Hello, reader. How are you doing? I was talking with my fam-friend about creativity and health, fatness, and how our feelings about our bodies affect how we treat ourselves. That conversation sparked this post. love Bodies are so amazing: miraculous and varied. Many fat people do neglect our bodies–it’s true. But the dysfunction of our… Read More »
“Will you be my body guard? Will you stand around and look tough?” I asked Ming. We were by the Willamette river at a popular exercise, dog walking, bike riding spot. Right by the rose garden. I was sitting on a bench by my darling–a huge bay laurel tree. My pants legs were rolled up,… Read More »
Hey, reader. How are you doing? My new home is the project of a fading Presbyterian church. I was dancing in the sun wearing a red skort and skimpy purple tank top. My glorious fat tummy is sticking out. Then I remembered–it’s Sunday morning. I know who God is. But do the churchgoers here accept… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I heard an amazing lecture about food and culture. The lecture was given just recently by my new hero Mele Martinez. It’s about food in Tucson. Mele Martinez is amazing. Tucson Wow, I love Tuscon. It’s in Arizona, and sometimes I wish I could live there. In the winter,… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My friend is becoming a certified fitness instructor. They asked me how to be inclusive of body types and abilities. Yes, fitness can push me out. I do Ample Movement yoga these days, which is respectful and healing. And I’ve had other good yoga experiences over the past 30… Read More »
Hello–how are you doing? Do you have a reaction to the word diet? For me, it’s a bad word. It hurts. This anarchist bunny doesn’t like it either. Riots not diets! Even through the denotation is neutral, the connotation of “diet” is painfully negative. That has to do with how I’ve been treated in culture… Read More »
Ming and I love permaculture, and we’re disabled. We’ve been talking for years about disabled permaculture. I made a zine in 2020 called permaculture for a pair, which is about disabled permaculture. We’re the only people we know talking about this concept, and we decided to change the name. We’ve newly coined the term Disabled… Read More »
“Don’t you go writing more of those bad books,” H said. He was watering our garden. I peeked my head out the door because I thought the waterer was Ming. But it was H. “Did I write a bad book?” I asked. “Yeah, I saw that book you wrote. Over in Freedom House, on the… Read More »
Hello, how are you? A stranger on a social media group for fat health said they need to spend some hours in public by themselves, in a city away from home, and they’re nervous about it. They asked for advice for this situation–how to be alone in public, as a fat person. Yes, it can… Read More »
I started doing yoga over zoom with Ample Movement. The teacher is incredible. clear kind helpful relaxing to listen to supportive brilliant about bodies Have I lucked out with gifted yoga teachers, throughout my life? Yes, I have. First I did a chair yoga short class with Ample Movement on youtube. It was great, so… Read More »