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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 […]
I am ever so thrilled to host this outstanding guestblog by Poliana, the ultrarad scooterist pictured on the left (amazing photo by Damon Landry), about a new option in the search for fat-friendly riding gear. It’s nearly enough to make me want a scooter myself, but I live in Metro Boston and would fear for […]
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 […]
I don’t do scales, spoken cheerfully, brightly. With a smile. This is my automatic, comfortable response, these days, when I visit a doctor’s office. There are really only four reasons I typically find myself at the doctor’s office, and they are, in order of frequency: because I need a new copy of the prescription for […]
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