bury me in this dress

from ISAA

ISAA’s Without Measure (WOM) e-zine is interested in people’s personal stories of Respect Fitness Health (RFH). In other words, people who have chosen to be size-accepting and self-respecting, have increased their fitness through some maintainable activity that is appropriate for them, and decided to make healthy food choices (to diversify their food choices from a variety of fruits, vegetables and meats or protein sources).

WOM will select from your stories for use in a special “International Size Acceptance Day” (ISA Day) mini-issue of WOM. ISA Day is on April 26, 2005.

Please limit your stories to 200 words or less and include at least your first name, your city, state and country. The deadline for sending in stories is Tuesday April 19, 2005, so please send them in as soon as possible.

Please e-mail your stories to: womeasure@size-acceptance.org

WOM reserves the right to edit all stories for spelling, grammar and brevity.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Sincerely,
Allen Steadham

Allen Steadham, Director
International Size Acceptance Association
E-mail - Director@size-acceptance.org
WWW - www.size-acceptance.org

I just finished watching “Maalaala Mo Kaya? (Do You Remember?)” on ABS-CBN and in tonight’s episode, they featured the life of Cecile Inigo who’s better known as Dabyana. I didn’t know much about the famous actress known for her big size. All I knew is that she was a fodder for fat jokes. After watching the episode, I realized her life was so colorful and rich. She was gutsy and went after her dreams, she was courted by an Italian count, and eventually found her true love in her own homeland. Most of all, she was never ashamed of her size even if she was often ridiculed. I have to commend ABS-CBN for featuring such a story especially during these times when Philippine media makes fun of fat people. Dabyana should serve as a role model for overweight Filipinos.