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Hmm. Ok. Official Obama pics
Michelle's is nothing less than knock your socks off amazing. I can't stop looking at it.
But Barack's? cimmerians, I think that a new pic can now be used for that "Dork" userpic. Because hello ... who picked that tie???? -
WTH, Russian eljayers?
Why am I friended by people whose profiles are in Russian?
WTH? -
One of the dozens of reasons I love Bloodroot
I went to Bloodroot for lunch yesterday. It is a feminist bookstore and restaurant. There is a hand-lettered sign over the ordering counter that says:
Because all women are subject to fat oppression, please refrain from loudly agonizing over the calorie content of the food. (For more on this, see Shadows on a Tightrope and [another book I don't ( Read more... ) -
Pandora utopia
I have discovered the magic key for unlocking the perfect stream of workday music from Pandora ( Read more... ) -
Maybe it is because I am not into sports
But isn't anyone else completely skeezed by this?
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE49011A20081001
Buy Tiger, sell Kobe on new sports stock marketBy Ben Klayman ( Read more... ) -
Research proves ...
... what I am living.
http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v16/n2s/full/oby2008456a.html
Results: Participants rated obese job candidates as having less leadership potential, as less likely to succeed, and as less likely to be employed than normal-weight ( Read more... ) -
Aretha Franklin
Saw this snarked in another community but whatEVer. I think Aretha rocked it. She looks comfortable and relaxed. I'm a big loose clothes kinda chick myself, so I love to see someone of any size flow like this.
And the fact that she can still sing this song after 40 years and add to it = musicianship beyond compare. -
HAES, fat advocacy
I don't remember if I have written here about the Rudd Center, but if not, allow me to say that I am grateful that they are doing the work they're doing. If you have ever had trouble understanding the experience of a fat person or if you are fat and have trouble articulating the hideousness that is the "health" industry's treatment of you, check ( Read more... )
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