Comments on: Yesterday I felt entirely right in my body. http://blog.birthcycle.com/2006/09/25/yesterday-i-felt-entirely-right-in-my-body/ a feminist look at pregnancy, birth, fertility, contraception, plus assorted other topics Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:59:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Sarah http://blog.birthcycle.com/2006/09/25/yesterday-i-felt-entirely-right-in-my-body/#comment-5 Sarah Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:47:23 +0000 http://blog.birthcycle.com/2006/09/25/yesterday-i-felt-entirely-right-in-my-body/#comment-5 <i>In India a woman in a store said to me, “Oh! You are so fat!” and she said it in such an entirely pleased and complimentary way that it completely threw me for a loop.</i> Just reading this threw ME for a loop. So totally awesome. Thanks for this. In India a woman in a store said to me, “Oh! You are so fat!” and she said it in such an entirely pleased and complimentary way that it completely threw me for a loop.

Just reading this threw ME for a loop. So totally awesome. Thanks for this.

]]> By: The Scarlet Pervygirl http://blog.birthcycle.com/2006/09/25/yesterday-i-felt-entirely-right-in-my-body/#comment-4 The Scarlet Pervygirl Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:45:20 +0000 http://blog.birthcycle.com/2006/09/25/yesterday-i-felt-entirely-right-in-my-body/#comment-4 I would believe it. I gain between 7 and 10 pounds every month as I'm about to start my period, and in some ways I really like it, just as you're describing here. Every morning for the past week, the first thing I've done when I've woken up is stroke my belly, which is unbelievably soft and smooth. There are two things I've learned about people, especially female people. One is that, underneath a glaze of conformity, the wealth of diversity of opinions and passions and reactions is pretty astonishing; the other is that a lot of women like and hate their bodies *at the same time,* and sometimes don't so much hate their fat as have an absolute terror of censure if they're caught talking about it in a positive way. For that reason, I have to say, *thank you* for writing this piece. The difference between feeling like your emotions and opinions are perfectly justified and feeling like they're freakish (even if they are perfectly justified) can be as small as one other person saying they feel the same way. I would believe it. I gain between 7 and 10 pounds every month as I’m about to start my period, and in some ways I really like it, just as you’re describing here. Every morning for the past week, the first thing I’ve done when I’ve woken up is stroke my belly, which is unbelievably soft and smooth.

There are two things I’ve learned about people, especially female people. One is that, underneath a glaze of conformity, the wealth of diversity of opinions and passions and reactions is pretty astonishing; the other is that a lot of women like and hate their bodies *at the same time,* and sometimes don’t so much hate their fat as have an absolute terror of censure if they’re caught talking about it in a positive way.

For that reason, I have to say, *thank you* for writing this piece. The difference between feeling like your emotions and opinions are perfectly justified and feeling like they’re freakish (even if they are perfectly justified) can be as small as one other person saying they feel the same way.

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