Live Large and Prosper
I went and saw Mamma Mia on the weekend, as I was in the mood for a pleasant bit of fluff. And it met expectations - a fun romp, with ABBA songs.
But what blew me away was Meryl Streep. Who knew she could actually sing? I mean, really sing? Do yourself a favour and watch her emotional performance of The Winner Takes It All. If anyone could make singing an ABBA song Oscar-worthy, Meryl has done it. Seriously.
The sad thing? I am actually wearing a cat ear hairband right now. Please don’t ask; you don’t want to know.
“I am not the beast the media depicts me as.”
What utter, utter, utter bullshit. I’m sorry, Mr-daughter-raping-imprison-your-family-in-a-dungeon-Fritzl, YOU ARE A MONSTER And that doesn’t change because you bought your daughter flowers every so often. You were not saving your daughter from “breaking the rules” and running away (which she was probably doing because of your abuse, anyway). For selfish reasons, you made a conscious decision to ignore your daughter’s rights and welfare as a human being. For selfish reasons, you made a conscious choice to kidnap Elizabeth, to imprison her, to rape her repeatedly, to have children with her, to take some of those children away from her and to doom some of those children never to see the sun. Don’t try and make it out that you are a good and kindly man with your daughter’s best interests at heart. No. Just don’t. YOU ARE A BEAST.
And, above all, you do not get to whine about how you are portrayed in the media.
According to this lovely little dooverlacky, I only swear moderately on my blog.
Which clearly means I haven’t been doing it right, and must pick up my game.
And given that my mood is highly conducive to a little obscenity, here it goes. (below the fold of course, in case I offend delicate sensibilities).
Oh, and actual real content will be forthcoming shortly, now that life is starting to calm down slightly.
I have been following (and been commenting on) the recent discussions in the Fatosphere about “good fatties” and “bad fatties”. Surprisingly and sadly, it has been a rather divisive and explosive topic with misunderstandings abounding on all “sides”.
I’m not sure why this state of affairs should be, really, since we are all on the same team regardless of our views on this particular matter. Surely constructive discussion about what Fat Activism’s goals are and how best to achieve them is to be encouraged?
Anyway, Life’s been very full on recently, keeping me very busy and without the energy to compose a decent blog post about this or anything else. But when I have more time I intend to post more about this in future.
A nutritionist and body image researcher with an interest in preventing eating disorders and ‘treating childhood obesity’, has completed research showing that much of the advice given to school kids on diet, weight and health is detrimental. Full article here:
Jenny O’Dea of the University of Sydney has found approaches used in many of the nation’s schools are inappropriate and potentially harmful.
Associate Professor O’Dea interviewed 8950 students in 57 schools for a study of body image and obesity issues in 2006 and published the results and recommendations in her recent book Everybody’s Different.
“Our approach for dealing with these problems in children should always be ‘First, do no harm,”‘ she told a conference of teachers at the university.
Well, that’s a good start.
Continue reading ‘Diet advice in schools is harmful. Oh, d’ya think?’
I’ve no energy for a real post at the moment.
Instead I say: Go play this incredibly addictive little game.
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