As promised I am keeping you in the loop about the letter I wrote.The response is up at my Blog alternative fats torrid's replyPlease let me know your feelings about how they responded.And what you think the best course of action is.I really don't want to let this go, especially feeling like they simply patted me on the head and told me to carry on.EDIT:I decided to snail mail them my original letter, slightly revised!I will add what happened with the response being sub-par, and the lack of response to the real issue of the quality of clothing.Whats the worst that can happen? are they…
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Who Gets To Eat What They Love? (Hint: Not Women)
fat fu22 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amposted by meowser Let me make one thing perfectly clear. Dairy-related digestive iss-yews notwithstanding, I absolutely loathe cream cheese. I despise pimentos. Mayonnaise rivals ipecac syrup for me in the anti-emetic department. So suffice it to say that Paula Deen’s recipes, for the most part, do not appeal to me at all. I do make a GF/CF version of her cornbread dressing, though, and it rules. I just swap out Earth Balance for the butter and use gluten-free breadstuffs, and also use mushrooms, onion greens, and chestnuts in lieu of the celery and white onion. Yummers. But you see, I… -
Adipositivity 530
The Adipositivity Project25 Jan 2012 | 5:10 amAdipose: Of or relating to fat. Positivity: Characterized by or displaying acceptance or affirmation. MISSION: The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size acceptance, not by listing the merits of big people, or detailing examples of excellence (these things are easily seen all around us), but rather, through a visual display of fat physicality. The sort that's normally unseen. The hope is to widen definitions of physical beauty. Literally. The photographs here are sometimes close details of the fat female form, often without the inclusion of faces. One reason for this is to coax observers… -
NWSA 2012 Fat Studies Interest Group Call for Papers
Big Fat Blog - The fat acceptance weblog.25 Jan 2012 | 5:57 pmNational Women's Studies Association 2012 Fat Studies Interest Group Call for Papers November 8-11, 2012, Oakland, CA. Papers on any topic at the intersection of women's studies/ feminism/ womanism/ gender/ sexuality and fat studies will be considered. At minimum, your submission should fall under one of the following themes for NWSA 2012: *Revolutionary Futures *Traveling Theory *Social Networks, Power, and Change *Decolonizing Knowledge *Creative Awakenings For more information on the themes, visit: http://nwsa.org/ While this is an open call, topic suggestions from last year's meeting… -
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the Response from Torrid
27 Jan 2012 | 5:27 pmAs promised I am keeping you in the loop about the letter I wrote.The response is up at my Blog alternative fats torrid's replyPlease let me know your feelings about how they responded.And what you think the best course of action is.I really don't want to let this go, especially feeling like they simply patted me on the head and told me to carry on.EDIT:I decided to snail mail them my original letter, slightly revised!I will add what happened with the response being sub-par, and the lack of response to the real issue of the quality of clothing.Whats the worst that can happen? are they… -
2012 Body Love Revolutionaries Telesummit
27 Jan 2012 | 5:27 pmHey everyone, I didn't see this posted, but thought some of you might be interested in this fat-positive telesummit that starts next week!http://www.bodyloverevolution.com/"Attention: Plus-sized people who want to change the status quo!We are bombarded with messages about our bodies and our health every day. We’re told to diet, no matter what that might do to our bodies. We’re told to wear clothes that “look slimming” no matter what that might do to our self esteem. We’re told to wait to be thinner before we do what we want, no matter what that might do to our lives.And yet, there… -
My letter to torrid
27 Jan 2012 | 2:30 amI am X-posting this here (copy and pasting the full letter here if you choose not to follow the link to the original post).It was originally posed on my blog > alternative fats yesterday, but I think it has deep it's roots within this community as well. After all we are the consumers, and I know I am not the only one who feels this way.There is always talk about how we (the fat community) not only feel neglected as a consumer base, but how it also seems what is offered to us isn't quality product.I appreciate any and all comments on this topic.I am interested in what others have to… -
These are fun to do!
27 Jan 2012 | 1:30 amsorry if i'm spamming the group with my 500 outfits, i'm sure i'll run out of things soon :P ANYWAY, more OOTDs!-Saturday-Dress- eShaktiShrug- TorridEarrings- Hot TopicRing- Domino DollhouseUsually dresses I get are short in the back, but this one is mysteriously long, and super short in the front, argh. It's hard to see the print but it's the same fabric as this, I thought it was brown but was pleasantly surprised to see it's a blue-black!Leggings- YoursShoes- eBayI love these fricking shoes, but they're so beat up, I just had absolutely no others that would… -
OOTDs out the wazoo
26 Jan 2012 | 3:06 pmYo fats!I have been sorely remiss about posting OOTDs for the longest time. So here's a few from the last few months, including some summer ones that got away. The dress is by Scandinavian plus-size brand, Zizzi. It's usually pretty pricey but this cost me twenty quid from TK Maxx last summer. It's a couple of sizes too big but I knew I'd be doing some serious layering with it come winter and it's proven to be really useful. This was taken at the beginning of fall, hence the long sleeved tee patterned with tiny autumn leaves, (bought in Khols about 10 years ago!). Most of my accessories are…
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Who Gets To Eat What They Love? (Hint: Not Women)
22 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amposted by meowser Let me make one thing perfectly clear. Dairy-related digestive iss-yews notwithstanding, I absolutely loathe cream cheese. I despise pimentos. Mayonnaise rivals ipecac syrup for me in the anti-emetic department. So suffice it to say that Paula Deen’s recipes, for the most part, do not appeal to me at all. I do make a GF/CF version of her cornbread dressing, though, and it rules. I just swap out Earth Balance for the butter and use gluten-free breadstuffs, and also use mushrooms, onion greens, and chestnuts in lieu of the celery and white onion. Yummers. But you see, I… -
Fat Fat Haters
6 Jan 2012 | 3:40 amposted by meowser Last week, as I’m sure most of you know, Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times did a piece called “The Fat Trap,” which was both about the virtual impossibility of significant weight loss (at least without literally making it a full-time job) — and in the end, also about Ms. Parker-Pope revealing, for the first time, that she herself is a fat person and deeply ashamed of it, and promising to do better. Like Ragen says here, even though it doesn’t make any sense. I actually felt bad for TPP reading this story. I mean, here’s a woman with a… -
Sometimes an Apple is Never a Banana
27 Nov 2011 | 12:13 amposted by meowser Oh, uh…hai. Yep, I still exist. I just haven’t posted because I’ve been monumentally busy offline with some disability-rights stuff, and I’ve had to work overtime, and also..well, you know how when you haven’t called someone in a very very long time it makes you more hesitant to call them, because…well, where do you start? But I just read something that made me say, “Okay, start here.” It was a story about a 375-pound prisoner who was granted a reprieve by a judge of one day for every pound lost, and needless to say, GIANT TW… -
Goats Are My Heroes; Or, How What I Don’t Know Keeps Biting Me
31 May 2011 | 6:26 amposted by meowser Recently, Shaunta posted about the problems she was having adhering to a gluten-free diet, and it got me thinking about my own situation. During the last six months, I have not intentionally eaten anything gluten-filled (nor have I knowingly eaten anything else on my own personal Sick List) — and considering how much I loved the living shit out of all kinds of gluteny goodies, that’s pretty danged good. Credit given, head patted, oh goody joy. However. There have been plenty of times when I didn’t look carefully enough, and then got glutened. Back in… -
Happy Musical Blast From the Past: The Rubberband Man
17 May 2011 | 7:24 amposted by meowser Because I thought we could all use one. I know I could. This is a live performance of the 1976 smash hit (#2 pop, #1 Hot Soul in Billboard) by the Spinners (The Detroit Spinners in the UK) featuring the late, magnificent Philippe Wynne on lead vocal, as shown on the 1970s US TV series, The Midnight Special. According to The Billboard Book of #2 Hits (yes, such a thing exists, although they only did it once), Thom Bell and his lyricist, the late Linda Creed, wrote it to cheer up Bell’s son, who was being picked on at school for his weight. It’s all about a…
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The Adipositivity Project
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Adipositivity 530
25 Jan 2012 | 5:10 amAdipose: Of or relating to fat. Positivity: Characterized by or displaying acceptance or affirmation. MISSION: The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size acceptance, not by listing the merits of big people, or detailing examples of excellence (these things are easily seen all around us), but rather, through a visual display of fat physicality. The sort that's normally unseen. The hope is to widen definitions of physical beauty. Literally. The photographs here are sometimes close details of the fat female form, often without the inclusion of faces. One reason for this is to coax observers… -
Adipositivity 529
19 Jan 2012 | 5:23 amAdipose: Of or relating to fat. Positivity: Characterized by or displaying acceptance or affirmation. MISSION: The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size acceptance, not by listing the merits of big people, or detailing examples of excellence (these things are easily seen all around us), but rather, through a visual display of fat physicality. The sort that's normally unseen. The hope is to widen definitions of physical beauty. Literally. The photographs here are sometimes close details of the fat female form, often without the inclusion of faces. One reason for this is to coax observers… -
On Strike Today
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Adipositivity 528
10 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pmAdipose: Of or relating to fat. Positivity: Characterized by or displaying acceptance or affirmation. MISSION: The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size acceptance, not by listing the merits of big people, or detailing examples of excellence (these things are easily seen all around us), but rather, through a visual display of fat physicality. The sort that's normally unseen. The hope is to widen definitions of physical beauty. Literally. The photographs here are sometimes close details of the fat female form, often without the inclusion of faces. One reason for this is to coax observers… -
Adipositivity 527
3 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pmAdipose: Of or relating to fat. Positivity: Characterized by or displaying acceptance or affirmation. MISSION: The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size acceptance, not by listing the merits of big people, or detailing examples of excellence (these things are easily seen all around us), but rather, through a visual display of fat physicality. The sort that's normally unseen. The hope is to widen definitions of physical beauty. Literally. The photographs here are sometimes close details of the fat female form, often without the inclusion of faces. One reason for this is to coax observers…
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NWSA 2012 Fat Studies Interest Group Call for Papers
25 Jan 2012 | 5:57 pmNational Women's Studies Association 2012 Fat Studies Interest Group Call for Papers November 8-11, 2012, Oakland, CA. Papers on any topic at the intersection of women's studies/ feminism/ womanism/ gender/ sexuality and fat studies will be considered. At minimum, your submission should fall under one of the following themes for NWSA 2012: *Revolutionary Futures *Traveling Theory *Social Networks, Power, and Change *Decolonizing Knowledge *Creative Awakenings For more information on the themes, visit: http://nwsa.org/ While this is an open call, topic suggestions from last year's meeting… -
Stand for Kids!
24 Jan 2012 | 10:07 amAnyone who reads The Fatosphere Feed has already heard about Marilyn Wann's Stand for Kids Campaign. It's a HAES, body lib reply to Georgia's god-awful bullying Strong4Life billboards, which portray fat children as pathetic and inherently unhealthy. Atchka of Fierce, Freethinking Fatties has created a Stand for Kids Blog where he's republishing related posts. Recent Fatosphere Feed articles include: Body Love Wellness Communications of a Fat Waitress Dances with Fat, and Fat Heffalump I hope I didn't miss anyone! The full album of images is here, on Facebook, and there's a Facebook group as… -
More "Shit you Say to Fat People"
23 Jan 2012 | 7:24 amThis video was written, directed, starring and conceived by Lillian Behrendt and Matt Cornell. It's the second in a series. BFB linked to the first video here. Trigger warning: fat shaming, body snark, diet talk (from the video) "You look great. Have you lost weight?" (my recommended answer) "No, I haven't lost weight. I just look great, thanks." -
NPR: "obesity epidemic" has peaked
19 Jan 2012 | 5:57 amThis, from NPR: Obesity Epidemic May Have Peaked In U.S. "These data basically show than we haven't seen any change probably since back to 2003-4 in obesity in any group," said Cynthia Ogden of the National Center for Health Statistics, which released the latest data and published two papers online in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. One paper focused on adults while the second focused on children. This has been common knowledge in the fat acceptance movement for a while now. Those who are still claiming that Americans are getting heavier generally have a financial or… -
"Shit you say to fat people"
18 Jan 2012 | 5:42 amThis video was written, directed, starring and conceived by Lillian Behrendt and Matt Cornell. ...and I think it's fucking brilliant. Cheers, Lillian and Matt. Trigger warning: fat shaming, body snark, diet talk What would you add? I'm thinking You have such a pretty face. Congratulations. Getting active will help you lose weight (when you've been active - and the same size - for years, and are not trying to lose weight). You're not fat.
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27 Jan 2012 | 1:54 pmWant to receive WordPress.com notifications instantly, even when you’re not on WordPress.com? Add the new WordPress.com extension for Chrome and as soon as you get a new follower or a new like on one of your posts, a notification will appear in your browser: Simply click the icon to view your latest WordPress.com notifications: Start following new blogs without visiting WordPress.com The Chrome extension also makes it easy to follow sites from your WordPress.com account by displaying a Follow button whenever you’re browsing a site that has an RSS feed. Clicking the Follow button… -
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26 Jan 2012 | 10:46 amAre you addicted to checking your site stats? You are not alone. The stats dashboard has always been one of the most popular admin screens. It’s gratifying to know that people are visiting your place online. With the WordPress.com front page evolving into a one-stop shop for posting, exploring, following and reading blogs, it seemed natural to put your blog stats there, too. Stats are becoming more and more about interacting with your readers and other bloggers. You’ll still see your summary stats and chart on your main dashboard, and the full stats page in your dashboard will… -
Reblogging is Back!
22 Jan 2012 | 1:27 pmAs we mentioned last week, you can like and reblog posts directly from your reader, which displays a stream of all the updates published on all the blogs you follow from your WordPress.com account. We’ve also brought the reblog button back to the toolbar that appears at the top of the screen when you’re logged into WordPress.com. Note that you’ll only see the like and reblog options while you’re looking at individual posts. For example, you’ll see this on the left side of your toolbar while viewing http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/read-blogs: And your… -
New Theme: Newsy
20 Jan 2012 | 12:18 pmIt’s been an extra big week in the news ’round these parts, so much so that the launch announcement of our latest premium theme seems like an extra extra good way to headline our Friday. Newsy is a versatile business and news-friendly theme that offers up to ten different layouts, four footer columns, custom link and accent colors, and a custom site header. Brand and content-focused editorial teams will love publishing with this theme. Newsy: Home Page Designed by Themify, Newsy comes with an impressive set of Theme Options that afford you a great deal of flexibility with how you… -
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19 Jan 2012 | 6:04 pmIf you feel like it’s a chore to keep up with all your favorite blogs, you can now read posts from all the blogs you follow (even the ones that aren’t on WordPress.com!) in one convenient place on the WordPress.com home page: Your reader displays all the posts across all the blogs you follow in the order they were published, with the most recent content appearing at the top. You’ll see an excerpt of the introduction to each post, the first image in the post, and thumbnails of any other images that the post contains. You can even like and reblog WordPress.com content directly…
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This makes the Georgia campaign even more manipulative
22 Jan 2012 | 10:16 amAccording to a story today in the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the heavy children shown in the state of Georgia's shaming, shameful Strong4Life campaign are child actors hired to pretend they have hypertension, no friends, and other negative qualities the ads associate with childhood obesity.Because . . . they couldn't find any fat children with those conditions who were willing to model for their ads?Maybe. Maybe not. Here I was worrying about how starring in an ad like this would affect a child like "Jaden" or "Maritza." It turns out there is no "Maritza," or rather, "Maritza" is actually… -
Dear "Starving Secrets"
12 Jan 2012 | 6:21 amEditor's note: Today's guest post comes from 15-year-old Bridgette T. I'm impressed with this young woman's articulateness and determination and I think you will be too. And if you're not sure you agree with her, I suggest you google the show and click on "images."*************Dear Starving Secrets,I am a fifteen year old girl recovering from anorexia. This is currently my tenth week in an outpatient program. I began treatment in the program after my initial evaluation there resulted in me being sent to the hospital. I was in the hospital for sixteen days, though I never restricted during any… -
What's wrong with Georgia's childhood obesity campaign
6 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pmMy Aunt Selma was a fat teenager. Like most fat kids, she was deeply ashamed of her body. She tried many times to lose weight, and eventually hit on two strategies: cigarettes and bulimia. She died in excruciating pain, in large part from the abuse she’d heaped on her body for many years. But she died—and lived—thin. I think about Selma every time I hear about yet another new initiative to fight childhood obesity. The latest is Georgia’s “Strong 4 Life” campaign, which features black-and-white images and video clips of children talking about being fat. Several of the kids say they… -
You're invited
29 Dec 2011 | 11:31 amto the next--and probably last one for a while--Maudsley Parents conference. This one is very exciting, because it's covering not just Family-Based Treatment but a broader spectrum of issues in child and adolescent eating disorders.The one-day conference will bring together families, clinicians, and experts to talk about the current state of treatment in child and adolescent eating disorders and new directions for the future. It's being held in an absolutely gorgeous hotel, the Pearl River Hilton, in Pearl River, NY, about an hour outside of New York City.Featured speakers include Debra… -
What do you expect from the research journal Obesity?
9 Dec 2011 | 9:42 pmThis is what you get, at least on the cover of the journal's November issue:I don't know about you, but I think Santa looks kind of grim. Ill, even. Someone should tell him that physical activity and fitness are a lot more important than weight. He might want to read up on the fact that being heavier later in life isn't such a bad thing, that in fact weight loss later in life isn't a good idea. So long as he stays active, making and delivering all those gifts, he'll likely live to a ripe old age whatever his weight.Someone should give that guy a cupcake.
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Renn Garb for up to a 5X !!
21 Jan 2012 | 9:48 pmOkay, I know that most folks probably realize by now that I’m a huge Renn-Faire geek. Love to go and dress up and prance around. However, usually I end up making my own outfits unless I’m REALLY lucky and find a vendor willing to offer a size above “S-M-L-XL” (and only XL if you’re already lucky). Once found, though, such larger sizes usually cost a bundle. So, either you suffer in hand-made (well, suffer if you aren’t really into being careful about sewing and make many mistakes as I do) garb; or you HOPE for overpriced stuff that MIGHT fit… if… -
Fattie Book Review: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
20 Jan 2012 | 1:21 pmBook: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carsons Rating: ♦♦♦◊◊ Synopsis Snippet: Elisa is the Chosen One. She bears the Godstone. She prepares on her 16th birthday to marry for the sake of her country. Who knows what mission God has lain before her as she travels to the King’s palace and into a war on the brink of spilling around her. The Cast: It was a fun pleasure to read a Fantasy novel where characters with PALE skin are pointed out or emphasized for their differences. The fact that I noticed it so distinctly is really telling on how infrequently that happens. I… -
Things to get excited about
20 Jan 2012 | 8:45 amI’m not talking arousal here, though who knows this might tickle that fancy for some. I’m talking about some really good and promising news on the FA front as well as some great rebuttals going around that bash some Fat Tropes with an Awesome-sized Science & Common-Sense Hammer. Let’s see what’s in our bag of goodies, shall we? First: Obesity Timebomb notes that a new journal (Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society ) has been published! While not the first journal to approach these issues from the more radical side of current thoughts on fatness,… -
Fattie Book Review: Sparks
16 Jan 2012 | 4:39 amBook: Sparks by S.J. Adams Rating: ♦♦♦◊◊ Synopsis Snippet: Since sixth grade, Debbie Woodlawn has nursed a secret, heart-searing crush for her best friend, Lisa. Side by side, they watched countless 80s sit-coms and took vows of premarital chastity. But Debbie’s never really been a fan of Full House or abstinence rallies, and all those years of pretending go down the drain when Lisa hooks up with the most boring guy at school. This earth-shattering event provokes Debbie to do the unthinkable: confess her love to Lisa. The Cast: This is about a girl’s loving… -
Mid-Week Music to Lift my Spirit
10 Jan 2012 | 8:11 pmI spent today “enjoying” time at home while my digestion waged war with my menstrual cycle over who would reign supreme over my lower body. I’m still not sure what’s “winning”… With THAT lovely image in mind, I did find some comfort today as I was browsing the Internet between costume designing, laundry washing and watching some channel’s marathon of self-purported “Movies That Don’t Suck”. One bit of fun was this little stop-motion animation of books doing the jig to a song that I’ve recently danced in a huge skirt:…
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Does Every Woman Have an Eating Disorder?
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Georgia. . .
18 Jan 2012 | 10:55 amA new campaign in Georgia targeted at childhood obesity has raised significant alarm in the eating disorder community. Specifically, many of us who treat eating disorders are concerned that the campaign focuses more on body size than on the promotion of healthy eating and exercise behaviors. It is negative, shaming, and could actually encourage the development of eating disorders in those who may have such tendencies. As such, the Binge Eating Disorder Association has developed an online petition, with the hopes of arresting the campaign. What do you think? -
Losing the Battle
10 Jan 2012 | 10:21 amIf, for some reason, you missed the fact that we recently celebrated a new year, you surely cannot miss the barrage of weight-loss advertising appearing in our media this week. By now, you've probably viewed commercials from our nation's power players, each starring its own celeb: Jennifer Hudson for Weight Watchers, Janet Jackson for Nutri-System, and Mariah Carey for Jenny Craig (can someone please help me identify exactly what Mariah is doing in this commercial?) Upping the ante in cyberspace is a new site that allows dieters to gamble on how much weight they… -
(Photo)shopping for the Holidays
22 Dec 2011 | 11:24 amBy now, you've probably heard about H & M's recent advertising snafu, in which the Swedish retailers plugged real-life faces on computer-generated bodies. The story was exposed earlier this month. And what about the notorious Faith Hill photoshopping job on Redbook magazine? Revealed several years back, the side-by-side comparison spoke volumes about what the industry will do to sell a star. But, in all of this, we're reminded of what this re-imaging does for the every woman--setting an unrealistic, unattainable standard. H & M models do not exist in reality. Not… -
Let's Say. . .
6 Dec 2011 | 10:26 amScenario 1: Let's say that there's this young woman who comes to therapy. We'll call her Diana. Diana doesn't have an eating disorder. What brings her into treatment is panic attacks. In the course of her anxiety, let's say Diana loses weight. She's panicky, on edge, and she's not eating enough. Let's say that Diana was "at a normal weight" (whatever that is) before and that when she loses weight, she looks unhealthy. Let's also say she has a psychiatrist who's treating her for her anxiety. Then, let's say that Diana's therapist expresses… -
Celebrities with E.D.'s
22 Nov 2011 | 8:21 pmA while back, a reporter asked me my position regarding celebrities disclosing that they have struggled with eating disorders. She asked if I thought the disclosure was helpful or hurtful for the general public. I went with "helpful," and here's why: Obviously, I wish that no one had to suffer the physical and psychological damage of an eating disorder. But, since people do develop them, and since we're still learning how to best treat them, pay for treating them, etc., I think any type of public awareness is beneficial. For fans who struggle with eating…
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Manolo for the Big Girl
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You Asked For It: Corsets for the Big Girl part 1
27 Jan 2012 | 2:52 pmA corset is a lot like a handgun: Dangerous, powerful and ideally concealed in public spaces. Unfortunately, you don’t need to be trained or certified before the state says it’s okay to have a corset. Corsets are not Costume. I mean, they CAN be, but you don’t need me or anyone else to tell you how to create that awful, desperate Platter O’ Boobs effect. So, just for the sake of my head not splitting in half with two even more judgmental pieholes growing in its place, let’s just forget corsets as costumery and focus on them as a piece of specialty shapewear. For… -
Review Revue: Mode Merr, Vamp Dress (and also some seabirds)
25 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pmYesterday the internet and telephone went out. Oh the humanity. I’m not sure what happened, but having lived in Mexico for very nearly a month now I feel qualified to say it was most likely a pelican or something that landed on a roof somewhere in the state of Baja California and screwed us all to hell for the better part of the day. Pelicans, man. Fun fact: For the past 15 years, I thought pelican in Spanish was alcatraz (thanks for nothin’ ornithologically-challenged high school Spanish teacher). Turns out, Pelican in Spanish is –wait for it– pelicano. I know, kind… -
Lazy Poll Monday: Who Moved My Cheese Edition
23 Jan 2012 | 1:55 pmYou know you’ve had a rough weekend when the best thing you can say is no one threw up directly ON you. True, it makes for a pleasant change from last weekend when I was not so fortunate, but I woke up on the wrong side of every bed west of the Mississippi this morning (in the I’m-Very-Grumpy way, not the I’m-Gonna-Need-Some-Penicillin way) and my situation has not improved in the three hours since I was rousted from my peaceful slumber by the lovelorn cries (okay, technically lovelorn telephone calls) of a very nice former Golden Gloves boxer with whom I struck up an… -
Suck It, Food Network!
22 Jan 2012 | 6:30 amNext thursday, January 26, Food Network is premiering a new show called Fat Chef. Is it the adventures of a chef who happens to be fat? No. It’s a new Biggest Loseresque fat-shaming extravaganza. Each week we’ll see two fat working chefs who fear that they’re going to die because they’re fat and work around food. Said chefs are put through a sixteen-week course of diet, exercise, and exorcism of their horrible food issues, whereupon we see them all much thinner, more active, and promising they’ll never be unhealthy fatsos again. Read this blurb taken from the… -
WW Active: The Good, the Bad, and the WTH?
21 Jan 2012 | 12:02 pmSo. Yesterday in my inbox, I found an announcement of Woman Within’s new WW Active line. It’s a collection of activewear, exercise equipment, and blog for fat… er… plus sized women. So far the blog only has two entries, so I can’t say much about it other than it’s got cheerful graphics of straight-sized women and has not yet specifically mentioned weight loss. While I haven’t seen the clothes up close and personal, I did take a bit of a gander at the offerings on tap to see what I thought of them. Overall, they look practical and comfortable. Most of…
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Nudemuse...daily nattering.
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Round Three, answers to our questions about Ugly.
17 Jan 2012 | 2:33 amOkay my darlings I hope you've been ruminating because I have.We've already covered the fact that none of us will ever be beautiful in the Western Ideal sense of beauty. We talked about questioning those who tell us what beautiful is. Today I want to talk about what do we do with these questions.Now I want you all to do an exercise with me.Let's think about the reality of not being Cosmo cover beautiful.What does that mean in our actual day to day lives?It means that we don't (most of us anyway) have stylists to follow us around fix our hair, pin our clothes and be the eye of an invisible… -
Round Two, Questioning Ugly.
3 Jan 2012 | 6:37 pmTo recap I left you my darlings with some homework before New Years.You have homework my darlings.I want you to think about, process and take in the truth.This is the truth. Neither you nor I will ever be Western Beauty Ideal beautiful.Never. Ever.Think about that and if you can make it, think about the honest truth about what impact that will or won't have on your life or has or hasn't had on your life. Now today let's talk about that.The first thing we need to understand is that the ideal, the Western Beauty Ideal is a lie. It is a long standing lie that less than .5% of the population will… -
Here's to being a ridiculous human being.
30 Dec 2011 | 6:49 pmThis entry is dedicated to my dear friend Dennis Cooper and all my fellow dl's. Also note readers Dennis' blog is for real not work safe today.In the comments the other day I mentioned that I am engaging in being a completely ridiculous human being,First hello internet my name is Shannon and I am a human cartoon character.I make strange noises, I lose my balance in strange ways yet remain upright. I drool when I laugh really hard, I flap my hands when I'm at all over excited or over tired. I randomly emit squawks and squeaks.Now in order to support my ridiculousness I am… -
You sho is ugly.
27 Dec 2011 | 6:28 pmThe title is a reference to the Color Purple.I want to talk more today about ugliness.Specifically my context for talking about ugliness and my relationship to it.I do not want to or need to reclaim the word.What I have done is learn to take it in and accept ideas about being ugly.I have taken in and accepted that am not, will not ever ever (barring a metric ton of plastic surgery) be beautiful in terms of Western Beauty standards.As I mentioned in this entry, I just won't.At one point in my life this broke my heart. I drank the I will never be pretty Koolaid.Here is the plain fact. 99%… -
Montagne Jeunesse beauty review. Bonus talk about self love.
26 Dec 2011 | 7:25 pmSo as I've mentioned before I'm a member at Influenster and this month I got myself a pretty little box with goodies in it.(Note- I did get the product for free to review by Influenster. This did not color my review at all)One of those goodies actually made me squeal. I recieved a little trial size packet of the Passion Peel off face mask.I haven't tried that one before but I know this brand very very well.Montagne Jeunesse face masks are among my go to I need to feel pretty but only have 4$ in my pocket products. Find them at your local drug store and I really recommend stocking up when they…
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Laughing at Yourself
25 Jan 2012 | 8:46 pmI know I’m generally a very *rah-rah* person on this blog. There is something about taking all of the jumbled, over-analytical thoughts from my mind and dissecting them into something that makes sense. Like many of you, I am trying to find meaning in the journey – success or failure. How can we learn to do better? How can we improve? How can we motivate ourselves? How do we learn from our mistakes so we don’t make them again? Whether fitness-related or not, trying to reach goals is hard. You are reaching for something that you obviously want very badly, but there isn’t… -
Plus Size Fitness Writer & Brand Representative
23 Jan 2012 | 11:04 pmThere are things that I used to regard as impossible. My mind, like many of yours, has an awful tendency to insert nasty seeds of negativity when it dared to dream. Slowly but surely, however, doubts are subsiding as I recognize that I have succeeded at many things in the past, and I am succeeding at things in the present. Being a morbidly obese 450+ pound twenty-something is nothing I would wish on my worst enemy. Yet somehow I allowed my body to get to that nightmare after years of self-doubt created an environment so foggy I didn’t know how to escape. Having this blog as an outlet to… -
Sunday Ramblings
22 Jan 2012 | 9:51 pmBlah. Another weekend down the drain and I feel even more behind than I did when the weekend started! I’m one of those people who has a lot of ideas that come up through the week, and then on the weekend rush to try to figure out how do to them. This week, I had all sorts of things I wanted to write, and ended up with very little of it done. So is life! There is one thing in particular that I wrote on the ENELL blog that I wanted to share here, because it’s a question I’ve thought about often, and think it’s a great self-reflection exercise: What would you do if you… -
Beauty Resolutions: More than Skin Deep
17 Jan 2012 | 8:30 amThanks to Walgreens for underwriting this post. I was paid as a member of the Clever Girls Collective, but the content is all mine. Visit http://www.discoverbeautywithin.com/. Sleep has been a huge focus of mine the past month as I try to solve my insomnia, sleep apnea, and other issues going on with this wacky body of mine. Last week, I did a horrible job of getting enough rest, and this morning feel like a ton of bricks has fallen on my head. Not only that, but yesterday I noticed that my skin was really oily and this morning, I have broken out all over my face. Talk about a self-esteem… -
Ultra Beginners Fitness Guide
16 Jan 2012 | 8:21 pmOnce upon a time, I was sitting on my sofa at 455 pounds watching a workout DVD I had put in. It was labeled “beginner” so I thought that I could do it. I didn’t even make it past the warm-up before flopping down on the sofa out of breath with tears running down my face. The next day, I was sore and my feet ached. This is what the reality is for many severely obese people who try to do exercise after months, or years, of being sedentary. I’m so thankful that not everyone will know what it’s like to feel that desperation. How do you even start when you can’t…
