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We are so looking forward to reading all about love.

Welcome to The Rest Of Us. So happy to see you.

I hope that this is the start of something exciting. T.R.O.U. is an idea born out of my study of the body positive movement, where I saw that changes in how we feel about one another can be made through being exposed to people and things we might not understand. I don’t know about you, but, I never had a role model on television or in movies that I could really relate to.

Part of my research into body love showed me that when we don’t see ourselves in the media, we don’t know what possibilities are out there for us. Living a happy, good, fulfilling life seems to be a monumental task. I know that this isn’t really ground breaking news, I’ve read that lack of representation is a problem several times. But instead of just reading about how it is a problem, I decided to try and create a solution. So The Rest Of Us Lit. Mag. came to be.

The mission of this magazine is simple. Inclusive, intersectional, love stories for humans. Just like everyday love, the stories can come in different forms including essays, poems, short stories, flash fiction, or something else created through words not listed here. We want to see ourselves in relationships and in love. T.R.O.U. is providing a platform to collect those stories and share them with others. If you have one you’d like to share please follow the instructions on the submit page to send it in for consideration.

I strongly believe in Acceptance Through Representation. We learn to understand and accept things we are unsure of when we read about them and are exposed to those things that seem foreign or different. For more information about this magazine please check out the about page.

This magazine aims to be entertaining, heart warming, and provide a place for acceptance, and positivity in this overly negative world. We also aim to pay our contributors, so if you’re so inclined, please visit our funds page to be a part of our KickStarter.

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon!

[Description of image: The Rest of Us logo. A grey back ground with a red circle around the letters T.R.O.U. written in black in the centre. Below is a sketch in black of an anatomically inspired heart with lines radiating around it. Underneath the heart is the written in black is The Rest of Us Lit. Mag.]

Thank You!

This marks the end of the comment collecting period for my research. I thank all of you who participated in my research.

The blog remains open to those of you who have yet to find it or are returning for another visit. You are still welcome to comment and join the conversation, however, your comments will not be included as part of my project.

There will be more to come for this blog. I plan to continue posting poetry in the future. I hope you’ll come and check it out. These new poems will most likely appear in the summer of 2017.

Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in this creative research project. This project is concerned with exploring the body positive movement through the medium of poetry. You are invited to comment with any thoughts, feelings, experiences, or connections you may have when reading the poetry. Please take your time and feel free to visit again. I hope you will find connections to a community of other people interested in body positivity here.

To comment, simply click on the title of a post, or click on “leave a comment” at the top left, or scroll to the bottom of this page. You will be asked to give your name and email address when leaving a comment. I do not see the email addresses provided and you may use a false name if you wish. If you share any of these posts, please credit the author.

DISCLAIMER: Your participation is completely voluntary and you may stop participating at any time. If you choose to proceed, your comments and any identifying information you provide will be publicly available. Your comments may be used in a research report analyzing the reactions of viewers to the creative work you are about to read. Comments used in the research analysis paper will be made anonymous, removing any identifying information of the participants who have chosen to comment, however, your comments and any information you provide will still be visible on the blog. There is a potential you may feel vulnerable or bullied by other participants on this blog. You might also feel a connection to others, and experience a love for your body you might not have felt before.

The information for this research project will be archived on this blog and stored for an indefinite period of time to be available after the project is completed. This research will be presented in a written report to the project supervisor and examining committee at York University. The completed research may be made available through this blog website.

Research ethics approval has been obtained for this project through the Human Participants Research Subcommittee from the Office of Research Ethics at 309 York Lanes York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto ON, Canada M3J 1P3, 416-736-5914.

Should you have any questions, please direct them to the primary investigator and creator of this project Whitney Sweet MA Candidate in the Joint Communications and Culture Program York University. Email: wsweet26@my.yorku.ca; Address: Victor Philip Dahdeleh Building (DB) 3033, York University or the project supervisor. Professor. Darcey Callison Email: callison@yorku.ca; Address: 317 Accolade East, York University; Telephone (416) 736-2100 x 22463. You may also contact the Graduate Office: Prof. Steve Bailey Program Director, Graduate Program in Communication & Culture 3012 Victor Philip Dahdaleh Building (DB) (formerly TEL Building) York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto Ontario Canada, M3J 1P3 Telephone: 416-736-5978 Email: bailey@yorku.ca

Comments made on this blog will be taken as agreement and understanding of this disclaimer.