Self-Talk #1 [e-mailed anonymously by an FFG follower]:
“If you can do 5, you can do 5 more!”
“It hurts now, but then it won’t, and you’ll feel so good after!”
“You know this exercise makes you look great. It’s worked before!” Continue reading
Kick and Glide tells you how to roast the perfect chicken.
Roast chicken is my favourite comfort food. The oven warms the house and the smell warms my heart. It makes the whole house smell heavenly. I like the prep and especially the anticipation of sitting down to dinner.
Roast chicken is not fast food, but it is fairly easy. Here’s my approach to roasting a chicken that will save you time and money and give you oodles of flavour. The key is planning. Continue reading
I watch quite a bit of Baby TV these days, defying the hysterical warnings about its dangers: “Your child’s brain function decreases every minute that s/he watches TV!” Oh please. I call bull shit on such nonsense. I am not going to leave the TV on indefinitely, but my son will not be harmed by exposure to 10-15 minutes of Baby TV every day. Continue reading
Is being naked a potentially radical and fulfilling act? Of course. What about posting clothing-less pictures of yourself online? Not so much, especially if you are a woman. Such photos are likely to reinforce the sexist status quo by portraying the female body as an objectified lump of passivity in need of judgement by trolls and everyone else. So why did I include pictures of me wearing only a g-string in my recent book, which will soon be available in both digital and print formats? (http://www.sunypress.edu/p-5981-feminist-figure-girl.aspx). Good question. Continue reading
This post features the voices of Fitbabe and FFG.
First hear Fitbabe discuss her fitness career and philosophy with Jay Scott at Full Disclosure Fitness. Listen to the podcast here: http://fulldisclosurefitness.com/fdf-072-deanna-harder-i-discuss-fitness-mindset-more/
Then tune in to hear FFG speak about body image with Gianmarco Visconti on CJSR Radio, the student station at the University of Alberta: https://soundcloud.com/cjsrfm/beauty-brains-and-brawn
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