Tag: fat

• On Being FAT

  On the plane coming back from Hawaii, the guy seated in front of me was easily over 300 pounds. He bulged over the armrests on either side of him. When he leaned his seat back, it came back so far it was virtually in my face. A teenage boy of equal girth sat next to […]

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  December 10, 2019

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• What is SEXISM?

  

  My father raised me to believe my mother was ignorant. “Your mother, (implying like most women) is irrational. Fickle. Full of love and lightness, but not really a [deep] thinker.” All women were (are) not as…capable as men, as the woman’s primary job—her role in society of mom, caretaker, homemaker—doesn’t take much real work, or brain […]

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  December 15, 2017

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  diet, fat, Feminism, Feminist, Me too, MeToo, obesity, sexism, weight loss

• Ever Fall For Someone You Knew You Shouldn’t…

  #NewRelease 20 yrs to write, and 20 rewrites to get it right–Disconnected is the evolution of today’s modern women…http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LNMXZQU# 

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  July 3, 2014

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• Novel Memoir, Disconnected, Releases Thursday!

  20 yrs in the writing. No joke! The novel memoir, Disconnected, releases on Thursday! http://disconnectednovel.com/

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  July 1, 2014

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• Are You Proud to be Fat?

  A dialog on ‪#‎Litchat‬ the other day on Proud to be ‪#‎Fat‬: #Litchat hosted an author on Twitter who’d written a book on accepting herself for being fat. And I had a problem with that. Annoyed with the conversation—the politically correct yet ignorant people stroking the author’s ego with praise, I joined in the dialog. […]

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  April 23, 2014

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  dieting, fat, health, lifestyle, obesity, overweight, politically correct, thin, wellness

• Review Readers Wanted

  My novel Disconnected releases on June 12th. I’m hoping to get reviews before its release! Happy to send an ebook of the complete manuscript if you’re interested in an engaging, powerful read: Disconnected reads like a modern Jane Austen—taut, smart, historical lit chronicling the coming of age for the last of the baby boomers with […]

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  April 18, 2014

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• Ever fall for someone you knew you shouldn’t?

  Ever drank too much, ate too much, indulge in excess? Drinking, drugs, or obsessed with a person, most all of us have experienced addiction. Journey into the mind and heart of obsession, passion, in this engrossing, edgy, addicting read… http://authorjcafesin.wordpress.com/

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  February 14, 2014

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