life and puppies

Thanks, it’s been awhile.  I keep inventing blog posts in the middle of the night, when I can’t sleep, and then forgetting them in the morning.  So, until I can think of something (at least semi) worthwhile to chat about, I’d like to present you with two videos with messages very dear to my heart.  The first makes the case that women’s obsession with thin-ness and beauty is a public health problem, something I’ve felt is true for a very long time.  People pay lip service to this notion all the time, but it never gets the attention that this so-called obesity epidemic does.  The second, relatedly, is not in my favorite art form — slam poetry — but resonates with me and is something that I imagine trying as hard as I possibly can to impress upon my imaginary daughter.