Just another blog of body acceptance, social critique, rambling rants, and anarchy.

Friday, May 27, 2011

well duh!

So if, like me, you need a break from reading depressing news stories about how cops get away with rape,  (if she was drunk enough that cops were called to escort her home then by even just "snuggling with her in nothing but a bra" is taking advantage especially considering their power in the situation as on duty police officers.  Just another unfortunate example of how often rape goes unpunished even when women are brave enough to come forward with their stories.)  and how the house just passed a bill that could prevent med students from learning how to perform abortion procedures (if no doctors get trained to safely perform abortions none will happen right?! It won't lead to more women attempting to abort in dangerous ways or anything, and all those women who've had miscarriages will be totally good with carrying dead fetuses to term because doctors shouldn't learn how to remove fetal matter from their uterus' right? Right?! grrrrrr) then I have a piece of good news for you!  The New York Times has finally realized the obvious that not all fat people are unhealthy and not all thin people are paragons of health.  The article still claims that it is overall healthier to be thin however they do admit that, "being a normal weight was not a reliable indicator of health," which is a big step forward in understanding the not so hard to understand idea of health at any size.  Clearly this is only one tiny article, but perhaps it is a step in the right direction. 

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