Foot Down —
This is a quick update to clarify something raised by Statistical Freak in her post on Vanessa Reece. A few weeks back, Elizebeth Turnquist posted a poll which asked “Should the FFFFeed exclude blogs that contain weight loss evangelism?”
We hadn’t posted the results since then, but due to the fact that Vanessa Reece’s blog is on the FFFFeed, we need to share the results.
Out of 59 voters, 44 of you (75%) said that we should remove blogs that engage in weight loss evangelism.
First, let me say that I think it is awesome that 25% of you think we should not or that it should depend upon the circumstances. I love diversity and opposing viewpoints are always welcome on Fierce, Freethinking Fatties.
That being said, we still like to run this ship as a Democracy and the overwhelming majority prefer no weight loss evangelism (as defined here) on the FFFFeed.
Therefore, I have removed Vanessa’s blog.
If anyone else notices another blog engaging in weight loss evangelism, just let us know and we will make a determination on a case-by-case basis.
Her blog is her blog, and she can do what she likes with it. But it is CLEARLY no longer a fat acceptance blog, and as such doesn’t really belong in the feed.