A Break From Hiatus and a Brief Plug

via Unapologetically Fat: A Study in Happiness http://unapologeticallyfat.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-break-from-hiatus-and-brief-plug.html

Open thread: NAAFA

Now that the NAAFA convention is ended, please feel free to comment here on your convention experience, on the presumed name change, on the general direction of NAAFA, and on anything else NAAFA related. Ready? Go!



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Pins and Wheedles —

Warning: The red and bold links are to NSFW images. Keepin’ it PG on the surface to make it readable for more people. Social media sites are as unique as they are ubiquitous. Although Pinterest and Tumblr are essentially image-sharing platforms, they’ve both taken a divergent approach to nudity and pornography. While Tumblr is the […]



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O Brave New World, That Has Such Fatkinis In’t!

Yesterday, I went to the beach by myself in my fatkini. Despite the fact that I’ve been a truly body loving person for over five years, I had never done this before. I had planned to go with a friend. I was all packed and ready to go, and then she texted me that she [...]



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OoTD No. 34 – Do the Bartman

My wardrobe is getting the to the point where I’m basically dead happy with everything in it. I’ve culled the dull stuff (mainly a lot of black jersey), and have stuck to only buying stuff I need/want with great urgency. The weird thing is that my wardrobe now seems to be the one that I’ve […]



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A Rant: This Too Shall Pass?

Um, so I’m in a bad place (temporarily) and the post you are about to read is a rant and a half, filled with profanity. You have been warned. *********** Trying really hard to see the silver lining, brighter side, etc, but just feeling super beat up by everything right now. I do all I [...]



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Bad encounters may prompt obese patients to doctor-shop (DUH!)

“Bad encounters may prompt obese patients to doctor shop” is one of those “No shit, Sherlock” headlines, and after reading it, I had a rant and a half on Facebook (one of my friends posted the link to the article). I don’t recommend reading it unless you have a well-padded surface on your desk for […]



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