obligatory Rachel Moss post

[cabell]

http://wickedqueen.net/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/and-lo-i-have-returned-with-the-startling-news-that-there-is-asshaberdashery-on-the-internets/

Comments

[j00j]

asshaberdashery. Still one of my favorite words.

[deepforestowl]

your post made me burst into tears cause you reflected everything that has been kind of going on in my head. thank you!

[slit]

Well said.

Huh

[siencyn]

I looked her up on Something Awful (I'm a member. I know, I know) and her custom title's been changed to

"I put other people down so that I feel less hypocritical, smug, and insecure! Eating disorders are funny (except mine)."

No idea where to take that, really.

[sasha_feather]

Ha, I kind of skimmed this (I have tl;dr syndrome), but some things made me laugh-- demonic possession by the patriarchy! Yes!

Body image and weight loss stuff can get really, really hairy. It's a tough nut to chew on, and I usually avoid doing so... I like what I saw about "body facism" somewhere-- maybe coffeeandink's blog. As in, no one can deviate from the accepted body standard! If you do we will punish you! In that light, it's not so much about food or exercise, but about challenging our notions of what kinds of bodies are acceptable in society.

So I'm headachy right now, I might not be making sense. It was v. nice to see you today!