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Lonie McMichael

Lonie McMichael

About

Lonie McMichael has wanted to be a writer since age 3.

For many years she practiced her trade as a technical writer in the high tech industry. After going to graduate school, she found her calling in fat studies, exploring the fat individual’s experience. Graduating with a Ph.D. in technical communication and rhetoric, she wrote her dissertation on the medical rhetoric surrounding the “obesity epidemic” and how such rhetoric legitimizes fat prejudice—topics which have become two separate books, Talking Fat and Acceptable Prejudice? (the latter to be published by Pearlsong Press in 2013).

She is currently teaching professional and technical writing at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and working on her third book about things fat.

The DarkSide of the Paranormal

The DarkSide of the Paranormal

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<p>Have you ever wondered about the dark side of the paranormal? This book contains information on demons, shadow people and negative earthbound spirits. It covers how to recognize the difference between each of these creatures, weaknesses, fears, appearances, abilities and how to get rid of them if possible. There is also information on what really works to protect you and what doesn't.</p>

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<p> <font face="Verdana" size="2">&quot;McMichael provides a thorough and compelling expose of the <br /> prejudice that underlies obesity rhetoric and a compassionate, tenable solution. This book may make you angry, but it will also give you hope.&quot;</font></p><p> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>Linda Bacon, Ph.D.<br /></strong>author of <em><strong>Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight</strong></em></font></p><p><font face="Verdana" size="2">&quot;Prejudice based on weight can act like a Gordian knot: loosen one part of the mess and other strands of belief pull tighter. Lonie McMichael's brilliant analysis  cuts through the  conundrum. This book's big-picture view of weight-centrism as both a rhetorical  success and a real-world failure will be endlessly useful to me  as a fat activist and a person who wants to live healthily and happily  in my very own body.&quot;<br /><br /><strong>Marilyn Wann</strong><br /> author of <strong><em>Fat!So?</em></strong></font></p><p>&quot;Words are the building blocks of our lives. The war on fat people that has been waged for the past two decades has been a war of words. Dr. McMichael writes eloquently and critically about those fighting words, helping the reader understand what power structures lie behind our most commonly accepted concepts. If we do not understand the how and the why behind speech, we may never know truth. But when we trace the history of discourses, we open up possibilities of making a better place through better conversations. <em><strong>Talking Fat</strong></em> is just that conversation starter.&quot;</p><p><br /><strong>Pattie Thomas, Ph.D.</strong><br />author of <em><strong>Taking Up Space</strong></em></p><p><font face="Verdana" size="2">&quot;Dr. McMichael does a wonderful job of explaining the difference between  the way fat is talked about and the reality of fat's effect on health. This is a must read for fat folks, health practitioners and anyone concerned with fair and equal treatment for all people.&quot;<br /><br /><strong>Golda Poretsky, HHC</strong><br /> author of <em><strong>Stop Dieting Now:  25 Reasons To Stop, 25 Ways To Heal</strong></em></font></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em><strong><br /></strong></em></span></p>