[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- What’s the Obama White House afraid of? Lafayette Park closed, media banned during GetEqual protest
- In a move that suggests the White House is feeling the heat on its slow-motion approach toward repealing DADT, it’s now resorted to trying to stop press coverage of direct actions.
As Ben Smith of The Politico notes in his post ”Most transparent White House ever…”, closing Lafayette Park to the public during a demonstration is almost unheard of. Until now, when LGBT military veterans, including barista Autumn Sandeen, chained themselves to the White House fence today.
- Sex and the City 2 – Hype and Backlash Begins
- Now I’m a fan of the show and the movie and love the fact that this is making Hollywood pay attention to women, but I am already sensing (and am worried) that this is going to be a long month before the release and that the hype as well as the nasty negativity will continue to crest. You know like being called insane for purchasing a ticket for a film.
- Two Days in the Life of Fatty Fatastrophe
- So, I was supposed to lose weight, apparently, exclusively by starving myself, since I was meant to be on almost complete rest to heal from the chondritis which made exercise out of the question. Um. Was my doctor really recommending something so absurd? Well. It was no more absurd than the contention that weighing in at the same weight two weeks in a row meant I hadn't lost a pound and a half, or gained it, or a little more or less, and then arrived back at the same place again on that particular day, since weight can naturally fluctuate a couple of pounds every day, anyway.
I was aggravated more than anything about being talked to like I am a stupid person. I thought: I need a new doctor. But this doctor is the only one in town who's in my insurance network. So. [...]
…consider with bitter amusement that the USian medical community constantly howls about the Obesity Crisis!!!eleventy! and all their OMGFAT!!!eleventy! patients, and yet despite servicing a fat clientele they can't shut up about, they can't find a fucking paper gown to fit me.
- Quick Hit – On “thick skin”
- "…the choice is between “thick skinned” women or women who “make themselves the victim”. This [framing] actually punishes women who set and define their boundaries as “victims”, when in fact setting and defining boundaries is the opposite of victim behavior."
- You Are To Blame For Your Grandkids' Cancer!
- I read the [headline] and knew right away it couldn't be based on humans. We don't have food surveys for what our grandmothers ate when pregnant.
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