“This gorgeous Hälssen & Lyon calendar is made of brewable tea. Each day is made of fine pressed wafer thin tea leaves.”
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When he dreams, he dreams of flawless escape.
I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures like this lately. Overweight people sitting down in restaurants or perhaps someone out and about on a mobility scooter. I find it very frustrating. First, taking a picture of someone without their consent is dubious. And then putting it on the internet to be mocked is just mean.
Yes, it is possible this person is just lazy. But it is also possible that they have a myriad of medical conditions. You have no idea, Sometimes my fatigue is so bad that if I am standing and I don’t sit down immediately, I will collapse. I could seriously injure myself otherwise. My father has arthritis in every joint in his body. Every step he takes brings with it a lot of pain. Just standing can be torturous. And if he needs to sit down to be relieved of that pain, he should not be mocked for it. And people with mobility scooters might have a very good reason to need them. In fact, these people could be overweight mostly because they have poor health.
The truth is, you don’t know. So maybe you should stop being jerks and leave these people alone.
Thin Privilege: Never having to worry about someone taking a picture of you in public in a situation that would encourage the spread of stereotypes related to your body size in order to humiliate and degrade you and post it on the internet so people can mock people just like you.
I completely agree with what thefrogman wrote. However, the thin privilege comment is an untrue oversimplification. I have certainly seen images of thin individuals that have ‘JUST EAT A BURGER’ written under it. I do not believe that all body image issues are the same or that people of different sizes face the same struggles, personally or socially. I’m just saying, when addressing issues relating to body image, you don’t have to vilify other groups to get your message across.
I disagree with you. Talking about thin privilege isn’t an untrue oversimplification. While it is true that people of all sizes face struggles with their size not only personally but on a more social scale, people who are thin have a privilege in this society that fat people do not. That is not vilifying thin people. Being told to ‘just eat a burger’ while horrible and awfully cruel, is not the same thing as facing systematic oppression for being fat.
You can find your size in the mall and even if they don’t have your size in one store or even a few, you still have options for finding your size. I’m fat. I can only shop at 1 store in the mall. When I look in a magazine, I can rarely find pictures of people that look like me and when I do, it’s in a weight loss ad or they’re making fun of the way that person’s fat body looks and how dare they be fat, look at how ugly they are, look we’re going to make them the butt of our joke.
Thin privilege is a real thing and acknowledging that it exists in today’s society and that many people benefit from it will actually help you to realize that nobody is vilifying thin people nor are they putting them down. That is just an incredibly ignorant comment and a quick reaction to something you clearly know limited about.
I agree with you that thin privilege exists. I acknowledge that people considered ‘fat’ face systemic oppression in society. I do, however, disagree with that person’s statement. “Never having to worry” is both an untrue and oversimplified understanding of what thinner people may experience. You may consider my response to be ignorant or less informed, which is fine and fair, but I can simultaneously agree with what you have said (which I do) but find problems with the comments surrounding it as well.
Meet the fourth-grader who has been dubbed “The Michael Moore of the Grade-School Lunchroom” by the New York Times, Zachary Maxwell:
Like many things in the life of a fourth grader, Zachary’s movie started as a dispute with his parents. He told them that he wanted to start packing his own lunch, but they were skeptical. Lunch is free at his school, P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto in Little Italy, and his parents liked the look of the Department of Education’s online menus, which describe delicious meals, full of whole grains and fresh vegetables, some even designed by celebrity chefs.
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In the film, Zachary, who is not above cheesy costumes and goofy special effects, makes a point that is under the radar of most conversations about the quality of school lunches: that despite the Education Department’s efforts to improve nutrition, there is a disconnect between the wholesome meals described on school menus and the soggy, deep-fried nuggets frequently dished up in the lunchrooms.
This kid is going places.
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Namibians wearing Vellies (Shoes)
“Velskoen, pronounced “fell-skoon” and known colloquially as “vellies,” are the ancestor of the modern-day desert boot. Vellies were first made in the 1600s, inspired by the footwear of the Khoikhoi tribe and crafted using raw materials. Later, our vellies were adapted by British travellers, packaged and renamed to be what we now know as desert boots.
(Brother Vellies) are made in the coastal town of Swakopmund, Namibia. There, a small group of eight Damara gentlemen assemble every shoe by hand, turning out just 20 pairs an afternoon.
…Vellies are made of vegetable-dyed Kudu leather. The Namibian government mandates the culling of these large native antelope to control their population. Kudu skin yields amazingly durable leather and suede that ages exceptionally well. Because these hides are taken from wild animals they often show scars or other “imperfections” that domesticated hides do not.” Brothervellies
Available this fall at Opening Ceremony, starting at $5,975.
(Source: thestrawberryswings, via thechocolatebrigade)
I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures like this lately. Overweight people sitting down in restaurants or perhaps someone out and about on a mobility scooter. I find it very frustrating. First, taking a picture of someone without their consent is dubious. And then putting it on the internet to be mocked is just mean.
Yes, it is possible this person is just lazy. But it is also possible that they have a myriad of medical conditions. You have no idea, Sometimes my fatigue is so bad that if I am standing and I don’t sit down immediately, I will collapse. I could seriously injure myself otherwise. My father has arthritis in every joint in his body. Every step he takes brings with it a lot of pain. Just standing can be torturous. And if he needs to sit down to be relieved of that pain, he should not be mocked for it. And people with mobility scooters might have a very good reason to need them. In fact, these people could be overweight mostly because they have poor health.
The truth is, you don’t know. So maybe you should stop being jerks and leave these people alone.
Thin Privilege: Never having to worry about someone taking a picture of you in public in a situation that would encourage the spread of stereotypes related to your body size in order to humiliate and degrade you and post it on the internet so people can mock people just like you.
I completely agree with what thefrogman wrote. However, the thin privilege comment is an untrue oversimplification. I have certainly seen images of thin individuals that have ‘JUST EAT A BURGER’ written under it. I do not believe that all body image issues are the same or that people of different sizes face the same struggles, personally or socially. I’m just saying, when addressing issues relating to body image, you don’t have to vilify other groups to get your message across.
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The Sikh community of Afghanistan
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There’s this asian girl name rong on twitter who i unfollowed a while go for showing her prejudice to black people when she talks about fitting in with her own kind, people got very upset but since re-looking at her blog yesterday she seemed to delete/private it so i really can’t do much for people believing me or my other friend who tweeted about it here :
we know what we saw & i wish i had the receipts for her boogie ass
But i saw @therealniggacat on my ‘who to follow’ , curious to see who it was & it was none other then her, using the n word as a cute flare in her ignorance & calling herself the nigga cat. So my friend & myself who saw her shit before confronted her about using it & she plus her other friends are defending these slurs, none who are black so far if you see the recent screenshots above. I also took the liberty to also screenshot on the way she uses it & some other ignorance
as of right now all her other friends are still defending her saying because obviously a word that becomes derogatory when you’re not black can’t be offensive
I’m pretty much done here and i hope people just call her shit out.
(sighs deeply)
Gay men will soon be able to donate blood in Canada for the first time since 1977.
Canadian Blood Services announced today that gay men will be able to donate blood starting this summer, as long as they have not had sex with other men in five years, and meet all other requirements. This is a change from previous policy which had a lifetime ban for donation by any men who had had sex with other men.
For those wondering, the ban was first set in place because technology had not quite allowed for proper screening of blood for HIV.
What the hell Canadian Blood Services??? You can be gay but just not have sex. Well. Okay then. :| Progress is moving a millimetre at a time, I guess.
:/
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the egg struggle
ahhh <3
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