photo credit - “Fat & Alone at Dolores Park,” Danyaal Rangwala. You might have thought I meant don't be that person in the photo. You would be wrong. I hope you won't be like some of the people described in this beautifully written piece on the bullying of "fat" people. The author identified only as Your Fat Friend speaks to many universal parallels of bias. People find … [Read more...] about Please Don’t Be That Person
Finding your voice
How Facebook helped me find my voice
Like many people who were well into middle age when social media exploded onto the scene, I joined Facebook kicking and screaming in 2010. I resisted for a long time, joining the complainers that opined about how much time it took away from other things and kept them up late at night. Truthfully, that is exactly what happened to me but you'll never hear me complain. The … [Read more...] about How Facebook helped me find my voice