Fatter Than a Speeding Bullet
New site design. New slogan. New ways to bring you even more fat.
Actually, no, it’s going to be a lot of the same fat as before, but I hope you’ll find it as charming as ever.
The hiatus stretched out a bit longer than I expected, but I can tell you that the time didn’t go to waste. I have been doing more in the way of recovery, and making myself the top priority was definitely the right move to make.
I joined a group at the Emily Program that is a discussion group based around the book, Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnston. Think the title sounds a bit hippy-dippy? Wait till you read the first chapter! It starts off a little on the She-Ra side with a heaping dollop of good ol’ fashioned 1970’s consciousness raising, but if you can look past that rhetoric, there is a lot of great stuff in this book. It really pushes the idea of recovery for women through the use of myth and metaphor - seeing yourself and your struggles in stories that are often hundred, even thousands, of years old. What really makes it work for me is having the discussion to go along with it, and there is a great group of women tackling this with me. I really look forward to this group each week.
PhD Smiley has returned from maternity leave, thank the stars! Had a great session today and am feeling pretty empowered.
The Canadian and I, after many a discussion, have decided to set our sights a bit closer to Vancouver in order to wait out the (achingly, ridiculous, murderously snail-paced) slow processing of his immigration application. We settled on Seattle as it would be a relatively short drive for him to pop up to Vancouver to visit his son. I can tell you that I am absolutely in love with the idea of being back on the west coast. Not to mention that I am getting a serious grad school itch. Master of Library Sciences…..here I come! I will be the bad-assiest librarian. Just you wait. And I’m curious to know if any of you FatGrrl frequenters happen to be Seattlites? I would love to get the low down on moving strategies, neighorhoods, tips and tricks, etc.
Related to that is the issue of money. Alas, we can’t move without it. I had a few heart to hearts with Ellie and we threw around the idea of working with an ad network. We agreed that the top priority for FatGrrl was to remain a fat-friendly and eating disorder recovery-oriented site, so the presence of diet ads is a total No-No. But I wanted to tap your brains and get your ideas and thoughts. If I have the means to produce interesting and compelling content, would you mind the presence of text ads on the site? Would you find that it ultimately detracts from the site, or do you think it could be handled in a way that complements the site without getting in the way? Let me know!
Clearly there was much to say, so I will end here for now. It’s good to be back, and thanks for hanging in there with me. And for those of you who have particularly missed the Hound, here she is hanging out on the couch with me one day:
8 Responses to “Fatter Than a Speeding Bullet”
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Glad to see you are back and it looks like you are better for the break! Good luck on the move! I think a couple text based ads would be okay. None of those before and after fat pill diet ads where it’s obvious the before picture the woman is pregnant not fat, LOL.
Kiba looks nice and comfy as usual. Such a hard life you give your baby.
Oh, I’m so glad you’re back and doing well! I’ve been checking in on occasion to see how you were doing.
I would not have a problem with text-based ads, as long as they were fat-friendly.
Glad your back! I love reading your posts and a few ads would not keep me away.
I am so glad to see you’re back! And if it helps in any way, go for the ads! None of us can afford to not make use of whatever it takes - so go for it, make the money you need to move, and librarian the s*** out of the West Coast! (Yes, librarian is totally a verb, too!)
Well this is bizarre. Not only has “Eating in the Light of the Moon” come up lately in my “circle” but just last night I was discussing advertisements on ED recovery blog and if it’s appropriate. I say go for it if you are able to keep the crack diet ads away. :)
hey, I’m originally from the Seattle area! If you want to give me a call sometime, I can give you some tips.
And I’m so glad to see you are back, and better than ever. w00t!
Shut UP! I didn’t know you were a Pacific Northwesterner! I will totally take you up on the tippage!
Ads are fine. I’m all for finding ways to make money with little fuss. I get annoyed at the fake diet ones and the mortgage ones with some alien or series of women dancing all dumb as a brick. For reference, both appear pretty often on CNN’s and MSNBC’s websites.