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clevermanka) wrote2012-02-14 09:27 am
clevermanka) wrote2012-02-14 09:27 am
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Sometimes I've got to tell you--is it this time I'll tell you
I resigned from being a contributor on the Feminist Fitness Tumblr.
A,
I feel like a jerk for this, but I have to stop writing for the blog.
I remember that early on you said that you wouldn't focus on alternative eating styles and that your readers wanted to stick with the standard dietary advice that America's been promoting for a couple decades. I thought I could deal with being a lone voice in the wilderness, but I find myself increasingly saddened and frustrated by food posts that are contrary to what works for me and so many people I know.
The one-two punch of the baked poppers post and the carb post with the line "Quinoa, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, multigrain bread, vegetables, fruit- these are all carbs, and unless you go overboard, they won’t make you fat!" made me realize I can't keep contributing to this blog and encouraging people to read it when it includes the low-fat, whole-grain bias to such a prevalent degree. Because eating brown rice, whole wheat stuff, multigrain bread, etc., these things did make me fat and contributed to many of the health problems I carried for years.
A better, stronger person would continue writing for you, I'm sure, hoping that someone would see her success and attempt to contact her for more information. I'm not that better, stronger person, though, and instead of feeling like a rebel, I feel like a hypocrite.
I wish you the best of success with your blog, and your own fitness goals!
So there's that very short little chapter over and done with. I am not at my best right now, so it's a good thing I'm not trying to write about being one's best. I'm trying to be my best, but my idea of a good/better person doesn't always mesh with what other people feel is a good/better person. Also, I'm lazy.
I feel like this right now, only without the need for external validation.
A,
I feel like a jerk for this, but I have to stop writing for the blog.
I remember that early on you said that you wouldn't focus on alternative eating styles and that your readers wanted to stick with the standard dietary advice that America's been promoting for a couple decades. I thought I could deal with being a lone voice in the wilderness, but I find myself increasingly saddened and frustrated by food posts that are contrary to what works for me and so many people I know.
The one-two punch of the baked poppers post and the carb post with the line "Quinoa, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, multigrain bread, vegetables, fruit- these are all carbs, and unless you go overboard, they won’t make you fat!" made me realize I can't keep contributing to this blog and encouraging people to read it when it includes the low-fat, whole-grain bias to such a prevalent degree. Because eating brown rice, whole wheat stuff, multigrain bread, etc., these things did make me fat and contributed to many of the health problems I carried for years.
A better, stronger person would continue writing for you, I'm sure, hoping that someone would see her success and attempt to contact her for more information. I'm not that better, stronger person, though, and instead of feeling like a rebel, I feel like a hypocrite.
I wish you the best of success with your blog, and your own fitness goals!
So there's that very short little chapter over and done with. I am not at my best right now, so it's a good thing I'm not trying to write about being one's best. I'm trying to be my best, but my idea of a good/better person doesn't always mesh with what other people feel is a good/better person. Also, I'm lazy.
I feel like this right now, only without the need for external validation.