Notes from the Fatosphere

• Quote of the Day February 22, 2023
  “Wilson writes about how Black women — herself included — feel the pressure to make their bodies, their appearance, their actions conform to what whiteness demands in order to protect themselves, and how this daily negotiation of their existence extends to “performing” health. The bitter irony being that the Black women will still have bodies perceived throu […]
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• A few things February 17, 2023
  Voting matters. Even if you’ve been in prison, you should be able to get the right to vote restored.If you, like me, are waiting on Philips to send you a non-recalled CPAP, check your spam/junk folder. Despite my sleep doctor’s office having sent them my prescription, Philips insists it needs … my prescription. OR, according to recent email, I could get a ne […]
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• Books I’ve been reading February 8, 2023
  Lost in the Moment and Found by award-winning author Seanan McGuire, the latest entry in her Wayward Children series. This book focuses on Antsy, who we first saw in Where The Drowned Girls Go. It is a challenging book that includes parental death and a manipulative stepparent, but also victorious as Antsy runs and learns to saves herself.A Man Lay Dead, Ent […]
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• Three Things February 6, 2023
  From an article on improving treatment of prisoners and staff in prisons to improve rehabilitation:Unlike in the United States, almost all incarcerated people in Norway are ultimately released, Roer said, which got officers thinking more about how to rehabilitate those who will rejoin society.“And we started to say, ‘What kind of neighbor do we want to have? […]
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• “Ask for Jane” January 27, 2023
  A good article on women who were illegal abortionists in 1968-1973.Some of the stories she recalls are heartbreaking. They reflect a time when access even to birth control was limited; when a patchwork of abortion regulations meant that women with the economic means to travel could find care in states that allowed abortion, but low-income people, or those wi […]
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• Things That Derail My Everything January 26, 2023
  Doctor appointments, like the 3 I had in 2 weeks. (Mostly it’s because I emotionally freak out about it. I don’t like that but that’s what my body insists on right now.)Medical tests, like the ultrasound I had during the same 2 weeks. (See above.)Doing more physical things around the house, which for me includes more than 1 load of laundry or changing the sh […]
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• Adapting to climate change by raising your house January 17, 2023
  Like, on stilts. Marketplace – the NPR show that became a favorite commute listen and eventually a favorite podcast commute listen – discusses how a woman who spent $97.5k on her house ended up spending $100k (mostly from a FEMA grant) to raise it more than 8 feet.Half a dozen workers, drenched in sweat from the July heat and covered in mud, have tunneled un […]
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• Martin Luther King Jr Day January 16, 2023
  It’s a holiday in the US to remember (and hopefully learn from) the life of The Rev Martin Luther King, Jr.via Living ~400lbs https://ift.tt/SHyuYGe
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• Doctors and dentists and blood, oh my! January 12, 2023
  Last week I noticed my jaw was hurting a bit. Always in the same place. Was something wrong? It went away over the weekend, but came back on Monday. It was bad enough on Monday that I called the dentist.I soon had an appointment for Wed afternoon.In the meantime, I took a Tylenol (which helped my jaw) and kept my GYN appointment.Yeah, GYN. Mostly we’re monit […]
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• Day in the Life: Shower, Chafing, & Jock Itch January 11, 2023
  These days I use the blow-dryer on crevices and wear tummy liners instead of baby powder. (Yay not getting baby powder everywhere.) I continue the use of antifungals as needed, usually in other crevices.Ah, the morning shower.  Warm water to get the kinks out, bright overhead heat lamps to help wake me up, and the daily question: shampoo & condition or j […]
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