Comments for Body FM: Tuning In

Comment on Monday Link Love: SO TRUE! by Tenecia

Tenecia — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:13:49 +0000

Great post – thanks for pointing it out!

Comment on Feminism and Fitness by Caitlin Constantine

Caitlin Constantine — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:30:41 +0000

Hey Heather, thanks for the link love! I’m going to keep my eye on your blog to check out your ideas about the intersections between fitness and feminism. There are so many, yet I think they tend to be underexplored. I’m looking forward to reading your perspective.

Comment on Fresh Start! by Sable@SquatLikeALady

Sable@SquatLikeALady — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:27:28 +0000

Hydration is SO critical to me. I don’t understand how people survive on less than 2L of water a day!! I just feel like…sapped of energy….if I don’t hit at least 2L, a lot of days 3! I think that helps tie everything in together, ya know?

Comment on In Some Not Funny At All Eating Disorder News… by Warren Dostie

Warren Dostie — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:14:01 +0000

I wouldn’t even have known the costume was about anorexia. The old vaudeville acts often wore getups like this (luminous, with lights low) but of course the model makes the difference. If it had been an actual skinny ed victim the point would have been obvious. Most guys don’t even care what the girl is wearing, by the way, especially if it’s not a lot…lol

Comment on In Some Not Funny At All Eating Disorder News… by Scarlett

Scarlett — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:47:06 +0000

I’ve seen this costume around the internet for a couple of years…and as someone living with anorexia and bulimia, I honestly find it sort of funny. While I hate the trivialization of EDs, I’m less likely to be offended by jokes like this (or the “I beat anorexia” shirt, worn by obese men) than by inaccurate but NOT joking references. Using the word “anorexia” as a synonym for “diet”, or writing about it as though it’s a phase, is dangerous and infuriating. But I guess that after more than a decade of living with an ED, I’ve decided I have to laugh at the jokes or else I’ll just spend forever angry.

Comment on Falling for Fall by Warren Dostie

Warren Dostie — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:14:54 +0000

Great to be positive about fall, there IS a lot to look forward to. Summer ending sucks though.
By the way a little sweat on a girl is hot, just thought I’d mention it……

Comment on A Little About Me by Laura

Laura — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:02:45 +0000

Hi Heather,

I can really relate to what you have to say. For so long, I have been trying to loose 20 pounds and improve my overall physical appearance.I am not a supermodel nor I am I a size 0, which is something that I have been trying to accept but it can be very tricky. The truth is that I’m a pretty, healthy, 23 year-old size 6 who has an unhealthy, turbulent relationship with food. Self-acceptance can be so hard, but I’m going to work on quitting all this dieting, food obsession, and learn to love myself again.

I really look forward to reading your blog. Keep the posts coming.

Sincerely,
Laura

Comment on Friday Food For Thought: How Early Are Body Image Issues Starting? by Kira

Kira — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:18:49 +0000

I’d also like to add, on the flip side ignoring little boys in this isn’t good for them either. We have images of rich fat dudes on TV getting everything they want in life, and a lot of teenage boys get that image as a good option (easier than being a body builder, their other “best” alternative) of how to be … get fat and cocky and don’t give a shit and you’ll get everything you want (secret tagline .. you’ll get diabetes and die early and painfully). At least they have options when it comes to an ideal, unlike girls (for girls it seems like everything new just gets incorporated into the *same* ideal, “you can be it all!”), but one is similarly unattainable and the other terribly unhealthy.

Not about inflicting the same body issues onto boys though. Again, just health.

Praying a day comes when our ideal is long-term health and happy, stable relationships.. But dream away, right?

Comment on Friday Food For Thought: How Early Are Body Image Issues Starting? by Tenecia

Tenecia — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:12:07 +0000

My daughter is 10 and if she even uttered the word “diet”, I would slap her silly!!! I’m with you….we need to let kids be kids…I’m not saying we should feed our children junk food & let them sit on their butts all day but we don’t need to have them going to Weight Watcher meetings after they leave school….completely ridiculous….

Comment on Friday Food For Thought: How Early Are Body Image Issues Starting? by Kira

Kira — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:03:46 +0000

What???? This is ridiculous. I’m all about teaching kids to eat healthy – but at that age it should never be with a goal of losing weight – just being healthy, energized, and with active minds. They are about to experience the biggest changes in their bodies they will ever have and need to be prepared to adjust and listen to what their bodies want, not try to eat the same things through all of that — and not try to control their bodies through all of it too. The thing about dieting is you start to analyze your body in more ways than just fat – you become more aware of everything you want to change, even if it’s not possible (like “my hips are too big” even if you’re talking about bone). Little girls are insecure enough, don’t encourage them to analyze their bodies like that while they change.

ALSO, totally with you on the enraging fact that this is written by a MAN for little GIRLS. How much more obvious can you be that you think women should be a certain way, let’s get back to making sure women shape themselves into something men want, so let’s start early and then they’ll never be able to shake that mentality.

My big question is, how can he possibly excuse writing this for little girls and not children in general? Call it “Max and Maggie Get Healthy,” and picture them watching TV overweight with blank faces, and then playing soccer together and smiling (looking healthier but not SKINNY or MANLY), and then we might have something…

I saw some other comments on another article about the book, and people seem strangely okay with this (aside from the cover in some cases). We have a long way to go….