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[pastwatcher]

I was going to write, or still might, about what I thought about sports, even though I am a terrible (or at least, terribly disorganized) writer so confine myself to rants that will not see the light of day. :) However, a few weeks ago, I came across a recommendation to Fannie's Room, and I'm hooked with line and sinker, though I have only read 20-30 entries so far. She manages to write with a keen wit and increase my awareness without exaggerating or making me more upset than the facts already do; she writes about LGBTQ and feminist issues, and most remarkably I have yet to find a way in which I disagree with her. It seems that this is once a weekday so the topics are big and small, e.g. I really like the one about soy.

Also, some of Fannie's articles about sports. If you read, scroll down and find the quote about how if women can do it, by definition it's not a sport.

That's a good thought--maybe I *will* start at the beginning now. But I am also learning Riemannian/differential geometry from my friendly library books (Jost! It is good), and meeting Mark Vorkosigan properly for the first time.

Comments

[mikevonkorff.livejournal.com]

This is really interesting! One thing I hadn't thought about before was the commentary in the post "Body Shaming: Facebook Style"-- this idea that "proud to be curvy," while presumably well-intentioned, and helpful to many women, is still hurtful for many other women, and isn't ultimately the best ad campaign to go for when trying to end body image problems in women.

[pastwatcher]

I'm glad you like it! Yes, I saw and liked that one too: positive messaging only.