Fat Acceptance Primer

Okay, the trolls are rolling in after yesterday’s post got me over 500 800 hits (normally I might hit 15-20!), so I’m going to do a very brief primer on FA and then leave it at that. This is not principally a FA blog, although it is an issue I care about a great deal. [...]

On thin privilege

ETA: Please read the comment policy. I will not approve hateful comments. This includes fat-hating ones. And no, being fat isn’t a choice, and overweight people live the longest.
In the general blogosphere concerned with social justice issues, there’s a lot of discussion about what is privilege, how it manifests, and how it should be approached. [...]

February Scientiae

Okay, so at least the Scientiae posts mean I have to write about SOMETHING every month! (I promise I have another weighty post in the works, but I need to think about it some more.)
This month’s Carnival topic is about what a better, more equitable society should look like, my dreams for my life and [...]

One more post

I’ll add my voice to that of the whole internet, just to say YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH OBAMAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apologies to my fans

I am aware that my blogging lapse has gotten very long. My many, many fans are surely disappointed. I have some thoughts rolling around in my head but nothing has coalesced into an interesting post yet, and although I want to blog, I am having some post-dissertation writing burn-out. Plus the semester is about to [...]

Quick Friday Hit

So I completely missed this Target Women from a month ago, and I think it might be one of the funniest yet, so I’m going to link to it for you. Enjoy!

A brief diversion

Okay, just a little break from working on my spring term classes to post this non-geo science news link about massive runaway stars. Because it’s pretty damn awesome.
This makes me want to say that I’m glad I live on the outskirts of the galaxy instead of in the center of it, since it seems like [...]

Back to work!

Well, I had a very eventful holiday. I saw my family, I put the finishing touches on my dissertation and mailed off the final copies and paperwork, and I visited an old friend for a fun-filled week of real vacation. I worked on zero things for a whole week!! It was amazing. And now I [...]