“Treat yo self” was started by Parks and Recreation (the best show ever) but has evolved into a larger cultural trend. It’s a widely used hashtag on instagram and twitter. The idea behind treat yo self on the show is one day a year, two of the characters treat themselves to all the shopping, spa treatments, and other pamperings they want, without shame or regret for the price or excess. While it’s a fun (and funny) plotline of one episode, it’s also a strangely poignant idea.
Author: sdb17
A Thanksgiving Reflection.
Not too long ago, I became extremely aware of the food I put into my body. This isn’t to say I started a diet, or that I am eating healthier as a result of this awareness — or that my eating habits have changed at all. But maybe a year ago, I realized that I eat animals and other things that come from their bodies, and it started to make me sick.
The limits of pain; the creation of a unique desire
My back hurts. Every day, all the time. For the last five or so years, I have shifted in my seat every few seconds, taken the elevator to the second floor. I have declined invitations to go hiking or biking, trips I normally would have jumped at the opportunity to participate in. Sitting and standing and lying down are mostly unbearable, which really sucks, because those are pretty much the basic three positions my body can be in.
Ouch.
The unseen body
Cecil by lily-fox of deviantart.
Others’ bodies are things we usually experience sensorily — whether visually or through touch, taste, smell, or sound. Lately, though, I’ve been thinking a lot about the bodies we can’t see, and what the assumptions and expectations we impose on the unseen body mean. Continue reading
Unruly Bodies 