On The Colony, a reality television show on the Discovery Channel, ten participants have to survive for ten weeks in a simulated post-apocalyptic environment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hv4ADUr-0E Continue reading
Renaissance CrossFitter who is equally ready for Zumba.
As promised, here is a discussion of CrossFit by Fitbabe and myself. To be clear, it is not a rant against CrossFit, and CrossFitters who assume as much, immediately responding to our arguments in a defensive way, might want to ask themselves these questions: Why am I so invested in this practice? What does it really mean to me and my identity? Does the CrossFit method encourage blind devotion and mechanical responses—both physical and emotional—in its hardcore followers? As a non-practitioner, I am more interested in broader questions; I primarily want to think about why CrossFit is suddenly so popular, especially in the United States. Fitbabe is the fitness expert at feministfiguregirl.com, and she will address some of the physiological aspects of CrossFit. Continue reading
Four Embarrassing Situations in which I was Not the Least Bit Embarrassed (mostly occurring before June 2007)
-once I let out an explosive fart while teaching a large class. The students’ faces registered a mixture of surprise and shock, but my own expression remained impassive. I did not give a rat’s ass what they thought of me. Continue reading
I know that I cannot check-in on facebook, for the building I have just entered is a secret place, protected by security cameras, sets of locked doors, and strictly enforced registration procedures for guests like me. Continue reading
A while back I was posed a pretty open-ended question regarding how my creative endeavours influenced and were shaped by my unrelenting desire to, as FFG puts it, ‘pick up heavy shit, put it down again, and then pick it back up’. Continue reading
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