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Samantha Brennan Mar 25, 2024

Oh, Duolingo.

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2024/02/29/oh-duolingo-can-you-teach-french-without-teaching-fat-phobia/

Oh, Duolingo! Can you teach French without teaching fat phobia?

I’m in the health and fitness section of practicing French on Duolingo. Some of the exercises are close to home and others made me want to throw my phone across the room. That’s true! I…

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Samantha Brennan Mar 16, 2024

Masters athletes and healthy aging. You are stronger than you know!

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2024/03/16/masters-athletics-and-healthy-ageing-you-are-stronger-than-you-know/

Masters Athletics and Healthy Ageing: You Are Stronger Than You Know!

I just started following Alex Rotas Photography on Facebook. Her photos of Masters track and field athletes are stunning, in both the quality of the photography and in how she captures the focus, c…

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Samantha Brennan Feb 22, 2024

Tracy’s reflections on her life-changing 2023 “no-buy” year

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2024/02/22/tracys-reflections-on-her-life-changing-2023-no-buy-year/

Tracy’s reflections on her life-changing 2023 “no-buy” year

In 2023 I decided not to buy any clothing, accessories, footwear, or photography equipment for the year. I integrated my word-of-the-year for 2023 “thrift,” into that project as a way of increasing…

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Samantha Brennan Feb 20, 2024

#Zwift says you can choose the appearance of your avatar, but women can only choose to be small or medium. Just men get to be large. Frankly, I'm confused.

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2024/02/19/where-is-an-avatar-that-looks-like-me-on-zwift/

The Curious Case of Zwift’s Avatar Sizing: Small, Medium, and ‘Where’s My Large?’

I’ve complained here before about not being able to have an avatar that looks like me, size-wise, in Zwift. In Zwift, your avatar is highly customizable but features such as size used to depe…

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Samantha Brennan Feb 20, 2024

Christine outwits her brain and gets some strength training in

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2024/02/20/christine-outwits-her-brain-and-does-some-strength-training/

Christine outwits her brain and does some strength training

I outwitted my brain on Sunday night. Hmm, now that I look at that sentence I realize that I am claiming that my brain outwitted itself so I guess I really mean that I consciously chose to ov…

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Samantha Brennan Feb 5, 2024

Finding some winter sunshine and confronting my fears post knee replacement

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2024/02/04/sam-spends-the-weekend-in-a-sunny-winter-wonderland-and-confronts-two-fears-post-total-knee-replacement/

Sam spends the weekend in a sunny winter wonderland and confronts two fears post total knee replacement

Wow. So much sunshine. And snow. Perfect winter days. Bright blue sky on our drive north There’s winter weather I love and winter weather, I hate. For the past two months, it’s been a s…

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Samantha Brennan Jan 9, 2024

Here's my #24in2024 list

What 24 things do you want to do in 2024?

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2024/01/08/24-things-sam-wants-to-do-in-2024/

24 things Sam wants to do in 2024

Inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s happiness project 😃 This year, Gretchen is asking us to do three things. First, choose a word of the year. Mine is ‘adventure.’ Second, commit to writ…

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Samantha Brennan Dec 31, 2023

AI chief advises people who want a tech job in 2024 to learn the language and creative thinking skills you get with the liberal arts

https://fortune.com/europe/2023/12/30/want-a-tech-job-in-2024-make-your-new-years-resolution-to-master-liberal-arts-and-language-ibms-ai-chief-says/IBM

Samantha Brennan Dec 29, 2023

Want to join our merry band for 224 workouts in 2024? Here’s how…

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2023/12/28/want-to-join-our-merry-band-

Want to join our merry band for 224 workouts in 2024? Here’s how…

Interested in joining a supportive workout community focused on getting more movement into your days? The 223 workouts in 2023 is rebranding to 224 workouts in 2024, and you’re welcome to join! Thi…

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Samantha Brennan Dec 16, 2023

The Unbearable Lightness of Brie Larson

By Alison Conway

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2023/12/16/the-unbearable-lightness-of-brie-larson/

The Unbearable Lightness of Brie Larson

By Alison Conway Recently I watched the series, Lessons in Chemistry, and I’m wondering: am I the only viewer struck by the extreme thinness of the character played by Brie Larson? For those who ha…

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