Happy International No Diet Day!

May 6, 2008 · Filed Under Society ·

Today is International No Diet Day, which I think is a fabulous day to celebrate!

I believe that women should not be seen purely as sex symbols and that there is no such thing as a “perfect weight.” So often, when women are trying to reach their “perfect” weight by going on a diet, they become obsessed with weight loss and diets in general to the point where their perfect weight keeps getting lower and you fall victim to the evil life of anorexia or bulimia. People so often forget that there are physical and mental health risks when going on a crash diet that at first you swear is temporary.

The diet industry manipulates people into believing that they will never be seen as attractive or sexy unless they are a size two which is not only disgusting, but something that the diet industry should be of ashamed of themselves for. However, they do not feel ashamed or sorry for the amount of lives that they have ruined while reinforcing the idea of being the perfect size, specifically to women. Making billions of dollars per year, the industry understands the minds of women; they understand that if they make women believe that they aren’t skinny enough or that they aren’t beautiful, that they can ultimately cash in on other people’s self loathing and that is both terrifying and disgusting.

So today, in celebration of International Diet Day, I am urging people out there not only to break away from their diets today, but for good. It has been proven that diets do not work and if you lose weight at first, weight management is a bitch and more often than not, people not only gain their weight back, but they put on more weight from binge eating after starving themselves or not allowing their bodies the necessary nutrients that it needs to live.

If you are dieting to lose weight for health reasons, it is always wise to get the facts about diets or to consult your doctor and stress that you will not be taking pills, drinking weight loss beverages and etcetera and see if they have any other ideas as to how you can effectively lose weight and maintain your health.

Today would be a great day to strip down, maybe take a nice bubble bath, drink some wine and then afterwards, look at yourself in the mirror–Yes, completely naked. While some may not like what they see, you must realize that your body is solely yours and putting it through hell will not make you feel better and ultimately will not make you look better. You are beautiful just the way you are and no one else has any right to tell you or lead you to believe any differently.

You may also want to check out a fabulous, fabulous post, A public service announcement from your body and also check out some fat acceptance blogs, such as the Big Fat Blog, Shapely Prose, or some others that are listed ideally on the Shapely Prose blog.

Tags: beauty, body image, dieting, eating disorders, fat acceptance, International No Diet Day

The New Feminism at its Finest

December 30, 2007 · Filed Under Feminism at its Finest ·

feminism at its finest blog carnival Due to the holidays, work, and everything revolving around holidays and work (but mostly work,) Menstrual Poetry has been stagnant for a few weeks. Because of this, Feminism at its Finest has suffered quite a bit.

I have decided to change the day that the carnival will be up, from this point forward, it will be up every Sunday and I am also going to make dedicated Menstrual Poetry time a few days a week.

Madeleine Begun Kane wrote a hilarious piece entitled Chafing At “Chick”. Definitely a must read!

Carol presents a fantastic post on the marketing tactics used by companies called Is Makeup Harmless?

Erich Engelbrecht presents a post called Why Women Make All The Difference, where he states:

Marketing technical sciences to young women may be one measure to increase female output in this area. I think a lot less money is needed for the same results if girls are brought up more naturally in an ever more technical society.

therapydoc presents a post on internet addiction and pornography called Internet Pornography- Part One. Don’t worry, it’s actually quite a good post.

Pearl has a very informative post on social media called Would You Want to Exchange Social Media Information? Definitely a must read for anyone looking for simple ways to get more viewers to your website.

And that is all for the blog carnival this week. It will be back next week so submit your posts now!

Tags: beauty, blog carnival, internet addiction, porn, social media