ppl don’t binge eat bc ~processed food tastes too good~ or whatever paranoid reasoning diet culture has taught us, they binge bc they have a history of deprivation and restriction, often self-imposed.
if you think you’re not allowed to eat this or that food, you’re going to binge
if you think your “good” diet/lifestyle/behavior will start tomorrow, you’re going to binge (aka last supper eating)
if you have a history of food insecurity, you’re going to binge when food is available
if you have a history of dieting or being put on diets, you’re going to binge to be sure your net energy needs are met
if you have an eating disorder, you’re going to binge… and if you don’t, you’re more likely to die of the illness
the body drives hunger for very good reason, and it takes a long, stable period of eating sufficiently to get its hyperphagic (extreme hunger/eating) mechanisms to stand down. more deprivation means more out-of-control eating; more response to hunger means more regulated eating patterns. it really is that simple.
I’m reading on old superstitions and:
“Do not go out collecting nuts on Sept 14th, holy Rood Day, as the devil will be out nutting too!”
September 14th: the day the Devil nuts
I had a dream where a girl had this like, big horrifying bone creature on a leash, like it looked like something out of Dark Souls
And another lady was like “Oh my, what breed is he?”
And she was like “Eldritch!”
And then the bone creature took out a coin from a socket on his forehead and held it up to the other woman and said “Tell me your name”
And the girl walking him was like “No, down boy, don’t”
And the other woman went “Susanna” and then a bunch of smoke started billowing out of her eyes and ears and the coin flew up and started burning into Susanna’s forehead
And the girl walking her was like “I’m so sorry, he’s not usually like this! What’s gotten into you today!?”
And Susanna was like “Oh it’s fine he’s adorable” while she started rapidly aging and the bone creature was starting to grow muscle and skin
@SaraSoueidan: Dear men, This is how you greet a veiled Muslim woman (a Hijabi). Hand on your chest, not offering to shake hers. 🙋
so prominent BLM activist deray mckesson just retweeted this which i think is super cool for various reasons :)))
I did not know this. Is it OK for a non Muslim woman to shake hands with a Hijabi? Or do we do the hand on chest thing too?@popcanpoli
hey so i don’t wear a hijab and i’m not muslim so i definitely don’t have the authority to answer this question (or any other questions i’ve been getting abt this) (i’m just a lil canadian politics blog i didn’t expect this to blow up lol)
BUT here are some tweets by the original tweeter (who wears a hijab) that clarify some things
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two:
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This is also good if you’re meeting an Orthodox Jewish person who’s not the same gender as you! Not all Orthodox Jews hold by this restriction, and many consider it a permissible exception to shake hands in a formal greeting context; I’d guess this is parallel to Ms. Soueidan’s last-quoted tweet above. And as that says, the sensible thing is to wait for initiation.
im a mad dyke and all i ever do is drink tea and laugh at memes
