Is it possible for women to be single and happy? Well not if you believe the hype propagated since the dawning of patriarchy, or more modern times, the nuclear family. What is Harriet with out Ozzie? What is Donna Reed with out that guy she was married to? Or what about That Girl, wait, did she even have a boyfriend? Giget didn’t. So if women have been single and happy in the past, why is it such a shock now? That is simple, because they have never been the majority. Well guess what Dating Game you are running out of contestants. Women are getting educated, affluent, influential and independent and are deciding they don’t need men to be “complete.”

To read more about the The Cultural Thread of the Happy Single Woman and the public media response to her, click here. To read the Counterpoint from the mens perspective, click here. Click here to Why women are free to NOT marry.

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From one blog to another I discovered The Angry Black Woman, writings from a gender and race activist. I was a little surprised to see Gloria Steinem being raked over the coals so I had to go see what that was about. Turns out Steinem had made a faux pas in the way she said something, and managed to really piss some people off. I’ll get back to you on what side of this argument I fall on. I haven’t read everything in depth yet. At first glance though, it seems there might be somewhat of an overreaction. The tagline from this blog is “Why are black people angry all the time? Probably some dumb shit you did.” continue…

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Yes, you read that right. Maybe this sign will soon read “We serve skinny’s only. No fat or obese allowed.”

In Mississippi they are trying to pass a bill that would make it illegal for restaurants to feed the obese. This is absurd. Actually this is beyond absurd this is offensive and discriminatory.

Here is the article from U.S.A. Today:

Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.

House Bill No. 282, which was introduced this month, says: Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.

The proposal would allow health inspectors to yank the permit from any restaurant that “repeatedly” feeds extremely overweight customers.

The bill, written by GOP Rep. W. T. Mayhall Jr., was referred to the Judiciary and Public Health committees, but The Jackson Free Press doesn’t expect it to garner much support in the statehouse.

About two-third of Mississippians are considered overweight or obese, according to a recent analysis of federal health data.

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I have my own issues with fat acceptance. I don’t believe the issue should be fat or thin. I believe it should be healthy or unhealthy, not perceived healthy, actually healthy. There are skinny people out there that are unhealthy as well as obese people. I support the idea of love your body, therefore take care of your body. But this is getting away from the issue. This bill is appalling. It is discrimination at its most obvious and historical level. Thankfully it will most likely not pass, but it should never have been proposed.

How about instead of running fanatically towards discrimination you pass bills that support healthy eating and exercise, as well as health care and help people find solutions for their weight issues.

This is so awful, that it is hard to put into words what I feel about this. It is like I am in shock, thinking, can this be real?

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