tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post6981590393598421363..comments2024-03-27T06:58:00.659-05:00Comments on Balancing Jane: Blogging to My PhD: Athletics and the Rhetoric of Violence Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-5641050746221847882013-11-15T21:04:03.450-06:002013-11-15T21:04:03.450-06:00That said, I just read the comments and many of th...That said, I just read the comments and many of the more negative ones fall into the same fat shaming excuses I hear about health and morality a lot. But I was interested in the commenter who brought up personal health choices like vaccination as a moral issue because of the impact they have on others. I do think that there are some complications to the argument.Michelle (Balancing Jane)http://www.balancingjane.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-38092946497795455122013-11-15T20:51:16.944-06:002013-11-15T20:51:16.944-06:00I hadn't seen that. Thanks for sharing it!
...I hadn't seen that. Thanks for sharing it! <br /><br /><br />The author's argument is probably the most eloquent connection between the health-as-morality standard, mental health, and fitness that I've seen. <br /><br /><br />I've always been baffled at the fitness as moral obligation narrative when we so clearly celebrate vice/danger in so many other aspects of our culture (alcohol, sex, daredevil stunts). <br /><br /><br />I am especially baffled by people who spread that narrative (health=moral responsibility) but then balk at people who are trying to enact that. The Luluemon debacle is a good example. Some commenters are calling yoga pants on a size-12 body a "crime against humanity." But if those people have a moral obligation to be healthy, shouldn't we be celebrating athletic wear that fits their bodies and gives them the chance to enact that "obligation"? Their hypocrisy demonstrates that it's not really about health (or morality for that matter) at all, but control.Michelle (Balancing Jane)http://www.balancingjane.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-45610762875438087432013-11-15T20:28:26.906-06:002013-11-15T20:28:26.906-06:00I fondly remember reading Tannen first year of Uni...I fondly remember reading Tannen first year of Uni. <br /><br />I especially enjoyed the last part of this post. Have you by any chance read this? Would love to read your thoughts on it: <br /><br />http://speakingon.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/virtuous-strength/Extranjeranoreply@blogger.com