Comments on: Feminism, Fat, and Strange Politics

By: Trula

Trula — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:37:48 +0000

Yay! This post made me want to stand up and cheer. I am so sick and tired of being told by ‘feminists’ that I am somehow brainwashed by the patriarchy for wanting to be healthy. I have personally witnessed family members and friends return to health after losing large amounts of excess fat, but none of that seems to matter to women who want you to stay overweight. None of them are going to be there when excess fat triggers the diabetes that is prevalent in my family, or buy medicine for me when it triggers hypertension or worse. And none of them were there when I was so fat it hurt my knees and in other ways affected the quality of my life. So they can kindly shut up and let me attain physical fitness in peace.

By: Jan.M.M.

Jan.M.M. — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:51:24 +0000

Jane:
I hate it when the ‘fat’ issue is focused on- because too many women become competitive about how hard they work their way to health &/or beauty.
What about those of us who are disabled- how do we ‘sweat’ our fat away? Fat is a complicated condition that no one to date has made an insightful or helpful way to rid ourselves of it. As if any fat person could love or accept their fat- think about that.
I am a fat feminist- have been eating organic for 25 yrs. Of course, the market exploits. What bothers me more is that women reject each other if they believe that fat people do not try hard enough to be ‘not fat’. It is the personal that hurts us more than the societal ignorance. Comments about weight should be carefully thought out- fat is what we ‘are’- not just what we do.

By: Harpsta

Harpsta — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:53:29 +0000

Right On, Sista!!
People are beng sold this swindling peice of self-abusive over-indulgence that is literally killing us, as welas degrading our cognitive as wellas physical lives. The degradation of our cognitive faculties is the more insidious, since that is the basis of our discerning the abuse being done to ourselves.

When we begin to accept looking, unncessarily, like the livestock that are fattened for the kill as some privilege of self-love, then we are living ina delusional denial of our own indolence.

We should be our body’s champions rather thanits executioners. Aesthetically we should be the protagonists for the life that challenges us to push the bounds of excelence than wallowing in the indolence of debilitating narcissm.

By: Jules

Jules — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:55:25 +0000

Those links are a wow moment! Why isn’t news like that on the evening news and the headlines of the papers?

On Yahoo News, I read a story yesterday about how American corps. are creating “hybrid” rice for paddies from Java to China. It’s super high-yield, but it only grows for one year, unlike conventional rice. So the rice farmers make more, but have to buy the seeds every year.

I see how that works. The corps. sell more to the poor farmers. The farmers make about $600 more per year. And when the corps. have them hooked on that, they’ll raise the seed prices. The farmers won’t have a choice, because they’ll no longer have the old rice crops to grow.

A new strain of rice appears on our tables that is genetically altered, and god knows what the nutritional benefit will be.

I am so disgusted with all of this, and wonder if there really is or will be any safe natural food left in the world.

By: KateM

KateM — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:21:42 +0000

Wow Jane!
You and I are on the same path.
The yoga practice I’ve enjoyed for the last couple of years enabled me to look at my body in completely different ways.
Then last December, I suddenly had no desire to eat meat…just didn’t have a taste for it and haven’t eaten it since.
Without trying I’ve lost a pound every week to 10 days, but more importantly I feel so good in my own skin and my body is functioning better than ever.
My new mantra…intentionally lean, strong, and balanced.
Loving this life!
Kate

By: Donna Faber

Donna Faber — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:54:50 +0000

I can’t view any videos from work, so I’ll look at them when I get home. For me, the commitment to better health and treating my body as a worthy temple for the goddess, is directly related to how far I “let the cat out of the bag”. I have truly indulged myself, and so now am dealing with a body that has its own desires. For me, it’ll be about controlling my wants mentally. Mind over matter, I guess. I’ve also noticed that so much of how I treat myself has to do with my stress, too.

It’s so nice having a place to discuss this stuff, Jane. Thank you so very much.