In a state

I'm going on holiday tomorrow and I realise that I am thinking many negative things about me, my clothes and how I will look in comparison to others.  We are going to Florida so it will be hot which means I will have to spend some time in skimpy clothing and maybe swimwear.  I have …

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The skinny can’t help it

Sometimes I hate skinny people. I have no idea what it is like to be skinny and I know that I never will. I suppose the skinny have their moments of self-doubt, their moments of discomfort in a crowded place, their moments when they fear meeting new people, doing anything for the first time. Underneath …

Another January, another diet

January is the month of new diets, new eating regimes and ever more bizarre food restrictions.  We are bombarded with articles about lifestyle changes to enhance our health and well-being; magazines are full of meal plans and recipes which promise to  ensure we won't die any time soon.  It is all very exciting and everyone …

What are they thinking?

I finished with paid employment 12 months ago and have been celebrating the anniversary this week by starting a couple of volunteering opportunities.  Up to now I've avoided the idea of volunteering - mainly because people kept asking me what I was going to do with my time and the rebel in me decided that …

I unlearnt to hate myself

I'd forgotten how much the media hates me.  A woman, with a body. I happened to read a magazine at my father-in-law's house the other day.  One of those TV insert things that come with a weekend paper.  I couldn't resist the article about holiday wardrobes even though I half knew it would not be …

Baggy Lady

I feel more comfortable wearing baggy clothing.  Not necessarily ill-fitting clothes - just loose. I thought I'd read that wide-legged trousers were have a moment - possibly in the guise of culottes but nonetheless wide and trousers.  At a social gathering this weekend I noticed that all but one of people I was with were …

Embrace – the movie

I attended a showing of the body positive documentary Embrace on Wednesday evening.  I was a little awestruck as it was being held in the Odeon in Liverpool city centre.  One of those modern, glossy and noisy cinemas I try to avoid.  Oh well. I assumed that all those attending had made a positive effort …