You Can Stop Wondering Why I’m Fat [notes for fat bias and body policing] by Ragen at Dances With Fat — “What I’m going to say is that this treatment of fat people is ridiculous.”
The Secret To What Pro-Choicers REALLY Mean About Choice. [note for anti-choice statements and sarcastic responses] at Canadian Heathen — “Apparently, I’ve been going about this abortion thing all wrong. By insisting that women be allowed to make decisions for themselves, I’ve actually been taking away their choices.”
Curvy Is the New Skinny,Thanks To Photoshop Phoniness [note for body policing] by Lindsay Kite and Lexie Kite at Everyday Feminism — “Known as ‘reverse retouching,’ this new trend has editors now adding curves and inches in specific areas of women’s bodies to create more voluptuous figures…. But we’re here to tell you there’s nothing ‘reverse’ about this retouching.”
I may have posted a link to that article when it first appeared at Beauty Redefined. But I read it again in its entirety this time around too, so I figure it’s worth the possible reblog.
Sharing Lives: What Stories Ar Ours to Tell? by Michelle at Balancing Jane — “Our interactions with other people make us who we are. We get our identity by navigating a series of relationships that intertwine and fade and pick up again and start anew throughout our lives.”
Women’s Bodies as Public Property by A. Lynn at Nerdy Feminist — “Goodness, women sure take a lot of shit when they claim their bodies as their own private possession instead of public domain, don’t they?”
What nifty things have you been reading recently?
