Random rambling

Top three things on my list:
1) make insulin bag for nick,
2) research for zine,
3) write paper on framing.

1) Sigh. Serious lack of crafty motivation. I have drafted a pattern though. Tomorrow is a saturday. I shall attempt it. I'm having much the same problem with this bag as I am with my thesis: being scared about it not being good enough. Which is related to perfectionism as well but is mostly about fear! In both cases it's quite a well founded fear since my thesis is being supervised by one of the biggest names in the academic circles and Nick is about the most critical and pernickity person I know. Damn these overachieving nutters. However, in the words of Tremaine of Barham, "I shall contrive".

2) Where do I even begin? There is such a variety of anti-fat sentiment around. And try as I have I can't find a decent zine that discusses the issues (gender, race and class) with any degree of clarity. Well, I shall be blazing a trail of glory shall I not?! It seems to me that most of the interesting research on fat has been done in academic circles and of necessity in academic terms. As a result several excellent books have languished unread. The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos is a case in point. I really enjoyed the book and thought it was well researched and excellently written but could've been reduced to half it's size without compromising either the argument or the diversity.

You're going to hear a lot more about the politics of fat in weeks to come. Consider yourself warned.

3) I've been procrastinating writing this paper for months. Hmmm... since I've done no work this week, I shall come up over the weekend and do some.

On that upbeat note I shall hie me home.