Wednesday whining (and belated monkeys). 14 January 2009 3:20 pm
Posted by Tracy in : books,fangirl,geekery,health,health at every size,Marion Nestle,meta,nutrition , 2 commentsWhine, whine, whine-itty whine, whine. I don’t wanna write! Wah, wah, wah. I’m editing pretty well, though, so the final installment of the guest post/interview series about food and chemotherapy is ready to go up (see here and here for the first two posts). So that’s a spot of good news.
Another bit of good-news-bad-news-good-news: I got the syllabus for the nutrition class I’m taking next term, and I’m all excited about it. Except for the part where I have to read Walter freaking Willett. As I whined on Facebook last week, I hope that man gets his face rubbed in some unhealthy skinny people right quick. Seriously, kids. How hard is it to acknowledge that healthy food and exercise are good for everyone of all shapes and sizes, irregardless of whether that precious, precious weight loss results? Apparently, “healthy stuff is healthy” is too hard to print without mentioning the hideous specter of fatness, not just for boring “diet stories sell” mainstream media but even for somebody as obviously not-completely-stupid as Willett. Sigh. Back to good news: (more…)
