One night, as we were “text-fighting,” he texted me with “Lose 10lbs and then talk shit on me.” So I publicly shamed him.
revenge
being fat all over the internet
It's a special extra terrible feeling to know that not only is your inbox liable to be a minefield of vitriol attacking your very existence, your image is being used to perpetuate racism and other forms of oppression.
ihtm contest
Almost overnight, I was one of those "blog stars" -- and since it was 2006, that was still a new and distinctive thing to be. It didn't last.
blogging
Here's the thing about becoming Internet-famous: in my experience, it sort of makes you want to quit the Internet entirely.
disordered eating
I call bullshit. The “perfect feminist” does not exist, nor should it.
blogging
I had the first inkling of “Maaaybe I should slow down on the blogging about my kid” around the time my son turned one-and-a-half and started looking and acting like more of an actual person.
blogging
It’s just silly and rather closed minded to think, or assume, that the reason why blogs run by women of color or size don’t get the notoriety we deserve is because our blog’s content sucks or it’s poorly designed. Simply put, it’s because I am not white, slim, and pretty.
internet
Being the only Julia Pugachevsky in the world, I can't exactly deny that what you see has, in fact, been produced by me.
