Played classical piano and a bit of jazz. Sang a lot, bands, musical theatre, church, torch, blues, you name it. (Well, ok, not opera. Was in the chorus of one once though.) Play the amount of acoustic guitar that's requisite for my age, and a few other instruments badly.

I think it's atrocious. I would, quite literally, leave my country in protest. But it's coming everywhere, and frankly, we're partly to blame, because we don't fight back.

But everyone knows you're real, lady, and it shows on the meter, too.

I actually didn't agree with the definitions in this documentary when I saw it. Been about a year though, so I don't remember everything clearly.

Did anyone else have this reaction? Or were you too absorbed by the images to listen to the text?

Unfortunately, Kulli, we've all heard people talk about other fat people that way. So it isn't something we just make up...

I know what you mean, though I was that person for years, so let me briefly speak in her defense. When you have conflicting desires, they are hard to reconcile. Especially if one is psychologically deep (like eating and/or gaining) and the other is socially intense (like fatphobia and the insistence that thin is the only desirable size).

Anyway, point is, she's living in a difficult place. So maybe you could cut her a little slack? Just a thought...

Only a very few people have voted on you, Booty. It's statistically insignificant. I'm talking about the people who have 70 fake votes and a few reals...

I honestly didn't mean to sound like I was 'jumping all over what you said', joe, but for what it's worth, in response to your last post:

a. I'm often hairier than my lovers--ethnic difference.

b. I think men having to shave is every bit as stupid as women having to shave. (And while I think my legs look better hairless, I really like men with facial hair.)

e. if you think shaving your face is like trying to cut down a Douglas Fir, let me just point out--I have more hair on my legs, and coarser, than many men's facial hair. (Though I'm guessing not yours, which is cool!)

I think your final point is the important one. Bodies are bodies, and preferences are preferences. No need to express our distaste--just our tastes.

xJ