{"id":161683,"date":"2015-03-28T02:37:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T02:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/28\/when-we-came-to-make-zombies-run-i-deliberately\/"},"modified":"2015-03-28T02:37:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T02:37:50","slug":"when-we-came-to-make-zombies-run-i-deliberately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/28\/when-we-came-to-make-zombies-run-i-deliberately\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>When we came to make Zombies, Run!, I deliberately put a line in the very first mission, when you, Runner Five, are just arriving at Abel Township, the tiny, shivering remnant of humanity left after the zombie apocalypse. I had one of the characters say: \u201cIf you can move above a slow shamble, we can use you.\u201d Why? Because I am so sick and tired of the best and nicest exercise-based treats being reserved for people who are already in peak physical shape, and I\u2019m sick of the notion that having fun while exercising is something you have to earn; that, until you look a certain way, moving ought to be boring and unpleasant if not outright painful. Your body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time you step out of your front door to do some exercise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/matter\/i-really-love-my-fat-body-eca64ca3ec78\" target=\"_blank\">There\u2019s No Morality in Exercise: I\u2019m a Fat Person Who Made a Successful Fitness App \u2014 Matter \u2014 Medium<\/a> (via <a href=\"http:\/\/brutereason.tumblr.com\/\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">brutereason<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we came to make Zombies, Run!, I deliberately put a line in the very first mission, when you, Runner Five, are just arriving at Abel Township, the tiny, shivering remnant of humanity left after the zombie apocalypse. I had one of the characters say: \u201cIf you can move above a slow shamble, we can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/28\/when-we-came-to-make-zombies-run-i-deliberately\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[18086,18087,4,18085],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}