Archive For The “Lesley” Category
Miscellany: A new podcast (already); weight loss not a game-changer; and I cannot stop watching this video.
By Lesley | April 28, 2010
Marianne and I made another mini podcast last night on the idea of the “Fatosphere”. (Also, “scare quotes”.) You can either listen or download via the web; or if you haven’t already, you can subscribe via iTunes. In it, we failed to say thank you for the tremendous offering of kudos and support from y’all, […]
It’s Alive: We join our intrepid heroes as they venture cautiously into the world of podcasting.
By Lesley | April 26, 2010
So Marianne, who likes to be fat over at The Rotund, and I have many conversations that result in many ideas, more ideas than we have time to follow through on, unfortunately. Among them is Marianne’s suggestion awhile back that she and I do some kind of video-based fat-conversatin’ adventure. We both did research on […]
Last week, Roger Ebert, who is possibly the smartest guy in America, made a blog post extrapolating on a statement he once made that video games “can never be art”. He was moved to do so because a reader had pointed him at an unfortunate TED Talk on the subject. If, unlike me, you do […]
Hello loves! I am extraordinarily pleased to announce that I have an article up on Newsweek.com today. For serious! It’s a heavily-edited version of the childhood obesity post of a few weeks ago, which elicited such a powerful response from so many of you. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Kate Dailey, articles […]
Everything in this story is true. Well, except for the end. There I had to embellish, as it was written before the story was truly over. The real end was very different from the one I imagined, but then life has a way of surprising you. And except for the fate of the girl I […]
Yesterday, on my way home from work, I stopped by Target to look at this dress and this dress, both of which I’d seen on the website, but honestly, trying to gauge the potential ugliness factor of floral prints using web images is a total drag. So off I went. D was with me, but […]
A few of you have inquired about the long-promised Kirstie Alley recaps. The episodes are sitting on my DVR, a-waiting my attentions. Truth is I’ve been a mite distracted with writing other stuff for other purposes for the past couple weeks. I do intend, still, to visit Kirstie Alley’s planet, but be warned I will […]
Last week, Gossip dropped a new video. National hero Gabourey Sidibe is going to host Saturday Night Live. Newsweek argues that nations with progressive attitudes about homosexuality are happier and healthier. Also better dressed, I’d wager. Surprise: the Obesity Task Force doesn’t actually have any obese people on it. They should probably change the name. […]
A long-delayed missive on “childhood obesityâ€, from a onetime obese child.
By Lesley | March 24, 2010
Hello. My name is Lesley, and I was an obese child.* I was first made aware of my size during a routine checkup by my pediatrician. I estimate I was around eight years old at the time. The doctor showed me a chart; the chart was arranged by height on one axis and weight on […]
I live in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where we have had laws mandating that all residents must have health insurance on the books since 2006. Indeed, the Massachusetts healthcare reform law was supported and largely guided by then-governor and once and future Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who may be a secret baby-eating liberal […]
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