Canada Moms Blog

Large and in Charge

I am a plus size woman.  I am okay with that.  I do need to lose weight for my future health and I am okay with that too.

I do not scream in horror when I see myself naked.  I do not have body issues.  In fact I think I look BETTER naked than clothed.

I have an hourglass figure and am tallish...that has always helped.  Finding flattering clothing, however, has sucked.

Vancouver is not plus size friendly.

Which is why I enjoy being pregnant.   Fashion wise....the maternity clothing has been great.  I haven't even had to buy plus sizes in the mat gear.   Regular sizes have fit me just fine.

No cat-dogs, no green toilet flower arrangements, and no celebrities on Twitter.

You know how Quebec reserves the right to stop you from naming your kid something really stupid/cruel, like Lucifer, Spatula, or a French word that means "whore"?

Well, recently Gwyneth Paltrow, getting into the spirit of dictatorship, is considering a rule that all members of her $4500-sign-up-fee gym need to adhere to a dress code so that her gym will be a pleasurable visual experience as well as a pleasurable(?) physical experience. [Source was offline, couldn't find online source.]

Personally, I think this makes perfect sense.

While American Libertarians would choke to death on indignation over this, I believe in even greater suppression of free will for the betterment of... well, my life. Why stop at baby names?  A name is relatively harmless, proved by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt in Freakonomics. Also, it certainly doesn't affect me much if your name is Spatula. Why stop at dress codes? Dress codes should be the starting point.

What bugs me are people who gesture for me to turn left at a four-way stop, when they are making the same turn, only as a right-hand turn. I want to scream out, "Guess what? We'll both start going at the same time and you'll STILL beat me around the corner and then NEITHER of us has to wait or play the go-no-you-go-no-YOU-go game."  I believe there should be a $1000 fine for this.  POLITENESS CAN GO TOO FAR.