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Shame Day: The Body Positive Movement
I was recently listening to a stand-up routine by British comedian Robert Newman, who in the course of an Iraq War joke stated something I thought was pretty dang profound. “Just because you’re...
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Evan and Gordon Talk: Smoking and Society
GORDON: Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em, folks, this Wednesday Evan and I will be discussing our culture and smoking. EVAN: This is largely due to us not putting up the poll until days after the last...
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Evan and Gordon Talk Extra: Smoking and Society, Cont’d
EVAN: So our good friend Stew mentioned something that I should have when we first did this talk, and it has to do with second-hand smoking. It’s something I should have mentioned because when I was in...
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Evan and Gordon Talk: Fat People
EVAN: Alright, ladies and gents, tonight Gordon and I are going to talk about a subject that may just help blot out the memory that was Man of Steel, and that is: fat people. It was his suggestion, so...
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Jamie Oliver vs The Kids – Should we eat the whole chicken?
So this one time on Food Revolution Jamie Oliver tried to convince a group of kids that chicken nuggets were too disgusting to eat by showing them how nuggets are made from the skin, cartilage,...
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Body Positivity and “Healthy” Double Standards, or Why I Need Fat Acceptance...
The moment you mention “fat” and anything positive in the same sentence you get a response that’s meant to put you in your place. It will usually go something like, “I don’t believe in encouraging...
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Why We Don’t Need Fat Acceptance
I swear I am not trying to contradict Kat’s every post. Yes, we’ve had have our differences. We locked horns over femininity and warrior-princesses. Clashed over government regulation. Faced off on the...
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