Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures
spacedcowedgirl had a great comment on Rachel’s post on the Wii Fit: I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve heard that sure, eating disorders are a problem, but fat kids are KILLING THEMSELVES (or...
View ArticleJay Severin Rails Against MA Anti-Obesity Laws
Jay Severin of 96.9 FM WTKK has been outspoken against the state of Massachusetts and its new anti-obesity campaign put forth by Governor Deval Patrick (D). Though Jay’s personal views on obesity...
View ArticleSend Away the Fat Kids
Shudder-worthy article today: Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive...
View ArticleEugenics Rears Its Ugly Head, Again
When you deliver your body to the State, expect the State to start: Making you do things Preventing you from doing things In other words, if you hand your body over to someone else, that someone else...
View ArticleQuick Hit – National Review
Here’s someone outside FA that seems to ‘get it’ in many ways. I’ve been seeing many more libertarian-oriented blogs/magazines/papers utilizing some of the language of FA than usual, in commenting on...
View ArticleFirst Lady Releases Child Obesity Recommendations
…largely blames mothers for child’s obesity. cue shock and surprise Link to the AP article Some particular gems (note throughout these that the child omgbesity is referred to, without challenge, as...
View ArticleReasonTV on Banning Lunches from Home (Food Nannies)
Here’s a quick hit for you. ReasonTV’s Nanny of the Month… banning lunches from home.
View ArticleBig Calorie Brother is Watching You, Fat Kids
In the annals of creepy monitoring of calorie counts, this expensive taxpayer-funded measure to study the calorie intake of children via photographing their lunch trays and ‘their leftovers’ is way up...
View ArticleA Bad Day for Fat Liberty
And liberty, everywhere. In Dundee, Scotland, fat kids from a non-neglectful household are being put up for adoption by the state because their parents failed to ‘slim them down.’ Seriously. Fuck. I’ve...
View ArticleInvisiphilia: Part Four – Camp
This is the fourth installment of my poem in several parts, “Invisiphilia: An Epic.” For an introduction to the piece, please read Part One. << Part Three Part Five >> Invisiphilia: An Epic...
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