Aug 11
Eva Hopkins commented on No Special Rights....
Eva Hopkins commented on No Special Rights....
Indeed. Ya know what they're afraid of, is being exposed as bigots. They're afraid of conversations they're gonna have to have w/ folks who didn't know they were bigots, losing friends who don't wanna pal around w/ bigots, & perhaps losing business from people who don't wanna buy from bigots.
Expose 'em. If you donate politically on either side of an issue, your name should be a matter of public record. & if your donation is something you're ashamed of, maybe you should think about why that is. Really sure of your convictions? So proud to take a stand? Then suck it up & deal with the incoming responses.
Expose 'em. If you donate politically on either side of an issue, your name should be a matter of public record. & if your donation is something you're ashamed of, maybe you should think about why that is. Really sure of your convictions? So proud to take a stand? Then suck it up & deal with the incoming responses.
Aug 7
Eva Hopkins commented on Must Everything Be Dessert?.
Eva Hopkins commented on Must Everything Be Dessert?.
Ugh, just looking at that stuff makes me sick. I understand why Dan posted it: it's linked to his recent posts about America's obesity problem. Plus he's a parent, & as such, his son is the target market for the pictured sugarbomb. Just 'cause they call it yogurt, doesn't make it so.
Plain lowfat yogurt; a little honey; some fresh fruit & possibly granola. Now that, is a breakfast. The above, isn't even worthy of dessert. If you're gonna have dessert, just do it once in awhile & don't kid yourself.
Plain lowfat yogurt; a little honey; some fresh fruit & possibly granola. Now that, is a breakfast. The above, isn't even worthy of dessert. If you're gonna have dessert, just do it once in awhile & don't kid yourself.
Aug 4
Eva Hopkins commented on Savage Love.
Eva Hopkins commented on Savage Love.
The problems with the Savage Love Letters of the Day, in Slog, is that they keep you, Dan, from saving it all up for one good batch of weekly advicing in yer column. Which you do a swell-n-snarky job of here. Bravo, sir.
Indeed: online dating: caveat emptor.
Indeed: online dating: caveat emptor.
Aug 4
Eva Hopkins commented on If These Women Could Agree On Tying Him Up and Glueing His Cock to His Stomach....
Eva Hopkins commented on If These Women Could Agree On Tying Him Up and Glueing His Cock to His Stomach....
Loveschild:
I used to be Christian. It's the continual one-upsmanship, holier-than-thou attitude of churchgoers such as yourself, that drove me away from my lovely Episcopal church. As it happens, the spiritual understanding I have come to since then suits me just fine, but seeing the same behavior I encountered in my teen years, reproduced here is really vexing. Your little snipefest with Kim, who started off being only kind to you - well, to everyone - is definitely not a truly Christian attitude.
In the book of Leviticus, it says, "The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself."
From the book of Micah, it says, "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God?"
From the Gospel of Matthew it says, "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged... Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own?"
And from Paul in the Letter to the Romans, "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor heights, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation shall separate us from the love of God."
LC, you judge; you do not love others as yourself, instead condemning them while claiming God's love for them; you do not walk humbly; you are quick to find the fault with everyone else, but never, ever, with yourself.
You're a perfect example of what's wrong with the church. I long for the day we can all resist responding to your tricks, because then you'd get bored & leave. Seriously, Sloggers, LC = religious bully. & the way to make a bully stop is to just not respond. I know we don't have the willpower to do so, but that's what would do it. Alas.
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Nowhere in the Bible does it say anything about not crazy-gluing your cheating hubby's penis to his groin. But adultery, despite the whole David-Bathsheba affair, & the multiple wives: well, they frown upon it. Sometimes:
Ephesians 5:5 says: " "No whoremonger, no unclean person hath an inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God."
But: Lamech, Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon, and others all had multiple wives.
*shrug* The Bible can support many different positions.
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I used to be Christian. It's the continual one-upsmanship, holier-than-thou attitude of churchgoers such as yourself, that drove me away from my lovely Episcopal church. As it happens, the spiritual understanding I have come to since then suits me just fine, but seeing the same behavior I encountered in my teen years, reproduced here is really vexing. Your little snipefest with Kim, who started off being only kind to you - well, to everyone - is definitely not a truly Christian attitude.
In the book of Leviticus, it says, "The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself."
From the book of Micah, it says, "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God?"
From the Gospel of Matthew it says, "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged... Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own?"
And from Paul in the Letter to the Romans, "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor heights, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation shall separate us from the love of God."
LC, you judge; you do not love others as yourself, instead condemning them while claiming God's love for them; you do not walk humbly; you are quick to find the fault with everyone else, but never, ever, with yourself.
You're a perfect example of what's wrong with the church. I long for the day we can all resist responding to your tricks, because then you'd get bored & leave. Seriously, Sloggers, LC = religious bully. & the way to make a bully stop is to just not respond. I know we don't have the willpower to do so, but that's what would do it. Alas.
****
Nowhere in the Bible does it say anything about not crazy-gluing your cheating hubby's penis to his groin. But adultery, despite the whole David-Bathsheba affair, & the multiple wives: well, they frown upon it. Sometimes:
Ephesians 5:5 says: " "No whoremonger, no unclean person hath an inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God."
But: Lamech, Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon, and others all had multiple wives.
*shrug* The Bible can support many different positions.
Jul 30
Eva Hopkins commented on Today In Intuitive Eating.
Eva Hopkins commented on Today In Intuitive Eating.
A visit to a nutritionist was very enlightening for me, also. I have to recommend that, plus the more veggies & more exercise. Laying off the chips & soda should be obvious.
The deal is, both causes of American obesity are true. Each individual is responsible for what he or she puts in their mouth, & for trying to make time for exercise; BUT ALSO the structure of our food growing & food distribution system is governed by what is easy & tidy for powerful agribusinesses. Food distribution is neither logical nor done in a way that ultimately benefits consumers.
The deal is, both causes of American obesity are true. Each individual is responsible for what he or she puts in their mouth, & for trying to make time for exercise; BUT ALSO the structure of our food growing & food distribution system is governed by what is easy & tidy for powerful agribusinesses. Food distribution is neither logical nor done in a way that ultimately benefits consumers.
Jul 29
Eva Hopkins commented on These People.
Eva Hopkins commented on These People.
I have mostly black clothes, not because of the darkness of my soul, but 'cause I'm lazy, travel a lot & everything matches that way. There's summer lightweight blacks, though; all cotton. Plus: you don't want to see everyone's legs/arms. If someone's wearing too much clothes mebbe there's a reason.
Jul 29
Eva Hopkins commented on Way to Make Nerd Culture Inviting, Guys.
Eva Hopkins commented on Way to Make Nerd Culture Inviting, Guys.
Well: the promotion didn't say to go grope the girls. But saying "Acts of Lust" is pretty fucking misleading. :/
Most gals I know who dress up for booth babe duty are fully aware of what they are signing on for. Some of them like the power they have over the fanboys. I'd suggest it's a case of mutual exploitation, in most instances. The girls get paid to lord their hotness over geekboys, & the promoter makes out by getting their booth lots of attention.
Our booth at cons has never had a booth babe. Of course, half of our fans are female, I'm female, & I enjoy both the guys & gals who dress up for con. There was a Spartan @ CCI who was positively droolworthy. & I take pictures of them. But it comes w/ the territory when you dress up.
This promotion, however, makes me wonder what a nice gal like me is doing in an industry like this.
Most gals I know who dress up for booth babe duty are fully aware of what they are signing on for. Some of them like the power they have over the fanboys. I'd suggest it's a case of mutual exploitation, in most instances. The girls get paid to lord their hotness over geekboys, & the promoter makes out by getting their booth lots of attention.
Our booth at cons has never had a booth babe. Of course, half of our fans are female, I'm female, & I enjoy both the guys & gals who dress up for con. There was a Spartan @ CCI who was positively droolworthy. & I take pictures of them. But it comes w/ the territory when you dress up.
This promotion, however, makes me wonder what a nice gal like me is doing in an industry like this.
Jul 29
Eva Hopkins commented on Today In Intuitive Eating.
Eva Hopkins commented on Today In Intuitive Eating.
126: See, & there's the misogyny again. Overweight men can compensate for being fat, but overweight women are simply doomed to live their sad little fat lives. Oh boo hoo, crushed, I am, by your incredibly pithy summation of a lonely fat girl's life.
I seriously hope you're gay, 'cause that's some sexist bullshit. Not that it would make your sexism any better, but it would at least ensure that no women have to suffer your crappy attitude on a personal level.
& what will I *ever* do without the privilege of spandex..? Oh la, good sir, I believe I shall faint forthwith. Or have the vapours, or something.
I seriously hope you're gay, 'cause that's some sexist bullshit. Not that it would make your sexism any better, but it would at least ensure that no women have to suffer your crappy attitude on a personal level.
& what will I *ever* do without the privilege of spandex..? Oh la, good sir, I believe I shall faint forthwith. Or have the vapours, or something.
Jul 29
Eva Hopkins commented on Today In Intuitive Eating.
Eva Hopkins commented on Today In Intuitive Eating.
Well, SWM, thank you for checking in & having someting new to say *eyeroll* - @ 19 had your number. Of course, you said you saw spandex on women AT THE GYM, so clearly they're trying to get in better shape, rendering your reminding all of us what a gift it is to wear spandex stupid as well as mean. I've never heard you complain about spandex on overweight men: I assure you, it's just as visually offensive. Drop your misogyny & leave the poor, sweaty workout women alone.
I'd rather be a fat chick than have your fat head.
Dan: what a useless, pointless, achieving-nothing topic. This could have been any of the three threads thus far on fat folks. Easy controversy, I guess.
I'd rather be a fat chick than have your fat head.
Dan: what a useless, pointless, achieving-nothing topic. This could have been any of the three threads thus far on fat folks. Easy controversy, I guess.
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Dan is right: *usually* fat = unhealthy, or at the very least, obesity = unhealthy. We Americans are the most obese country going. It's a massive problem. (It's also clearly one of Dan's phobias.)
Dan is wrong: it's not *always* the case. Fat isn't always unhealthy, nor is every fat person you see on their way to a Kentucky Fried Chicken.
There's a whole slew of reasons Americans (or fat Americans) are fat, some of which are mentioned above by other posters. There's the rare bunch of us w/ a medical issue. There's our increasingly sedentary lifestyle. We fuel ourselves with increasingly processed/salty/fried foods. Unhealthy foods are cheaper & easier to access; we're not encouraged either by most schools or most jobs to make time to take walks/get fit; & we've gotten lazy. Our favorite forms of entertainment involve going out somewhere & watching things; going out & eating; or staying in & doing both. We don't get enough sleep. Most of us are stressed out & can't afford our lifestyles. I'd be surprised as hell if at least one of these didn't apply to most of us reading this, especially those of us w/ weight issues.
& if you're in that slender majority (pun intended) for whom none of that is true, I'm not talking about you. Enjoy your healthy lifestyle.
I just got back from Belgium & Germany. Lotsa folks over there don't have cars. They walk & bike everywhere. Anytime I went out, the distance was measured by how long it took to walk there.
I lost 20 pounds before going on my 2-week trip (sadly, much more to go). When in the home of so many delicious things, I relaxed & did a sweet backstroke up a river of Belgian chocolate, spaetzle, schnitzel & beer. I felt fat coming home & figured I'd gained about half of it back. No. I only gained three pounds. Because I walked everywhere.
So the new diet? It's the shut yer fat mouth & move yer fat ass diet. & it's working for me, I'm on the way back down. (Mind you, I'd already started a lot of other healthy habits, with the water, veggies, etc.) I throw a lot more walking into my day than I did before the trip overseas.
(Lastly, not trying to have the weight loss smug tone! Just trying to share what's working so far. Burroughs said that being addicted to food was worse than drugs, because food you can't just quit cold turkey.. I'm worried about backsliding, all the time. But you can change your habits.)