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{The Body Liberation Guide} ✊ Inherently radical and political
Hi friend, Project Heal asked me to weigh in (pun intended) for Weight Stigma Awareness Week on a topic I’d been meaning to revisit: body positivity versus body liberation. What’s the difference, and why does it matter? Here’s a short excerpt: After centuries of racism-driven weight stigma, 75 years of diet culture telling us that…
{wandering} Mowich Lake, WA
Mowich Lake is one of my favorite semi-hidden Washington day trip destinations. It’s located in Mount Rainier National Park, but getting there requires you to take a separate route from the main park roads, over some (public access) unpaved logging roads that are more or less adventurous depending on how recently they’ve been maintained. The…
Seattle, heat waves, weather and empathy
The Pacific Northwest is heading into an extraordinary weather event, where Seattle could reach 104 degrees for at least two days in a row, and Portland, 109 degrees. The dry eastern side of Washington state could reach 114 degrees. Like two-thirds of Seattle, we don’t have air conditioning, but we’re lucky and privileged enough to…
Plant chat: Updating my tropical terrarium
I’m taking some time off this week, so I had a chance to revisit my terrarium. I took all the plants out and set them on an unfolded trash bag, then wiped down the lid, inside and outside of the aquarium. I didn’t bother cleaning the bottom, since it’ll just get dirty again. Raymond lifted…
