Sunshine

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   MicheleNovember 14, 2011 at 11:11 pm

   Ok, your baby is cute as shit. I don’t like babies or cute things, and I want to lick him. I have never once thought of you as fat. Biggish, sure. But proportionate. When I would think someone is “fat,” – and I try to avoid that word except when I’m referring to myself because I hate myself and I’m stupid and fat – they’re not proportionate (which is also the difference between thin and too skinny). You, though, have never once entered my mind as fat. You had gorgeous dreads, but the pink is rockin’. I think it’s a lovely match to your newish life of momhood and positivity and crap. I am commenting on all posts I am catching up on at once…mostly just “geez, enough with the amazingly cute baby already!!” :) His eyes are just the bee’s knees, with that smile.

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     IssaNovember 14, 2011 at 11:50 pm

     Re: Fat. I assure you, I am most definitely fat. You don’t think I’m fat because you like me, and fat means shitty things to you, like the other mean things you say to yourself. It’s not a compliment to say I’m not fat. It just means you’ve lumped all these other horrible things in with my body type. Proportionate or not, thin vs. too skinny… these are just more made up ideas that mean we’re saying some people’s bodies are okay and some people’s aren’t. I’ve played the “who’s proportionate” game before, but it’s just a fiction: All people are proportionate; they are proportioned like people.

     Re: Hair. I loved my dreads, too, but surprisingly, I haven’t really missed them at all. I adore the pink and the short. It’s amazing to have such weightless hair after years with dreads. I think you’re right that it matched my current life direction.

     Re: Baby. That’s my evil plan, to woo the world with my cute baby. :-)

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