Raise your hand if you have at least three windows open other than this blog, or other than this blog post in your google reader. Raise your hand if you are currently a) listening to music, b) watching TV, c) eating or d) haphazardly doing some other activity. At this moment (while simultaneously writing this [...]
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I remember the day that I was told, calmly and self-assuredly by a friend that I had made plans with that she was going to have to break her plans, because she had over-extended herself and had changed her mind about wanting to go out. At first, I was angry. I was all – are [...]
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Note from Marzipan: Good morning! Today you all get an extra special treat – a guest post from my mother, the love artist. I asked her to post here to get a little well deserved attention for the kickstarter campaign that she’s created in an effort to finish her memoir. I assure you, she is [...]
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I am going to assume that I was not the only little kid, teenager, or, adult to fantasize about what it would be like to live in a body that wasn’t the one that I was living in. The body that I imagined myself in was effortlessly thin. She was so gorgeous, and her skin [...]
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Are you taking up residence inside your own skin? Or, are you permitting others (loved ones, peers, multi-national corporations, and the like) tell you how to feel about yourself? Recently, I was watching the film Miss Representation, and I must admit, though I consider myself to be a media-literate person overall – I am still [...]
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So, what are you tolerating? Have you ever been asked that question, or asked yourself that question? If I had to bet, I would bet you’re tolerating something inside of you that you didn’t even know you had control over. But, let me back up. The million dollar question you may have asked yourself and [...]
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You all know that I love a little Alexandra Franzen. I love her site. I love her words. I love her the things that she makes me think. But, most of all? I loved this post. It’s ok.. you can skip on over and read it, I’ll wait. Your unresolved stories are sick. More specifically [...]
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I am going to begin this post with the reasons why, in three years of blogging about body image, this is a topic that I chronically dance around, dipping my toe in and running away terrified. I’ve noticed that many people like to talk about their body in one of two ways: as something they [...]
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This is a cross post with the amaaaaazing site Band Back Together. I really encourage you to check them out if you haven’t already. xoxo Band Back Together is the brainchild of Aunt Becky from Mommy Wants Vodka. When Aunt Becky delivered her third child, Amelia, born with a previously undiagnosed neural tube defect called [...]
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Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth. {Archimedes} When I was a kid, I curled in. I hunched over, chin to chest, chest to knees. I wore dark colors – you know, things that were flattering for a person of my size. I held my legs close together. I sat [...]
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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.
