimicks

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THIS!!!!

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!! http://yeloson.livejournal.com/613032.html A post by a man about rape and the way silence and renaming it fucking sucks: “See, this shit happens because fuckfaces, like you, … Continue reading

June 12, 2009 · Leave a comment

Woman as Perpetual Child

This post (http://rm.livejournal.com/1646208.html) by does a very good job of deconstructing something that’s been chapping my hide for quite a while. And that thing is, that in spite of all … Continue reading

May 29, 2009 · 4 Comments

Meme Roth, poster child of the ZOMG! UR GOIN TO DIE DEATHFATZ!!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/24/meme-roth-obesity-nutrition The Guardian UK has a profile on Meme Roth, who some of you may know from her appearances on the cable news networks telling us we’re all going to … Continue reading

May 27, 2009 · 7 Comments

NEWS!!!

Yours Truly has been asked to Guest Blog at the California chapter of NOW’s blog! I’m very excited! http://www.canow.org/canoworg/ Some of the stuff I post there will be rehased, expanded … Continue reading

May 21, 2009 · 4 Comments

Good Fats -v- Bad Fats

Here’s the thing. I speak at length about how I eat right, exercise, do active stuff and take care of myself. I go to the doctor regularly, all of my … Continue reading

May 19, 2009 · 20 Comments

Something that frosts my cookies about the way people frame talking about fat.

Whenever I talk about being anti-dieting, or about Health At Every Size or about just in general not spending your life punishing yourself for your genetic predisposition to body shape/style/weight… … Continue reading

May 18, 2009 · 15 Comments

This Bears Repeating

http://polimicks.livejournal.com/8367.html Lately, I’ve been dealing with a bit of a resurgence in classism on several of the elitest liberal blogs I frequent, and I’m getting a little sick and tired … Continue reading

April 22, 2009 · Leave a comment

DNA Exoneration: Sometimes they really are guilty

http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/1128012.html This article examines the statistical success of The Innocence Project’s DNA testing program. 43% of the inmates who request the DNA testing are exonerated by it. However, the figure … Continue reading

April 20, 2009 · 9 Comments

The Hard Price of Bullying

http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid78827.asp The link is to an interview with the mother eleven year old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover who committed suicide after a protracted campaign of bullying and harassment committed against him … Continue reading

April 16, 2009 · 13 Comments

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