I had a paraguard put in when I was 18 and having an abortion. I had gotten pregnant while using a diaphragm and spermicide combo, a choice I made because I cannot take hormones. After a depressing experience with the (posted to All about IUDs (and why your doctor may refuse you one) )
Wow, I'm really glad you guys liked what I had to say. If you go to my blog (the link is at the top of the post), there are pictures that I couldn't put in my post here. (posted to I Am Not Going to Wear Pants: a chubby girl's manifesto)
I'm really interested to see a male perspective on this issue. I know from watching my boyfriend, who has what I (and most fashion magazines) consider an absolutely perfect body, stress about the size of his love handles or width (posted to I Am Not Going to Wear Pants: a chubby girl's manifesto)
Congratulations in the biggest way for this brave and thrilling act of defiance! Choosing to love instead of to hide is the greatest risk you can take -- and I think it will bring you amazing new worlds. (posted to Love is awesome. Better than blogging, actually.)
It's so great to know I'm not alone in this, and yet so sad to know how pervasive this behavior is. The one thing I'll challenge, however, in all these comments is the desire to call it simple narcissism. I (posted to I can see how you are seeing me)
This is why I think everybody should have to work a service job for a while at some point in their lifecourse. Because apparently just being told that service workers are human beings somehow doesn't get through to people. (posted to I can see how you are seeing me)
I am in high school, I work at a movie theater, and I have begun to detect my own racism when dealing with customers. I automatically assume that non-white customers will be more difficult to communicate with. When I think (posted to I can see how you are seeing me)
Oh man, I totally feel this. Sorry this is long: After graduating undergrad, I got married and we moved 600 miles north so that my husband could go to grad school. We did this because a.) we both needed a (posted to I can see how you are seeing me)
