A Plus Size SockDreams.com Review (+ Random Pics!)

First, I would like to thank those of you who have checked on me, reached out for support or to offer support and just the awesome people in my life who keep me going when I forget what the point of everything is. Thank you! I love you! <3 Second, well, I’m doing a bit […]

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Faking Allergies – Don’t do it, but don’t assume others are faking

This article describing the process restaurant kitchens go through to avoid cross-contamination for customers with allergies was fascinating. Labels, separate cutting boards, the whole nine yards. I have mixed feelings on the article as a whole. I think it points out a real problem but is also too quick to paint people who go gluten-free […]

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Boogie Nights (1997, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)

Paul Thomas Anderson’s breakout epic about the golden era of porn, Boogie Nights, flirts with the culturally subversive potential of the community on which it focuses.  On my recent rewatch in over a decade, the inversion of the male gaze jumped out at me.  We do see female bodies in states of undress, meant to […]

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I just can’t…

These days, I just can’t. Presumably, people attach themselves to liberal and progressive activism because they value open-mindedness and tolerance. …

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5 Simple Ways to Make Happy Cat Mealtimes

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MyCatMyMuse #CollectiveBias Hi friends! As you know, I have three beautiful cats – Ashes, Isis, and Grayson – that are my everything! To say … Continue reading →

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Vin Diesel Gets Fat Shamed

Actor Vin Diesel recently had the “nerve” to appear on his hotel balcony not looking like a retouched version of himself. So the kind of people who have the free time and over-exaggerated sense of self-importance required to comment on negatively on other people’s bodies took to the internet to behave badly. A lot of the articles I […]

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A Public Letter Calling for Solidarity with Indigenous and PoC Communities and Against Conferences at Former Labor Camps and Sites of Genocide

A note from the Association for Size Diversity and Health Leadership Team: As an organization, it saddens us this conversation must be had in the face of growing exposure of white supremacy and the pervasive erasure of non-conforming and marginalized communities. People of color, indigenous peoples, and transgender folks continue to be subject to unending […]

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