Well. It has been QUITE some time since we had an ask marzipan around these parts, but let it be noted that I will basically answer ANY question that you shoot my way via email [medicinalmarzipan at gmail], twitter, or leave below in the comments. I will say this about questions – I guarantee that [...]
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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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Here at Medicinal Marzipan I heavily promote learning to love your body regardless of the size, no matter where on the fitness/weight spectrum you fall, and no matter what your age/gender/income/location – I want you to love yourself. Period. Last week, a wonderful and thought provoking post appeared on Make Me A Tree [a totally [...]
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I haven’t eaten wheat in four days. FOUR days. Yesterday, I forgot myself completely and almost dove head first into a pan of cinnamon rolls. The day before my legs hurt so badly it felt like someone was stabbing me. Today, about ten pounds of bloated awful has magically disappeared. This is what happens when [...]
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I spent the first twenty-two years of my life waiting. I was waiting until I was prettier, better dressed, smarter, richer, more successful, happier, but mostly – thinner. I had my entire life on hold waiting, hoping that *next* time I’d be able to keep off the weight, *next* time I’d fit into a size [...]
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I’m not a big fan of using quotation marks excessively, but as I’ve been thinking about this post all day, several thought have occured to me. I meant this to be a post geared towards women who fall outside of the increasingly small sociocultural window of acceptable body weight. I was thinking of girls who [...]
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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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As I was just browsing one of my new and favorite blog finds, sexgenderbody, a reader poll pertaining to body image appeared on the homepage which reminded me of something I had been meaning to address for quite some time now. As you all know, and hopefully adore, Medicinal Marzipan is at its heart a [...]
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I know you think I’ve abandoned you. In some ways perhaps this is true, so I will give you that, but I assure you that I still love you. In fact I have been spending much time thinking about the many many ways in which to serve you better and bring you more fun, more [...]
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An article in the Huffington Post, Do Overweight Women Skip Sex? Fat Chance!, cites a recent study based on data on more than 7,000 women collected in the 2002 national survey of family growth in stating new claims that, contrary to popular belief (?), overweight and obese women seem to be having more sex than [...]
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Medicinal Marzipan is a blog about learning to love yourself a little bit more every day - to the best of your abilities and without any regrets.
