{"id":2983,"date":"2010-07-02T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatnutritionist.com\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2010-06-26T20:13:40","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T01:13:40","slug":"quotes-from-the-outer-fatosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatnutritionist.com\/index.php\/quotes-from-the-outer-fatosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes from the (Outer) Fatosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s quite a bit of good writing not syndicated by our own dear little feed<\/a>, so I thought it would be cool to start linking some of the stuff I run into elsewhere.<\/p>\n

So, in response to a loathsome editorial<\/a> postulating that the extravagant air conditioning of public spaces is the fault of the fat, and presumably sweaty, masses, while simultaneously admitting that “thick, sturdy” folk also find the chill uncomfortable:<\/p>\n

You’d think that Ms. Smarty Logicpants would use the same awesome powers of deduction that led her to conclude “overbearing air conditioning is because of fat people” to question the solidity of that reasoning, if FAT PEOPLE ARE COLD, TOO.<\/p>\n

I am constantly cold in air conditioning, and I was even when I wasn’t fat. And I am no special fucking snowflake. Lots of fat people are just as cold as is Cepeda in these situations, where, I’d like to point out, air conditioning gets blasted all summer because the doors are constantly opening and closing and letting in 90\u00b0+ air.<\/p>\n

–Melissa McEwan, Shakesville<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shakesville is an especially great non-Fatosphere place to find excellent writing on fat and social justice (as if you didn’t already know that.)<\/p>\n

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Find anything good lately? Bust it out in comments<\/a>.<\/center><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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