Today I was told I have fat hands.
Who said this to me? It does doesn't matter. No one I have ever met before. Then why do I feel so sad? I know I have fat hands. I know I am fat. Why does it bother me today more than any other day? Some days I am so flippant about such things. Today I am not. Today my perception is I have fat hands. My tiny vulnerable widow opened up for some stranger to make comment and let it affect me. You know that space in time in life where you feel vulnerable like when Tron distracts the MCP so Flynn can get his info disc in to Master Control? That is the window I am talking about, a blip of my day. So I have fat hands, so what? And as I write this out my heart is less heavy and I regain my confidence to go out into the world once again. My vulnerability makes me real, it makes me feel, and goddammit it makes me alive.
Today I have fully-functioning, amazing, beautiful, artistic, fat hands.
Saturday 18 July 2015
Thursday 2 July 2015
Over 10,000 Views! Thank you!
Wow, thank you for reading my silly little blog. I never would have guessed it would be over 10,000 views!
I have a request to make of you all! I have come across a nasty little Facebook page called "I Hate Fat People". There is not much on the site but the fact that it exists is very disturbing. What is even more disturbing is that I have reported it as hate speech but Facebook does not seem to agree. I have rallied others to report it and they all have received the same messages from FB that it does not violate their "community standards". These are some pretty weak standards. "Hate" is in the name of the page, I am not sure it can't get anymore hate speechy than that. The best I can make of this is that the FB categories given in the subtopics do not include this kind of discrimination. I guess the fat people do not fit in the proverbial tiny little box. So I call out to you to report this page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-HATE-FAT-PEOPLE/184754218362?ref=ts&fref=ts
and put it in whatever category you see fit. I am going to keep on escalating this until the site is gone.
HUGs & Shit
The Momma
A little kindness makes you gleam, thank you, thank you jelly bean!
I have a request to make of you all! I have come across a nasty little Facebook page called "I Hate Fat People". There is not much on the site but the fact that it exists is very disturbing. What is even more disturbing is that I have reported it as hate speech but Facebook does not seem to agree. I have rallied others to report it and they all have received the same messages from FB that it does not violate their "community standards". These are some pretty weak standards. "Hate" is in the name of the page, I am not sure it can't get anymore hate speechy than that. The best I can make of this is that the FB categories given in the subtopics do not include this kind of discrimination. I guess the fat people do not fit in the proverbial tiny little box. So I call out to you to report this page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-HATE-FAT-PEOPLE/184754218362?ref=ts&fref=ts
and put it in whatever category you see fit. I am going to keep on escalating this until the site is gone.
HUGs & Shit
The Momma
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