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#250: How do I tell people about my divorce?20 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 1 week ago: Dear Captain Awkward,  Not wanting everyone all up in your business: a cultural history. Seven weeks … more →

Tags: Events, Families, Manners, Relationships, social interactions, boundaries, breakups, Divorce, Gossip

Happy Announcements8 comments

JenniferP wrote 2 months ago: Hello, Awkward People! I have two pieces of news for you. 1) Sometime today this humble blog receive … more →

Tags: Blog Stats, Guest Blogging, Happy News!, Iron Fist

Why I don't use the word "retarded" (via Shapely Prose)

mikeo56 wrote 11 months ago: Retarded. I have tried to avoid using the word stupid to refer to others because it says little othe … more →

Tags: Disability, Wisdom, Love

Peaches - Field Trippin

robinthomson wrote 2 years ago: More treats from the Peach tree! … more →

Tags: All things Peaches, peaches, Peaches Official Blog, PeachesTV, Take You On

Sweet Sabbatical38 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: Kate’s wonderful post on the somewhat lost art of getting absorbed in an activity — deli … more →

Tags: Announcements

FYI: Clothing swap on Ning7 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: If you haven’t been over to the SP Ning community in a while, you might be interested in the c … more →

Tags: Announcements, Ning

Friday fluff: The forbidden tongue268 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: Apparently, Randy Michaels, the CEO of Tribune Co. here in Chicago, has issued a list to the reporte … more →

Tags: Friday Fluff

Friday fluff: Play with a full deck116 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: Some time back, to the horror of concern trolls everywhere, we provided you with a license to eat ta … more →

Tags: Dieting/WLS, Friday Fluff

Gobsmacked226 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: According to the Vancouver Sun, there’s a new way to torture yourself through dieting. Literal … more →

Tags: Fat, you've GOT to be kidding me!, Dieting/WLS, Medicine

Friday fluff: Hipster puppies128 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: Have you seen Hipster Puppies yet? I am pretty sure it is why the gods invented Tumblr. I can’ … more →

Tags: Friday Fluff

"but who can distinguish one human voice amid such choruses of desire"42 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: America lost a great voice this weekend: the poet Lucille Clifton died. She was 73 years old. Clifto … more →

Tags: Feminism, Other Stuff We Read, intersectionality, Femininity

With advocates like this, who needs hate radio?112 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: It will surprise few people who pay attention to American politics that Sarah Palin is a world-class … more →

Tags: media, Politics, Disability

Friday fluff: What Super Bowl?180 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: So apparently there is some kind of football game going on this weekend? I know this for two reasons … more →

Tags: Friday Fluff

Fashion without hatred223 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: There was a time, when I was a teenager and in my early twenties, when I used to think about fashion … more →

Tags: Fashion, self-image, Femininity

Photoshop's greatest hits172 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: It’s nothing most of our readers haven’t seen before, but Newsweek has a refresher cours … more →

Tags: Fat, Fashion, pop culture, Femininity

Friday fluff: Tiny crafts151 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: As those of you on Ravelry know, I’m kind of an obsessive knitter. I mostly do scarves, hats, … more →

Tags: Friday Fluff

Links: Golden Globes backlash, or This one goes out to the ladies103 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: Those of you who hopped on our Golden Globe live-blogging adventure on Sunday (which was way, way mo … more →

Tags: media, Fat, Fashion, Other Stuff We Read, hair, pop culture, Femininity

In which I am defeated by a billboard103 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: I hate this ad. Doesn't this make you want to... buy a dress? I stood waiting for a bus the othe … more →

Tags: Feminism, Fashion, advertising, Femininity

Links: Ladies We Love80 comments

Sweet Machine wrote 2 years ago: Kate writes a mash note to Gabourey Sidibe of Precious, who could not be any more fabulous if she wa … more →

Tags: Fat, Plus Size Fashion, Fashion, Other Stuff We Read, pop culture


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