Guest: Shoshie
Shoshie is one of the 2012 roster of Guest Bloggers.
Bye, All!
It’s been fun times writing here for the last two weeks, and I really hope that you enjoyed my posts. I’ve been pretty terrible at keeping my blog updated, but I have plans to write a bit more in the future, so if you liked what I wrote here, check out Catalytic Reactions. And, of [...]
...read moreHair Part III: Head
I have a love/hate relationship with the hair on my head. I hated it for most of my childhood and adolescence. I was super envious of the curls that many of the other girls in my Jewish school had. My hair was thin and mousy brown. Mousy. I remember seeing that word in the book [...]
...read moreHair Part II: Face
I was horrified when I started getting hair on my face. Little mustache hairs at first, then some on my chin. I also have wispy sideburns and thick eyebrows, though those don’t bother me as much. I thought I was a freak. I didn’t know that other women got facial hair as well. Nobody told [...]
...read moreBetter that children are hungry than fat
New York City Council looks like it’s going to approve a resolution in that will provide for breakfast in NYC classrooms. NYC currently ranks last among cities that provide for free breakfast programs, with only 34% of kids who qualify for free/reduced lunch getting breakfast at school. Bloomberg, obesity-fighter extraordinaire, is opposed. He’s worried that [...]
...read moreHair Part I: Legs
I’ve never been particularly consistent about shaving my legs. They were already pretty hairy when, at age 12, I asked my mother for my first razor. It was pink and disposable. After my evening shower, I grabbed it and the shaving cream, and attempted to de-hair my legs. It took a long time. The razor [...]
...read moreTwo pieces I love
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about these two pieces over the last week or so: A Woman’s Guide to Hasidic Street Harassment by Lilit Marcus over at Heeb Magazine and The Terrible Tragedy of the Healthy Eater by Erica over at NW Edible. The first one has me thinking about how we police [...]
...read moreLiving Waters
As I mentioned in my last post, I spent a long time without getting a period. Occasionally my doctor prescribed me some progestin to initiate withdrawal bleeding (it’s believed that build up of menstrual tissue without occasional bleeding increases risk of endometrial cancer), but by and large, I was period-free. This was pretty scary, though [...]
...read moreOwning my food crazy
Trigger warning for discussion of dieting and food restriction. I have a confession to make. Over the last six months or so, I’ve lost a significant amount of weight. It’s my first time that my weight has gone down since I jumped on board the fat acceptance train, and I feel great. I have more [...]
...read moreBack Again!
Hi all! It’s great to be back here to guest blog for two weeks. For those who aren’t familiar with my writing, I’m a fat, bisexual, religious Jew. Not necessarily in that order. I’m a chemist living in the Pacific Northwest and at least think about petting every dog that I see. Because furry things [...]
...read moreAnd you shall love
Love is the core of my activism. I know it’s not the core for others, but I believe so strongly in love. It ties together all the threads of my identity. Love is at the center of my religion. Every morning and evening, I recite “V’ahavta et HaShem Elokecha, b’chol levavecha u’v’chol nafshecha.” You shall [...]
...read moreDear feminist men
Don’t be this guy. Much love, ~Shoshie
...read moreHaving an openly fat relationship
I’m on the couch with my husband, our roommate sitting on the other couch, drinking beer and talking about whatever. The conversation drifts to women and body image and our roommate laments the “worst question” that women can ask their boyfriends: Do I look fat in this? You’re screwed either way, he complains. My husband [...]
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