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  1. Did an hour on KGO talk radio this morning. People recited the fat=unhealthy mantra despite my data. DJ lives on protein. "Healthy" much?
  2. I'm giving a weight diversity talk at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., Tuesday, 7pm, in the Stern Hall Great Room. Come on down!
  3. Oh, you should follow the brilliant and fun Linda Bacon, here... @LindaBaconHAES
  4. Darn good article in New York Times blog says fat people might just deserve basic medical care! http://tinyurl.com/yfjdkxg
  5. I got to be on BBC radio with Linda Bacon, PhD, today! We double-teamed an evil, fearmongering scientist: http://tinyurl.com/yhetg6y
  6. Researchers looking into the effect of feelings and experience on health. Take their survey! http://tinyurl.com/ykqolh7
  7. I'll most likely be on CBS's The Early Show tomorrow morning, talking about weight discrimination in the NJ governor's race.
  8. My new favorite UK rad fatties Kathryn Szrodecki and Marsha Coupe were fabulous all over UK media this week: http://tinyurl.com/yj8q4ka
  9. Fat studies scholar & kick-ass person Amy Farrell did major damage to fat hate last night on the Colbert Report: http://tinyurl.com/yk8aus7
  10. Fat Studies Review gets poz article in Publishers Weekly: http://tinyurl.com/yzubes2. Get your FSR now! Just $27 @ your indie bookmonger!!!
  11. LA Times health section on... fat pride: http://tinyurl.com/yholuud, HAES: http://tinyurl.com/yl2pl55, etc.: http://tinyurl.com/yjltmkx
  12. Tomorrow I ask the CDC's lead statistician on fat people to study the damage to fatty health from fat-hating docs and their nocebo effect.
  13. Just argued against bipartisan bigotry on Fox News with Neil Cavuto: http://tinyurl.com/ylbuslx
  14. It's a big crisis if people eat food that's cheap, fast, easy & meaningless. The BMI is no better: It's cheap, fast, easy & meaningless.
  15. Next Monday's LA Times will have an article in its health section about being fat and happy (and healthy). Let's see if they get it right!
  16. Here's a film some brilliant high school students made about me: http://bit.ly/cgw52
  17. An excellent interview with Prof. Esther Rothblum, co-editor of the Fat Studies Reader. It comes out next month... http://tinyurl.com/kr2w6x
  18. Photos of fat and fit people, part of a series of cool, fat-poz articles... http://www.newsweek.com/id/215135
  19. Tell lawmakers we need REAL healthcare reform! Congress: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml Senate: http://www.senate.gov/
  20. Our health system is killing us: Of 30 industrialized countries, the U.S. expected lifespan ranks lowest for men, 24th for women. Reform!!!