tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post2178926969165223691..comments2020-12-20T14:33:45.995-08:00Comments on HAM.BLOG: "You're Just Not Trying Hard Enough": Notes on Disability and the Size-Acceptance Movementannahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17386975896008644346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-34474986091371308362007-08-08T08:13:00.000-07:002007-08-08T08:13:00.000-07:00Yay, I love to be blamed for posts :)I do, too! Es...<I>Yay, I love to be blamed for posts :)</I><BR/><BR/>I do, too! Especially when they're as good as this one!Kate Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616859691620740674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-10409845898224482282007-08-06T22:08:00.000-07:002007-08-06T22:08:00.000-07:00Yay, I love to be blamed for posts :)Yay, I love to be blamed for posts :)RioIririhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358432680088606342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-65346624352423840522007-07-25T23:10:00.000-07:002007-07-25T23:10:00.000-07:00Good post! (Hi, I found you via Shakesville.)Somet...Good post! (Hi, I found you via Shakesville.)<BR/><BR/>Something I've been banging on a bit lately is that fat accepters aren't particularly immune to the invisible, unconscious ableism that pervades the rest of our culture. <BR/><BR/>When anti-fat bigots are doing their "Fat people are unhealthy!" schtick, the response is far too often a simple "No they're not! I'm healthy, therefore it's ok for me to be fat!" - instead of questioning the assumptions underlying the bigoted busybody moralistic healthism. <BR/><BR/>A more radical fat acceptance might involve unconditionally accepting ALL fat people, whether they're healthy or not. (And, of course, all disabled people, whether they're fat or not!)lauredhelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956045585913161846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-1805130194720414982007-07-25T15:35:00.000-07:002007-07-25T15:35:00.000-07:00Brava. From another fibro-ite, or whatever the hel...Brava. From another fibro-ite, or whatever the hell you call us. I look able-bodied (young, thin, no deformities, no obvious limp) but I'm anything but. People look at me funny when I slow and huff-and-puff far, far earlier than they would during physical activity (like... half the way down the block at a running pace, when they could go on for literally miles). Etc. Or when I sit. Anywhere I need to. On the floor waiting in line at the grocery store. Etc. Strange to them, but necessary to me if I want to preserve "spoons" (you have read spoon theory, no? :)) to be able to go on and <I>do</I> things. <BR/><BR/>Anyway. Just reaching out. Keep on writing. You're definitely right to see a connection here.amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741559544508220186noreply@blogger.com