A Raising Autism Blog A week ago, a storm roiled over my house in the woods. After overly humid, sunny days, the clouds turned ashen, spreading like spilled water from a dirty mop bucket. Thunder started too—- first in the distance but then ricocheting off our windows. The storm raged for five days, soaking theContinueContinue reading “The Storm”
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Heavy Memories
Into the Wilderness: Story 49 When you’re obese, you will always have a fat mind. Notice I said “mind.” Even if or after you lose weight, your mind cannot release the heavy tread of damage obesity causes. It’s two fold: society’s continual denigration of fat and one’s layers of fat shame deeply embedded in theContinueContinue reading “Heavy Memories”
Average Joes, Strings Part 3
Into the Wilderness: Story 48 And then there was Joe. I didn’t want to pull this string. I let it dangle until I singed the threads, a definite end. He was smart, kind, gentlemanly, open minded, polite. I don’t remember how I met him, only that he was more enthusiastic about dating me than IContinueContinue reading “Average Joes, Strings Part 3”
Stigma
A Surviving Facts Blog Even with so much body positivity across social media and other platforms, weight continues to be an acceptable bias. Even with science beginning to understand the mechanics of metabolism and weight gain, many doctors still don’t seem to understand the difference between men’s bodies and women’s bodies, the difference in ourContinueContinue reading “Stigma”