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The Relentless Pursuit of my Joy

How I'm Thriving in the Pandemic

The relentless pursuit of my joy.

Livestream of Fat Kid Dance Party September 9th!

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2017-08-31

After 2.6 Million people watched the video PopSugar created about my dance aerobics class Fat Kid Dance Party (For All Sizes to Heal From Body Oppression), the most common response I received was "How can I get this class where I'm at?" I'm bringing it to you wherever you are with an internet connection! This is a live aerobics class, broadcast through a concert livestream website. Click here to read the whole article.

Overcoming Stereotypes and Busting Out My Own Style

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2017-07-26

As I absorbed the other lies I was taught about being a fat woman—that I was not sexually attractive, I better not wear anything revealing and I should try not to draw attention to myself—I lost any desire to discover my own style and perform my gender. Performing gender is a way of showing your internal gender identity externally—usually through clothes, accessories, and maybe make-up. Click here to read the whole article!

The PopSugar Video About Fat Kid Dance Party

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2017-07-18

Having a viral video is kind of like regular life except also like it’s your birthday. On Facebook your friends are writing really nice things about you when sharing your cool video. You get tons of email. And your girlfriend buys you something cute for each milestone. We had lattes for our one millionth view and I got flowers when it hit two million. Birthday treatment. (I always worked to femmifest a loving and supportive partner and I totally have one now. Visioning works!) Click here to read the whole article!

The Commodification of LGBTQ Pride: How Capitalism Co-Opts Movements

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2017-06-20

It is totally possible to hold multiple conflicting emotions at once and I had a bunch in the Target Pride section. Click here to read the whole article!

Two Important Weeks for Fat Kid Dance Party (For All Sizes to Heal from Body Oppression)

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2017-06-12

There are four rules for Fat Kid Dance Party (For All Sizes to Heal from Body Oppression). RULE NUMBER ONE: There's no wrong way to do Fat Kid Dance Party.** I teach at a low-impact cardio level and offer variations and free dance to raise the cardio for folks who need more to sweat and I offer chairs that are rated up to 500 pounds for folks who want to work out from a chair. All my numbers have flamboyant arms, you'll get a workout from a chair, too! RULE NUMBER TWO: We cheer for awkward! If you feel awkward at any time, just say, "I feel awkward" and we'll all cheer.*** Also, if you go right when I go left or whatever, you're just making my choreography look more complicated than it is! Click here for the whole article!

Everyday Glitter

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2017-05-23

Hello and Happy Tuesday from my beautiful home in Los Angeles! I have a couple of deeper posts I'm working on but in the meantime wanted to share with you some everyday glitter--little bits and bobs of things that are delighting me right now, that might also delight you! Click here to read the whole article!

The Life-Altering Power of Changing Your Mind

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2017-05-17

ne of the skills I'm most grateful for every day is the ability to interrupt my thought patterns. I can sit pretty steadily in a hell of my own creation if I don't do this because once I go down that spiral it picks up steam. I was really taken by how both Dara and I survived what could have been a completely miserable experience by choosing to change the directions of our thoughts and focus on something else. Click here to read the whole article!

LA Fat Fitness: My First Spin Class

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2017-05-05

Like golf, people who love Spin REALLY LOVE IT. I have passed classes at other gyms before and heard the high energy music and yelling encouragement of an instructor but was not lured. I enjoy a recumbent bike and use that as my supplement to my go-to cardio on an elliptical. I have always been wary of stationary bikes. Years ago I heard a personal trainer giving advice to a fat woman on a TV show that recumbent bikes are better for supporting your knees. Multiple Spin instructors and friends tell me that Spin is actually not hard on your knees Click here to read the whole article.

Why Authenticity is so Vital: In Celebration of Ellen’s 20th Coming Out Anniversary

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2017-05-03

It’s very lonely being in the closet. When you don’t feel like you can be your authentic self, it’s hard to live freely because you’re always keeping a secret. If you’re out there and you are in the closet now, I’m here to tell you that you’re not alone and you’re okay. When it’s time for you to come out, it will suddenly feel more uncomfortable to be in the closet than the risks you take to come out. But, like Ellen says, the risks to be your true self are totally worth it. Click here to read the whole article!

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That Time I Fainted at the Robert Mapplethorpe Closing Party at the Getty

In spite of everyone’s protests, I crawled to the bathroom. I was aware I was having an Ab Fab worthy spectacle and talking about my dignity, but better to be a spectacle than to shit your pants.
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