Comments on: Short Cuts: The good, the bad, and the to-be-determined http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/ (formerly Fatshionista.com) Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gigi http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-7605 Gigi Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:41:16 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-7605 I have always been fat. It was very hard for me as a child. When I was in fourth grade my mother enrolled us in something called Shape Up which was a program for fat parents and their children. I don’t remember much of it only that it didn’t stick.

Last year my mom talked me into going down the gastric bypass road. I was supposed to get it done this past winter but for some reason my heart wasn’t into documenting everything I at fore a year. I ended up not getting it.
I know I need to exercise more and try to become healthier because I do have some health problems but I also know I’m very happy. I also suspect I would have some of my health problems even if I was skinny. I’m just to afraid of my mother, grandmother and doctors to say so.

Thank you for this blog I just started reading it after seeing everything you’ve done at xoJane which I discovered today and have spent most of the night reading and squeeing about to all my friends.

You have no idea how much this post in particular means to me.

THANK YOU.

]]> By: Lori http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6657 Lori Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:22:43 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6657 I very much enjoyed your post, seriously lifted me out of the doldrums who would have thought fat is not a death sentence! The psychologist needs a kick in the face, tied to a chair and force fed mars bars until he can see the other side of the argument (I specifically chose mars bars as they are high in sugar (well glucose actually) so must be evil). I have been fat my whole life and didn’t develop health problems until an explosion in a lab where I worked but the Dr’s response was lose weight, it will help. As a scientist I know that there is no biochemical byproduct of the burning of fat that would tackle the bacteria I was exposed to, when I let the Dr know this he just gave me one of those “punch me in the face I am so smug and patronising whilst your totally deluded about your weight” looks

]]> By: a.w. http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6571 a.w. Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:45:02 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6571 re: “The Big Sexy”: I am so damn tired of everyone in the world emphasizing WOMEN as sexy but not sexual (or conflating the two, which is just as annoying) and STRAIGHT MEN as sexual but under no compulsion to be sexy (or generally considered “attractive” no matter what). GAY/BI MEN or drag queens are the only entities who are portrayed and permitted to be both, while gay/bi women, trans men, and trans women (particularly trans dykes) are generally invisible. What this means is the “sexiness” of women can be the only thing discussed about them, while their actual SEXUALITY (as in their ability to have actual orgasms) is ignored (although they are always assumed to be heterosexual unless they have a crew cut and exclusively wear men’s suits, not that there’s anything wrong with crew cuts/suits although they’re not my taste). This also means that a woman’s hobbies, interests, brains is equally ignored…all that matters is that they look “hot” TO MEN and so that other women can’t pick them apart to little shreds. There needs to be more shows that emphasize women’s hobbies and abilities, and to make the scales a little more balanced, encourage more straight men to care about their own aesthetics so that THEY can look “sexy”. If most women are heterosexual, why do they spend so little time focusing on men’s appearances and so much time analyzing women’s “sexiness”? All this show will do is say, “now fat women can be picked apart and put back together (at the expense of other aspects of their being, such as intelligence, talents, hobbies, and ability to enjoy orgasms rather than focus on looking hot so Mr. Man can have better orgasms) to better appeal to straight men who could care less about their own aesthetics just like thin women!” And as a non sequitur, if I hear one more straight female refer to her female friends as “girlfriends”, I’m going to scream. This makes all queer women and their lovers invisible. And NO, why should queer girls have to use the word “partner” to describe someone they’re casually dating?

]]> By: Eva http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6507 Eva Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:27:45 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6507 Best of luck with your health.

]]> By: kbryna http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6501 kbryna Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:24:10 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6501 YES. I miss “Huge” with a vengeance. I want to know how Alistair is doing. And Piznarski. And Trent. And all the rest of those adorable Camp Victory kids.

]]> By: kbryna http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6500 kbryna Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:22:58 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6500 “it’s the circle of life” – made me laugh so hard I snorted, repeatedly.

]]> By: Katrina http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6492 Katrina Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:37:41 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6492 Sorry. Totally goofed the link. :(

]]> By: Katrina http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6491 Katrina Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:36:33 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6491 Lesley, I’ve been stalking your blog for a while, and I love all your article “de-bunkings,” re-caps, and general musings. I love that you force (encourage would maybe be better) your readers to think critically.

The thing that pulled me out of lurkdom, though, was coming across this awful excuse for a children’s book. I figured you could have a field day with it.

Hope I linked that right.

While Maggie’s “diet” basically equates to healthy eating and exercise (nothing particularly heinous there), what gets to me is that it sets up a direct cause and effect: Maggie gets skinny—> Maggie gets popular! The kicker is that though the main character is 14, the reading level is for 4-8 year olds.

Ugh.

]]> By: polly http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6476 polly Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:26:22 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6476 I just discovered your blog. You are amazing, I absolutely love your writing style and, last but not least, I agree wholeheartedly with body positivity.
Now I just need to learn how to fix all the mess that years and years of body policing have created in my brain. It’s shameful how hard it is for a woman not to hate herself in this day and age.

]]> By: Kathy G. http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6472 Kathy G. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:26:44 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6472 Leslie — first off, hell to the yeah would I love recaps! You’re a wonderful writer and your recaps have always been razor-sharp insightful and massively entertaining.

And, like RedheadedVixen, I, too, would like to hear your thoughts about the new MTV reality show about a young woman who is plus size. IIRC, she’s OMG deathfatz, so that show could prove especially interesting — either in a good way or in a crappy way.

One more thing: remember Meghan Tonjes, the singer you wrote about earlier this year? In the past she’s been active in size acceptance work, and apparently she still is. But as of late, she’s also been dieting and apparently is a paid flack for a particular diet. She talks about it at the end of her latest video:
http://meghantonjes.com/?p=227

I’d be interested in hearing your take on that as well.

]]> By: Laurah http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6451 Laurah Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:43:44 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6451 Recaps!

I want to tape this article to the head RN at my crappy HMO. She is personally irritated by my low blood pressure and cholesterol.

]]> By: firefey http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6437 firefey Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:44:49 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6437 well OF COURSE they would list obesity as the cause of death in that case. becuase obviously they couldn’t get out of the way of the train. because of their fat. because fat people can’t run. right?

but all snark asside, i don’t know if obesity is listed as a cause of death or if it’s listed as a co-morbidity factor. like “subject A died of cartiac arrest and had a BMI of 34 which likely caused cardiac arrest.” if that’s the case, total fail.

]]> By: Heather http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6432 Heather Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:12:55 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6432 Yes please recaps! I might even be inspired to TiVo the show with your recaps to look forward to. Also Fattery I love your idea of just having the show on muted, like animated Fatspiration wallpaper.
Jackie, I miss Huge too… I’ve been watching reruns of Freaks and Geeks this summer and it makes me think of Huge… Both in the “wow I wish there were more episodes of this show and I can’t believe these characters just abruptly ceased to exist because of some network executive decision” category.

]]> By: silentbeep http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6393 silentbeep Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:27:57 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6393 Recaps! Please!

]]> By: ako http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6377 ako Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:29:20 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6377 I had suspected cancer once. You know what the doctors did? They removed a small portion of cells, tested it, and determined it wasn’t cancer at all.

Apparently, what they were supposed to do was go “You may or may not have cancer now, but obviously you are doomed to have it! Take your fucking chemo right now!” Because then I could have been sick, bald, and anemic, and enjoyed the benefits of knowing my doctor was big on GETTING TOUGH on disease!

]]> By: Alexa http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6375 Alexa Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:27:27 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6375 Has even one single child ever actually died from ‘obesity’?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Talk about a ridiculous comparison.

Or do they now always label the cause of death as ‘obesity’ for fat people, with the only proof being required is that they’re, you know, fat? Even if they were run over by a train?

]]> By: vep002 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6373 vep002 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:01:29 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6373 Her hair is gorgeous!

]]> By: Jackie http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6371 Jackie Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:40:08 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6371 I do miss your recaps! But, I miss HUGE more. Especially during the summer when I know it *should* be on. I mean what is Alistair up to this summer?
Damn it.

]]> By: RedheadedVixen http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6351 RedheadedVixen Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:43:38 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6351 http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/19/mtv-to-debut-plus-size-reality-star/?hpt=hp_bn5

MTV unveils plus-sized reality star! What say you to this?

]]> By: AcceptanceWoman http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/08/short-cuts-the-good-the-bad-and-the-to-be-determined/comment-page-1/#comment-6348 AcceptanceWoman Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:18:32 +0000 http://blog.twowholecakes.com/?p=683#comment-6348 I’ll channel my six-year-old and say “Re-Caps! Re-Caps! Re-Caps!”

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