thorntoncaruso: Things, Yay! | Fierce, Freethinking Fatties

I was recently told that I should have other interests than Health at Every Size^? (HAES), so I want to share some of the things that I do besides exclusively researching Fat Acceptance and HAES and thin privilege and yada yada. Yay!

First up is my favoriteist of favorite comics I?ve ever favorited. Favorite!! It is called ?Girl Genius? and is a steam-punk/science adventure thriller. The main character is a strong woman named Agatha Clay who happens to be an amazing Spark (what insane geniuses are called) that was hidden by her family for reasons you have to read to find out. Anyway, she ends up getting into some trouble, then bigger trouble, then terrible trouble, and it just goes from there. There are all sorts of crazy characters too! I recommend it. FAVORITE!

Next is my favorite online collection of pets. The site is called Chicken Smoothie and it is a low-maintenance collection of growable and adorable pets. There are a variety of pets, including puppies, kittens, horses, ponies, butterfly wolves, rats, and some others. Sometimes they have lions, foxes, dragons, sea life, special event pets for Valentines and Halloween, and special guest pets. Plus, they have items every now and then that you can decorate your pets, like this:

I also mentioned before that I am an amateur body builder, and thus like Bodybuilding.com. It has all sorts of cool things, like a store for supplements that happen to be discounted most of the time (like a 5lb jug of whey protein for $40! You can?t touch that stuff for less than $60. Plus the shipping is really fast!), exercise programs that include videos of how to do the workout and how to breathe, and a place called Bodyspace where you can log your workouts, your load and reps, measurements, and a list of other things.

I?m sure you might have heard about Cracked.com. It is like news and humor and childish jokes all wrapped into one. I especially like the articles which are informative and hilarious. There isn?t much more I can say except check it out.

This page is a little woo, but has some great advice.

For American Sign Language (ASL), I use this online dictionary. It is fairly ASL with a few Pigeon Signed English. Unfortunately, you have to have a membership to search for words, but searching the letter and then finding the word is free (to do it faster, press CTRL+F and type the word you want). This is also a good signing bank, but there are more English signs than ASL sometimes. It also has categories that you can choose.

As for clothes, besides Lane Bryant I shop around in Pyramid Collection. This too is a bit woo, but it has ?Goddess Sizes? and the clothing is pretty (to me) and they have other things like jewelry and shoes and purses and things and stuff. I also like Holy Clothing. They are very flow-y, more of a Renaissance type look and are an up-and-coming business. Shop Translated is another shop I know about but I haven?t bought anything.

Do you like making crafts? Then this site is for you!!! It has everything from how to make stuff to reuse, reduce, recycle ideas to connections with other outside artists.

Love music? Then PANDORA!!! <3 <3

Are you a college student needing books cheap? Then rent from Chegg! I have saved hundreds of dollars using them plus they plant trees to help the environment.

Last but not least is Anime Fushigi. I love, love, love anime!!!!!!!! Some of my favorite that I recommend is Bleach, Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden, One Piece, the .Hack// series, Ghost In The Shell, Loveless (except it shouldn?t have ended!!) Ah! My Goddess, Avatar the Last Airbender and Avatar: The Legend of Korra, Claymore, etc. etc.

This is just the stuff that is online. I didn?t mention any of the real life stuff. I recommend volunteering at least twice a month if you can manage it. I found that it is a great learning tool for children as well as for yourself. Start a club if you can, even if it is a HAES club. Go and meet new people and go to different places and travel and buy an actual camera so you don?t have to use your phone.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?????? If you have your own hang outs, please share!!!!

Kitsune Yokai