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The life and times of a fat dancer
Turns out that boys (and girls!) do make passes at girls with fat asses!
Created on 2008-11-22 04:37:14 (#17251156), last updated 2009-10-13
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Basic Info| Name: | danceswithfat |
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| Birthdate: | 10-11 |
| Location: | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Website: | http://www.danceswithfat.org |
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danceswithfat@yahoo.com BioHi, I'm Ragen! I live in Austin, Texas which I love (except for the heat - I'm a little insulated for the summers here, but I get by). I lead an exciting dual life. By day I am a freelance Business Operations Consultant. I help business get their systems, processes, workflows etc. in place and optimized.
By nights and weekend I am a National Champion Dancer. I am one of very few plus-sized woman at my level in the world (as far as I have found, if you are or know of another one, I'd love to know!). I also founded Body Positive Dance School and Company. A not-for-profit whose mission is to help make dance accessible to everyone and shatter the stereotypes around dancers of size. You can find information about that at http://www.bodypositivedance.org. Here's my "official dancer bio":
Most people would say that I've accomplished a lot in my life. I've certainly been extremely lucky at every turn. I've been a cheerleading captain, and three sport varsity athlete, my class valedictorian, a National Merit Scholar, and played Carnegie Hall. I've been sold for air conditioners in West Africa, spoken in front of millions of people about Civil Rights, started two successful businesses and most recently won three National Dance Championships.
But all of that pales in comparison to my greatest accomplishment - learning to love myself and my body, and to be truly happy living completely outside the cultural beauty norm. As a plus-sized professional athlete, I am a strong advocate for the Health at Every Size initiative. I am confident that health is based on what our bodies can do, not how they are shaped, and that we are all free to stop buying into the idea that our size determines our abilities or our success.
By nights and weekend I am a National Champion Dancer. I am one of very few plus-sized woman at my level in the world (as far as I have found, if you are or know of another one, I'd love to know!). I also founded Body Positive Dance School and Company. A not-for-profit whose mission is to help make dance accessible to everyone and shatter the stereotypes around dancers of size. You can find information about that at http://www.bodypositivedance.org. Here's my "official dancer bio":
Most people would say that I've accomplished a lot in my life. I've certainly been extremely lucky at every turn. I've been a cheerleading captain, and three sport varsity athlete, my class valedictorian, a National Merit Scholar, and played Carnegie Hall. I've been sold for air conditioners in West Africa, spoken in front of millions of people about Civil Rights, started two successful businesses and most recently won three National Dance Championships.
But all of that pales in comparison to my greatest accomplishment - learning to love myself and my body, and to be truly happy living completely outside the cultural beauty norm. As a plus-sized professional athlete, I am a strong advocate for the Health at Every Size initiative. I am confident that health is based on what our bodies can do, not how they are shaped, and that we are all free to stop buying into the idea that our size determines our abilities or our success.
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all things joss, austin texas, buffy the vampire slayer, business operations, choreography, classical music, country western dance, dance, dance team, dci, disney world, eddie izzard, entrepreneur, fat acceptance, fat athletes, fat pride, health at every size, henry rollins, pilates, politics, resistance stretching, small business, west wing
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