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This social network was set up to discuss issues raised in the book Information Obesity, published by Chandos in April 2009. The book is about how technological change, and the ways we organise our lives, are affecting our ability to learn by using the informational resources all around us. Teaching, if done in certain ways, and community activity are suggested as the ways in which we can reverse this process. For more information see this network's accompanying "Web 1.0" site at http://www.informationobesity.com.

It's not intended to be a network to discuss physical obesity, exercise, fitness, diet, etc. - there are plenty of other networks and discussion fora for that.

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My Fat Spouse added 3 blog posts
January 17
bernertry added a blog post
fashion tips brown boots Getting aid to Haiti right away to save lives is the first goal of the fund-raising initiative headed by George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the two former U.S. presidents say. In a pre-recorded interview broadcast Sunday on CN…
January 17
Dianna Rose is now a member of Information Obesity
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January 16
Rachel Scott and My Fat Spouse are now friends
January 12
My Fat Spouse added a blog post
Alot of fat militants say 'Looks don't matter because looks change', but the thing is personalitys and characteristics can change too. So if looks dont matter because looks change.........wouldn't that then mean personality doesn't matter because p…
January 12
Rachel Scott is now a member of Information Obesity
Welcome Them!
January 10
Cristóbal Pasadas Ureña added a discussion
Transliteracy
Since I will be unable to attend the Transliteracy Conference 09/02/2010, I look very much forward to getting access to Drew's presentation "Critical theory, learning and transliteracy". Since he doesn't refer to this construct in his "Information O…
January 7
My Fat Spouse added a blog post
Ever wonder how it's possible for so many Americans to put on a fast ten pounds during the course of the holiday season? We all see it happen to ourselves or others we know year after year, and it culminates in the same results: people are left dumb…
December 24, 2009
My Fat Spouse added a blog post
I think that as time has evolved in my situation, I've learned some lessons that I'd like others to gain the benefit from. Hence, I am writing this guide to bringing it up with your loved one as a FIRST TIME APPROACH. I'll also include my list of WH…
November 21, 2009
My Fat Spouse updated their profile
November 21, 2009
Drew Whitworth added a discussion
Government not listening to its researchers again...
... and thus proving that we are in thrall to a government hooked on counterknowledge. See "Information Obesity" p. 14 where I quote Damian Thompson (2008, p. 28); "when scrupulous researchers overwhelmingly agree that a particular claim is a statem…
October 16, 2009
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September 28, 2009
JosephTatepo updated their profile
September 28, 2009
JosephTatepo is now a member of Information Obesity
Welcome Them!
September 28, 2009
Drew Whitworth added a blog post
Having said in the book and on the resources web site that there aren't any good, online introductions to Habermas, I have now found one. It's by the man himself and while not 100% easy, it's not too difficult either and certainly introduces the mai…
September 25, 2009
Drew Whitworth added a blog post
http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2/news-focus/cheshire-discomforts I know the complainant here personally, but this is, in any case, an interesting story.... an example of how information can be denied to individuals even when they are gr…
September 3, 2009

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  • My Fat Spouse
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  • Drew Whitworth
  • Cristóbal Pasadas Ureña
  • Neil Ballantyne
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This network is for those interested in the issues raised by the book, "Information Obesity", and the website www.informationobesity.com

 

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Cristóbal Pasadas Ureña

Transliteracy

Started by Cristóbal Pasadas Ureña Jan 7.

Drew Whitworth

Government not listening to its researchers again...

Started by Drew Whitworth Oct. 16, 2009.

Drew Whitworth

LLiDA report

Started by Drew Whitworth Jul. 26, 2009.

Blog Posts

Dianna Rose

How To Write A College Research Paper

College research papers are detailed reports on a specific area of research or topic, which involves the investigation of data sources. College research paper writing is an art for which different scholars have presented different suggestions whereas the aim has been the same since the very beginning i.e. to score an A+ in your College Research Papers.

The first and most important step is to come up with a manageable top… Continue

Posted by Dianna Rose on January 18, 2010 at 7:00am

My Fat Spouse

Acceptance

How to tell if your spouse really accepts him or herself - and if he or she doesn't, how to bring the subject up.

I stepped on the scale yesterday and saw that I was sixty-nine pounds down – only twelve more to go to get to my goal weight! Yahoo! Hmm…how best to mark this achievement? Well, there was one thing I needed to do that I’d been putting off: packing up those clothes that are now impossibly big for me and delivering them to the church donation bin.

I admit that this is something I’ve… Continue

Posted by My Fat Spouse on January 17, 2010 at 10:52pm

My Fat Spouse

Body Fat is Not Magic

There is an idea in the fat movement that body acceptance means simply saying ‘I’m fat, ah well, there’s nothing I can do, and there’s no point trying anyway’.

A more extreme example of this attitude is ‘I’m fat, there’s nothing I can do, and you can’t either. There’s no point trying, and if you do it means you hate yourself. And not only yourself but ALL fat people. If you don’t want to stay like us then you are bad, think we are bad and hate us. You are a sell-out. You are giving in to societ… Continue

Posted by My Fat Spouse on January 17, 2010 at 10:50pm

bernertry

Clinton, Bush say saving lives is top goal in Haiti


Getting aid to Haiti right away to save lives is the first goal of the fund-raising initiative headed by George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the two former U.S. presidents say.
In a pre-recorded interview broadcast Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Bush and Clinton said the new fund created by President Barack Obama also seeks to ensure that money keeps coming in after the news media… Continue

Posted by bernertry on January 17, 2010 at 10:40pm

My Fat Spouse

Why I chose fitness

I was a fat kid of divorced parents, both of whom, went out of their ways to model how to hate life. They were not happy people. I can honestly say I never saw either of them having fun when they weren't drunk or eating something. When they were sober, it was gloom, gloom, gloom... my mother died of cancer when I was 10, and I'm convinced her disordered eating (I rarely saw her eat, and I recall her being very slender, but I know from photographs that she was occasionally chubby) and her frantic… Continue

Posted by My Fat Spouse on January 17, 2010 at 4:09pm

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