Comments on: The Power of a Word.. http://akacassidy.com/blog/2008/01/the-power-of-a-word/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:53:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Dickinson, VP, MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS, LLC http://akacassidy.com/blog/2008/01/the-power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Jennifer Dickinson, VP, MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS, LLC Mon, 12 May 2008 21:01:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-222 Late on checking in on this too but I still need to comment. <br/><br/>OK - if you and John B are both at the 20th - he better give you a hug and an apology. And I'm sure he will. We first met a few years following and you were always a hottie and you are a beautiful woman with a beautiful heart most importantly Cass, so don't ever forget that. Late on checking in on this too but I still need to comment.

OK – if you and John B are both at the 20th – he better give you a hug and an apology. And I’m sure he will. We first met a few years following and you were always a hottie and you are a beautiful woman with a beautiful heart most importantly Cass, so don’t ever forget that.

]]> By: Jen http://akacassidy.com/blog/2008/01/the-power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Jen Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:54:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-174 Cassidy - you are absolutely beautiful and sexy plus or minus five, ten pounds or whatever. Who cares! We just saw the show tonight at the Bitter End and you looked fantastic as always - and you and the band sounded as great as ever. <br/><br/>Diet, no diet, whatever... just keep singing and performing and knowing that you are beautiful and confident. Don't waste too much energy thinking about that other stuff; it's all a big conspiracy by the beauty and diet industries to keep us women spending money on their crap, anyway :)<br/><br/>Keep singing and writing... love ya! <br/><br/>(PS: LOVED the Pearl Jam and Bob Dylan tonight; just incredible.) Cassidy – you are absolutely beautiful and sexy plus or minus five, ten pounds or whatever. Who cares! We just saw the show tonight at the Bitter End and you looked fantastic as always – and you and the band sounded as great as ever.

Diet, no diet, whatever… just keep singing and performing and knowing that you are beautiful and confident. Don’t waste too much energy thinking about that other stuff; it’s all a big conspiracy by the beauty and diet industries to keep us women spending money on their crap, anyway :)

Keep singing and writing… love ya!

(PS: LOVED the Pearl Jam and Bob Dylan tonight; just incredible.)

]]> By: Nancy http://akacassidy.com/blog/2008/01/the-power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Nancy Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:33:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-173 I had that moment too! I dated a guy who was my absolute best friend. I could talk to him about anything. But he would always be loose with comments about how I looked. And all they did was make me want to eat and I did nothing but gain weight while I was with him, which made the situation worse and worse. And I couldn't understand how someone I considered my best friend could make me feel so awful at the same time. <br/><br/>I was never super skinny by any means, but man, I will kill to be the weight now, that I was when I first start dating him. <br/><br/>I always think back to him when I try to figure out when I got so insecure. I use to be so confident. And it has taken me a long time to bounce back and not let that relationship dictate how I should feel about myself. Trying to make 2008 the year I become whole again! MEN! LOL I had that moment too! I dated a guy who was my absolute best friend. I could talk to him about anything. But he would always be loose with comments about how I looked. And all they did was make me want to eat and I did nothing but gain weight while I was with him, which made the situation worse and worse. And I couldn’t understand how someone I considered my best friend could make me feel so awful at the same time.

I was never super skinny by any means, but man, I will kill to be the weight now, that I was when I first start dating him.

I always think back to him when I try to figure out when I got so insecure. I use to be so confident. And it has taken me a long time to bounce back and not let that relationship dictate how I should feel about myself. Trying to make 2008 the year I become whole again! MEN! LOL

]]> By: Tori http://akacassidy.com/blog/2008/01/the-power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Tori Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:38:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-172 I just wrote a long post about body image, weight, and being a girl who has dealt with it her entire life. Have you ever read "Appetites" by Caroline Knapp or "Perfect Girls, starving daughters" by Courtney Martin?<br/>Both amazing books on the culture that we live in and how tragic it can be for us. I just wrote a long post about body image, weight, and being a girl who has dealt with it her entire life. Have you ever read “Appetites” by Caroline Knapp or “Perfect Girls, starving daughters” by Courtney Martin?
Both amazing books on the culture that we live in and how tragic it can be for us.

]]> By: indigocaz http://akacassidy.com/blog/2008/01/the-power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-171 indigocaz Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-171 I can totally empathize with you.<br/><br/>I was never a stick figure, but I used to be really in shape (from running) and now I have ballooned into someone I don't recognize.<br/><br/>Death, love, loss of love, loneliness have all taken their toll...<br/><br/>So as I sit here counting my points, I try to place my weight gain one incident, but can not, it's just been a very viscous cycle.<br/><br/>You're gorgeous, and I just wanted to tell you that. I can totally empathize with you.

I was never a stick figure, but I used to be really in shape (from running) and now I have ballooned into someone I don’t recognize.

Death, love, loss of love, loneliness have all taken their toll…

So as I sit here counting my points, I try to place my weight gain one incident, but can not, it’s just been a very viscous cycle.

You’re gorgeous, and I just wanted to tell you that.

]]> By: Songstress http://akacassidy.com/blog/2008/01/the-power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Songstress Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:10:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-170 Oooohhhh, yeah, I can VERY much relate to your story, Cass! I, as an Italian-american girl growing up in NJ, was called "toothpick" and other things by my grandparents...but for the School of American Ballet, I was told, at age 12, that I was VERY overweight for a dancer. Thus began the endless stream of diets and body-image issues that continue to this day. <br/><br/>I've never considered you at all overweight (and my husband, upon viewing "Ask Cassidy" for the first time, dubbed you a PERFECT GODDESS), but I know about the entertainment industry, and how success sometimes equals how thin you are. So I get it, more than you know!<br/><br/>Anyway, I'm counting my points, too, as of Jan 7th) and empathize with the growling tummy in the evening. Want a points buddy? Heeee.<br/><br/>Love ya,<br/>Torch Oooohhhh, yeah, I can VERY much relate to your story, Cass! I, as an Italian-american girl growing up in NJ, was called “toothpick” and other things by my grandparents…but for the School of American Ballet, I was told, at age 12, that I was VERY overweight for a dancer. Thus began the endless stream of diets and body-image issues that continue to this day.

I’ve never considered you at all overweight (and my husband, upon viewing “Ask Cassidy” for the first time, dubbed you a PERFECT GODDESS), but I know about the entertainment industry, and how success sometimes equals how thin you are. So I get it, more than you know!

Anyway, I’m counting my points, too, as of Jan 7th) and empathize with the growling tummy in the evening. Want a points buddy? Heeee.

Love ya,
Torch

]]> By: Stephen http://akacassidy.com/blog/2008/01/the-power-of-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Stephen Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:42:00 +0000 http://akacassidy.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-169 Well, I think you are perfect. Is this a little too little and a little too late?<br/><br/>I have a daughter who looks a lot like a 14 year old version of you (but she spends hours straightening her curly blond hair).<br/><br/>And I am raising this daughter by myself without the benefit of growing up with sisters.<br/><br/>So, on an intellectual level I understand, but as a guy and heavyset at that, I just can't get there. I wish I could, I want my daughter to get past this crap.<br/><br/><br/>On Thursday it is a stupid world we live in.<br/><br/>If my daughter did not resemble you, I swould be building images of you and that Catholic girl uniform......... Well, I think you are perfect. Is this a little too little and a little too late?

I have a daughter who looks a lot like a 14 year old version of you (but she spends hours straightening her curly blond hair).

And I am raising this daughter by myself without the benefit of growing up with sisters.

So, on an intellectual level I understand, but as a guy and heavyset at that, I just can’t get there. I wish I could, I want my daughter to get past this crap.

On Thursday it is a stupid world we live in.

If my daughter did not resemble you, I swould be building images of you and that Catholic girl uniform………

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