It takes a lifetime to learn how to be able to hold your own ground, to go out to the others, to be open to them without losing your ground. And to hold your ground without shutting others out. -Buber

I spent Saturday at the conferences of ASDAH and NAAFA that were held jointly outside DC. ASDAH took up Saturday morning, the early afternoon was spent with NAAFA, and then I then went back to ASDAH for the evening presentation, and then back to NAAFA for dancing and swimming.

ASDAH's Saturday morning presentations were at times intimate to the point of being confessional, and at others totally inspiring. I loved Deb Burgard's notion of moving through the world as fat people who are sane enough… Continue

You know in the corner of the screen where it gives the option of creating a badge? I clicked it and added a badge for Fat Activist Network to my facebook page. I thought that would create a permanent link on my profile but it posted like any other post, link, etc.

I was a little uncomfortable. It was like I was coming out. There's this one installment of femmecast that likens coming out as fat to coming out as queer. I mean, that's how it felt. You know and I know that nobody who knows me does… Continue