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I don’t think it’s good for feminism that ending sexism is seen as something without direct benefits for men, when…
I disagree. I do think there are ways that men are hurt by sexism that have no equivalent in your…
Speaking as a man I would never join an organisation that focuses on men's issues. To do so would be…
Why are there no dedicated left orgs like that? In the UK there's the Men and Boys Coalition. In the…
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Category Archives: Fat, fat and more fat
It may be self-evident that exercise reduces obesity, but that doesn't make it true
Over at The Economist blog, it is written: It seems self-evident to suggest that if schools that have eliminated physical education and recess reinstituted them, there would be fewer obese adolescents in America. Evidence suggests adding phys ed isn’t the … Continue reading
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Paul Campos on "10% of US Health Costs Are Due To Obesity"
Paul Campos is interviewed over at Megan McArdle’s blog. There’s a lot there worth reading, but I’ll highlight this bit in particular, since the study he’s discussing has been much in the news: Consider the methodology of this study. It … Continue reading
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Dance Your Ass Off
Years ago, my favorite part of the Drew Carey show was the opening credits, which featured Drew, who is fat, dancing. ((Actually, the show had a bunch of opening credit sequences over time, but at least a few of them … Continue reading
The Boyscouts Sure Love Their Bigotry.
“In the boy scouts, they came first for the homosexuals, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a homosexual; And then they came for the atheists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t an atheist; And then they … Continue reading
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Moving towards equality, but in the wrong direction
Via You’re Reading Too Much Into It, The New York Times reports on a new trend: super-skinny male models. Where the masculine ideal of as recently as 2000 was a buff 6-footer with six-pack abs, the man of the moment … Continue reading
Today Is International No Diet Day. Also, buy Kate and Marianne's book.
I think INDD has the best origin story of any holiday. From Wikipedia: The concept of INDD originated at 1992, when British Feminist Mary Evans Young decided to fight the diet industry and to raise awareness of the dangers in … Continue reading
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