![]() I have nothing but admiration for those who seem to have boundless capacity for engaging in the size wars. We need extra sanity points, for example, to attend an obesity conference or to read and analyze the hateful comments to a size acceptance piece published in a mainstream publication. Especially ideas, opinions, and attitudes that not only contradict our own, but which seem to belittle us or intended to shame us. I think of sanity points as the wherewithal to confront the most challenging ideas, opinions, and attitudes. It’s common among HAES advocates – and I imagine among many other activist groups as well – to remark upon the amount of “sanity points” it uses up to engage in certain acts of activism. ![]() My purpose in this post is not to actually fight another battle, but to remark on the nature of the war. Great places to start include this 2014 article highlighting limitations of current approaches and suggesting that a HAES approach is promising, or Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor’s excellent dispelling of myths about the weight paradigm in Nutrition Journal. If these points aren’t “self-evident” to you, then I refer you to the many articles, books, videos, and other resources on the ASDAH website. Note: This post is directed primarily at the seasoned HAES advocate, but I recognize that some readers may be new to the HAES model. Points such as: That an approach to health that emphasizes body acceptance, collective action to remove barriers to health, and individualized approaches that promote sustainable and pleasurable health behaviors just plain makes sense. Points such as: That restrictive dieting and obesity messaging and weight stigma and body shaming all cause harm, and in combination can be devastating. It can be exhausting to have to continuously re-assert the same points over and over, points which seem “self-evident” to the activist. What's New in Version 1.3.This month, I would like to talk about burnout – specifically activist burnout. If you want to experience a fresh take on an old genre, give it a spin. It was a student project that got featured at the Independent Games Festival and the IndieCade and then turned into a full-fledged game. “Whether bat-shepherding, banana-rolling or bee-fleeing, each task is obscure enough to warrant a eureka moment and physically exerting enough to serve as a decent twitch challenge.”Īnd Yet It Moves was developed by Broken Rules, a small independent games company from Vienna, Austria. “And Yet it Moves is a brilliantly unique and cleverly puzzling platformer” “If you like a game with real imagination and unique gameplay, you owe it to yourself to pick this game up.” “I can do nothing but recommend And Yet It Moves.” “And Yet It Moves manages to be both an amazingly fun experience and one of the most important games of this generation” If you have trouble running the game, please contact us via email (support(at)brokenrul.es), twitter or join our forum. Go for the high score by challenging your friends or complete strangers and polish your skills of rotation. You can compete against the clock or previously recorded Ghost Runs on each level, with marathon runs throughout the entire environment. Discover how they react to ever-changing gravity, and master all challenges.ġ7 levels set in 3 different environments bring to life a paper collage world created from colorful shreds of cardboard. Meet creatures such as bats, bees and monkeys. ![]() Jump, run, and rotate the world at your will. With three different environments and multiple game modes, And Yet It Moves is a platformer that will provide you with endless challenges. Navigate through a paper collage world created with colorful pieces of cardboard and set to distinctive music. Imagine the press of a button would tilt the world, turning walls into floors, slides into platforms, and stacks of rocks into dangerous hazards.Īnd Yet It Moves is an award-winning physics-based platform game in which you rotate the game world at will to solve challenging puzzles.
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