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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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The Fat = “Friend” Relegation

August 3, 2010

Or: Being Sexy When You Don’t Fit The “Ideal” Beauty Standards Either title will do – because the idea is exactly the same. Lets ask a couple of questions shall we? Do you feel like men/women/yourdesiredsexpartner look at you like a friend instead of potential mate because of your size? Do you feel like you [...]

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have mat, will travel

April 8, 2010

So, for those of you who are new readers here, and I know there are a few, WELCOME! I am very excited to have you, and envision this blog to be like a really comfortable living room where people are settled into big deluxe armchairs with cups of steaming coffee and having delicious conversations about [...]

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ask marzipan: blogging 101

March 20, 2010

So a couple of days ago a friend of mine emailed me asking about how to become comfortable speaking your mind on your blog and not caring what anyone thought. She aslo wondered about whether or not I thought blogging was egocentric. I’ve been cooking on these questions since then, and it seems to me [...]

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Learning to Love Yourself, Even When You Feel Awful

December 28, 2009

Now, I have written MANY posts about learning to love yourself. So many posts you may be sick of them by now, but since this is a concept that I continue to struggle with, I have faith that this still applies to some of you. Often when I write about this topic, I try my [...]

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