Comments on: Some brief thoughts, and I’ll leave it at that.

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:14:29 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

By: Fatadelic

Fatadelic — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:20:29 +0000

Lindsay, Beckduer and Twistie – Thanks. :)

Lynnie:

Yet suddenly, every fat blog I read is talking about the good/bad fatty issue as if it’s a big problem with fat activists.

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I for one have never said that any Fat Activist divides people into “good” or “bad” fatties. I have said -repeatedly – that how we approach debate and respond to attack from fat-haters can play into those exact same attitudes you “encounter in mainstream culture all the time”.

Which is not a straw fatty.

Nor is the Fatosphere is an echo chamber – for anyone. Diversity of opinion is a good thing and should be encouraged.

By: lynnie

lynnie — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:54:30 +0000

I think you make many good points, but I have to say, I just haven’t seen a lot of “good” vs “bad” fatty attitudes in the fatosphere. It’s something I encounter in mainstream culture all the time, but I don’t hear that kind of stuff from fat activists or read it on fat positive blogs. Yet suddenly, every fat blog I read is talking about the good/bad fatty issue as if it’s a big problem with fat activists. I agree with Kate Harding that this discussion on the fat positive blogs recently is really about a straw fatty.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:02:07 +0000

Fatadelic? I think I love you. That is all.

By: beckduer

beckduer — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:23:21 +0000

Fabulous!

Just, Fabulous!

I’m pointing people this direction and I’d like to print this and keep a copy with me at all times!