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Gabby Sidibe and The Debate on Fat Acceptance

April 8, 2010

As long as I’m covering serious topics like cherry blossoms and libertarians this week, let’s talk about Gabby Sidibe.  This post discusses her success and how people have reacted to it.  There are two very complicated and loaded sides, I think. 1.  She is extremely talented, funny, and self-confident in a way I am definitely not. 2.  She is overweight (over 350 lbs) and possibly risking her health. Am I finally excited to see a woman who is a different ...

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Lenin congratulates me

March 3, 2010

So, this whole weight loss thing is going pretty well, I think, since I am now down to 5 pounds lost.  And, obviously, to celebrate, I made a graphic with broccoli and Lenin and everything. At this point, I no longer make sense.

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This is how economists (theoretically) lose weight

November 10, 2009

So, I’ve been needing to lose weight for a while.  But I’ve been skeptical that I could pull it off since the last time I lost weight, I lost oodles of pounds on SparkPeople (which is amazing and free, by the way if you are looking to shed a few pounds) but pretty much counted every crumb I ate (does this piece of gum have 10 calories or 15?!) and as a result became more machine than man and couldn’t ...

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