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The Fat Tax

August 30, 2010

I linked it yesterday, but I felt that this topic deserved a little bit more discussion – did you all read MoPie’s post Nail Salon Charges $5 Fat Tax on Big Fat Deal? You should probably start there, but the distilled version is this: Michele Fontville was charged an additional $5 for her manicure at [...]

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Ending Negative Self Talk

August 28, 2010

Now. This is a bit of a healthy living blogger hot topic BUT one that I have never addressed directly, though presumably one could infer by the content of my writing that I am firmly and staunchly against negative self talk. There are two major reasons for engaging in this type of behavior. Both are [...]

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Thoughts On Being a “Pretty Fat Girl”

August 12, 2010

So the other day I was having a conversation with someone about their body image an feelings of self worth – feel free to imagine me doing this all day everyday, as that is basically accurate. The conversation went kind of like this: “I just feel bad about myself all the time. I am fat [...]

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What IF: I Went to BlogHer?

August 11, 2010

Now, I know that y’all are freaking SICK of hearing about BlogHer this past weekend, but it was such a major personal learning experience for me that I feel as though I would be careless not to share it with you, particularly in regards to my last What IF Wednesday post about truly valuing myself [...]

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A Little Friday Thought Provoker

August 6, 2010

Made-Up from Mirjam Plettinx on Vimeo. What do you guys think about this video? Love it? Hate it? Identify with it? xoxoxo.

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