Monthly Archives: December 2009

Diet pop culture: Dolph Lundgren’s Maximum Potential.

By Michelle | Published: December 4, 2009

From my sweethearts at Everything Is Terrible! — isn’t it odd how the face of MAXIMUM FITNESS looks an awful lot like the face of serene sociopathy? Either way, this dude — with his short shorts, his Nair-smooth legs, and his zinc-oxide lip balm — is basically my ideal man. (Well…except for the shorts, the [...]

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Dear Fat Nutritionist – You’re pretty good looking (for a girl.)

By Michelle | Published: December 3, 2009

There’s been some talk about the way I look in comments this week, which always brings up issues for me. Then I received the following email this morning, and I thought it was the perfect way to address this issue — which is not just a personal one, but very closely tied to fat acceptance [...]

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Notes on how I eat.

By Michelle | Published: December 1, 2009

This is an intensely personal thing to write about, and it’s something I usually avoid, because I absolutely believe that it’s no person’s — especially no fat person’s — obligation to disclose what they eat as a means of justifying their existence. But because this blog is about nutrition, dieting, and normal eating, and because [...]

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