Hey, I think your really awesome and I hope asking this doesn't make me sounds too rude. I remember that you used to be quite snarky and sometimes rude on the internet; you were (are?) part of Non-ugly Fats on LJ and you once mocked Fatshionista's rules/guidelines on respectful terminology (I remember you worte something along the lines of "soon we won't even be able to say lamé"). I'm not trying to call you out or anything, but your more recent writing is progressive and awesome and seems so far off from those aforementioned things, and I was wondering if you feel that you/your ideologies have changed greatly and if so if there was any sort of catalyst in the equation.

Yep that was me. Over the past few years I have come to a place where I have realised that I participated in negative, hurtful and offensive behaviour. There’s no sense in denying it, because the internet records everything! In the last year I wrote a few things about being a part of those LJ communities and being a jerk because while I could say in myself that I absolutely rejected the things I used to say and do and be a part of, other people who knew me back then probably would have been confused or thought I was a hypocrite. So I wanted to be completely open about everything (without expecting cookies for changing or whatever!)

Here’s a few links to some posts I wrote about the things I used to do and how I came to a place where I felt deeply uncomfortable and horrified at myself.

Confessions of a former snarker.

You Sound Fat: Fat Embodiment Online - this is a video and transcript of the paper I gave at last year’s first Australian Fat Studies conference.