It will surprise few people who pay attention to American politics that Sarah Palin is a world-class hypocrite. But her recent foray into the politics of language and disability have proved that her hypocrisy is dyed in the wool, an amazing contradiction of terms: openly disingenuous, profoundly committed to shallowness. She’s taken one of the [...]
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Kate Harding's Shapely Prose
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With advocates like this, who needs hate radio?
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Friday fluff: What Super Bowl?
5 Feb 2010 | 7:19 amSo apparently there is some kind of football game going on this weekend? I know this for two reasons: 1. Feminist bloggers keep posting about Tim Tebow (boo) and Scott Fujita (yay). 2. My friend The Urban Gastronome has been posting mouthwatering “game day” recipes. MMMMMM CUPCAKES Shapelings, are you watching the game? If so, is it because [...] -
We Are the Boss of You
31 Jan 2010 | 9:53 amShapelings, we need to talk. I just updated the comments policy with the following: Eighth rule: If you’re having trouble processing the seventh rule, just know that sassing the mods is a very bad idea. There may come a time when one of the moderators —me, Fillyjonk, Sweet Machine, Snarky’s Machine, or A Sarah — tells [...] -
Friday fluff: Step up, step up!
29 Jan 2010 | 9:52 amKate sent along an article this morning about the death of Bruce Snowdon, the last sideshow fat man. Mostly she was boggled by this bit: Until the mid-1960s, traveling carnivals frequently featured fat acts. But sideshows declined in popularity as waistlines expanded and obesity became less of a laughing matter. As the years went by, spotting a [...] -
Fashion without hatred
28 Jan 2010 | 9:23 pmThere was a time, when I was a teenager and in my early twenties, when I used to think about fashion the way The Guardian’s Tanya Gold details in a recent article: that it was a foolish realm of fantasy for people who would never give me the time of day. The oddest thing rescued me [...]
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Big Fat Deal
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Slim People “Fed Up” With Fat People
8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pmThis article from the L.A. Times runs down some recent examples of fatism, such as the save-the-whales PETA ad, the mandatory “fat class” graduation requirement, and the proposed bill outlawing restaurant dining by obese people in Mississippi. The pattern, the Times posits, is that slim people are “fed up” with the obese. Some choice quotes, bolding [...] -
BFD Twitter Account
7 Feb 2010 | 4:42 pmI just set up a dedicated Twitter account for BFD, which is @bigfatdeal. I’ll be Tweeting links and news, and following all of you! And hopefully this will make it even easier for you to forward links that you find that we might want to post about. Follow me here! -
Update To Fat Bridesmaid Story
5 Feb 2010 | 10:28 amI’m sorry I haven’t posted anything since last Friday (it’s been a crazy week), but here’s a follow up that I was happy to read this morning: So Carolyn, about an hour after your chat last week I called up my nasty bridezilla friend (the one who dropped another bridesmaid for being too fat) and told [...] -
Bride Dumps Fat Bridesmaid Who Will “Ruin The Pictures”
29 Jan 2010 | 1:49 pmSo the first part of this story isn’t so much Feel Good Friday fodder. A bride has apparently dropped one of her bridesmaids for being too fat, according to a letter sent to advice columnist Carolyn Hax. The feel good part is that the letter-writer is one of the other bridesmaids, who is so appalled by [...] -
Kourtney Kardashian’s Post-Baby Weight Loss Secret? Photoshop.
26 Jan 2010 | 12:17 pmAt least according to OK! Magazine, which grabbed a photo of her, photoshopped all the baby weight off her, and slapped it on the cover with a headline reading “MY DIET SECRETS: LOSE 10 LBS IN 10 DAYS.” Must be seen to be believed.
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Fatshionista!
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3 ootd`s, new hair color and my boyfriend <3
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Toronto Fatshionista Clothing Swap
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fat positive icons
9 Feb 2010 | 12:27 amMy wonderful friend theidolhands has posted a set of amazing fat positive icons over in her journal. I'd love to see these all over livejournal! Don't forget to share some comment love and icon credit♥(There is nudity in case you're not allowed to look at tiny pictures of naked fat women at work;) -
3 OOTDS
8 Feb 2010 | 10:34 pmHi lovely fats!!! Its been a slow week fatshion-wise as I'm on the east coast and there was a ridiculous amount of snow this weekend! I haven't quite mastered the whole being warm and looking cute bit yet... lol... so 2 of the outfits are from early last week (before the snow storm) and the last one is what i wore today.Sweater- H&MTank Top- Forever 21Jeans- AvenueBoots- UggsCardigan- Casual PlusTee- MacysJeans- Wet SealShoes- Go JaneBoyfriend Blazer- New LookTop- Dorothy PerkinsLeggings- DEBBoots- Torrid -
OOTRSAZ: Ruffles, Sequins, and Zebra!
8 Feb 2010 | 10:34 pmI posted to Twitter yesterday that I'd be wearing ruffles, sequins, and zebra print all in one outfit, which I think made people shudder and imagine some kind of safari gone horribly wrong. Alas, it's not nearly as dramatic as I believe they expected. I think it's rather nice!Cross-posted to the blog that I'm starting because I'm too tall to fit into a full-length mirror. Hey-ya! ;)And, a photo without the smile, as people have this weird tendency to think that I walk around smiling 24/7.Pink sequined cardigan: TorridBlack ruffled tank: TorridPull-on jeans: TorridZebra print necklace: Forever…
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fat fu
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The Kitty Who Taught This Fatass How to Love
2 Feb 2010 | 4:08 amposted by meowser Seems like there have been plenty of sad kitty stories going around the Fatosphere in the last year. Scroll on by if you don’t wish to read another. A week ago Saturday I lost the most wonderful kitty friend I have ever had. That’s him, above. His name was Pendo — his name had already had been bestowed upon him by my pet sitter in San Francisco, who rescued him. She told us it was a Swahili word for “love and friendship,” and after meeting him for five seconds and feeling his silky head burrow into our hands, my now-ex and I couldn’t think… -
Again With the Diabeeeetus…
21 Jan 2010 | 9:55 pmposted by meowser Yeah, Michelle Obama. The diabeeetus thing. I suppose y’all have heard/read it by now. (Hat tip: Bri of Fat Lot of Good.) Know how many American kids actually DO have T2d? The short answer is, nobody knows for sure, because it’s so rare nobody can get exact numbers. But…extrapolating from data on the ADA Web site (not a fat-friendly organization, mind you, so they have no motivation to fudge the numbers in our favor), the number would seem to be…drum roll please…about 30,000 or 40,000 people younger than 20 diagnosed with T2d in the U.S. Yes, that’s in the… -
Aaaand We’re Back! (sort of)
2 Dec 2009 | 9:43 pmposted by meowser Okay, so first: Congratulations to everyone on Team Fat for NaNoWriMo, all 5 of whom (including yours truly) finished their 50,000 words! If you NaNoed, feel free to use this thread to tell me what you’re doing next with your magnum opi. (Heck, if you didn’t NaNo and you have a magnum opus, you can join in too, if you want.) Me, I’m zoning out for a few days, then (dirty little secret time) doing the sweaty work of putting my scenes in sequence, because I…wrote them all (except for the first two) OUT OF ORDER. Yes, that is how Not So Little Miss Right… -
Privilege v. Entitlement
22 Oct 2009 | 10:44 pmposted by meowser Unfortunately, much of the discussion of privilege focuses around shaming those who are perceived to have it, rather than trying to strategize about how to empower those who may not. – Octogalore, “Entitlement” Even before the latest dustup, I wanted to write about privilege versus entitlement (that is, a feeling of entitlement). So what better time than now, since we’re sick of it already? Octogalore’s post is an old one, but she made me think about some things that I think sometimes get lost in discussions of privilege. Namely, that feeling… -
Well, I Dood It
20 Oct 2009 | 10:11 pmposted by meowser I sent my letter to Sen. Wyden. It should go out in Wednesday’s mail. I sent it to the Washington, DC office. I wrote it out in blue ink (PaperMate Eagle pen, not expensive, but not so cheap it leaks) instead of just printing it, figuring it might otherwise get lost among all the other black and white computer-generated pages. I printed, because my cursive looks like a first grader’s. (My handprinting at least makes it to fourth grade.) I used lined paper because I can’t write straight on unlined paper to save my life. (When I tried it, I actually wound up…
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The-F-Word.org
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A Life Recovered
8 Feb 2010 | 9:34 amI was on a furlough last week and barely touched my computer in the 9 total glorious days I didn’t have to punch a timecard. I know Charlynn and Greta are both also crazy busy, so please excuse our appalling lack of updates as of late. Someone on an eating disorder support forum I am [...] -
What We Missed
2 Feb 2010 | 9:07 amA new study of 1,000 American girls between the ages of 13-17 by the Girl Scouts finds that 9 out of 10 girls say they feel pressure from the media and/or fashion industry to be skinny. More than 80 percent of the girls polled said they’d rather see natural photos of models than digitally enhanced [...] -
Flying off treadmills and other embarrassing gym mishaps
29 Jan 2010 | 10:48 amOn a lighter note this week, MSNBC has a story out today on embarrassing gym mishaps, the bulk of which appear to occur in January by amateur gym-goers armed with freshly made new year’s resolutions. Last year, there were more than 1,500 reports of exercisers landing in the emergency room after run-ins with workout equipment, according [...] -
“Fat baby” fears led parents to starve newborn
27 Jan 2010 | 9:16 amYou remember the case of the otherwise happy and healthy Colorado four-month-old denied health insurance for the "pre-existing condition" of obesity, right? The general reaction was one of rightful outrage, and the resulting backlash soon forced the insurance company to capitulate and change its policy on babies that are healthy but fat. Rocky Mountain Health Plans' denial of coverage to baby Alex is but symptomatic of a shift in the focus on childhood obesity to to direct anti-obesity fearmongering onto chubby babies -- see here, here and here. Perhaps its this growing hysteria on whether… -
Employees who weigh less, pay less at Whole Foods
26 Jan 2010 | 9:02 amI love me some Whole Foods’ vegan General Tso’s chicken, but I seem to have lost my appetite after reading that Whole Foods is discriminating against its fat employees by offering their thinner coworkers as much as a 10 percent additional employee discount. Jezebel has the scoop. Whole Foods CEO John Mackey explains the program in [...]
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The Rotund
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Nightline’s Face Off: a.k.a. OF COURSE it is okay to be fat.
3 Feb 2010 | 12:13 pmAnd another thing! While I’ve been quiet, I haven’t been entirely out of it. Friday – the day after tomorrow, omg – I’ll be traveling to NYC to tape an episode of Nightline’s Face Off. This debate/discussion-style show has handled all sorts of questions and now… Now they want to talk about fat. I don’t know when it will air, but I do know that if you are an NYC fatty with some free time on Friday afternoon, I’d love to see you in the audience. The “Face Off” will be moderated by co-anchor Cynthia McFadden and held at The Cooper… -
Signal Once Again: No More Static
3 Feb 2010 | 12:07 pmIn-my-face life has been stomping all over me for some months – some good, some bad, some in between. And the reality of writing a free blog is that sometimes, even when you least want to, things just sometimes have to give. It’s the nature of taking care of yourself. Of course, not writing it down here doesn’t mean the thoughts – both analytical and angry – go away. FAR FROM IT. I’ve missed y’all like made and I’ve been occupied by two primary thoughts during my downtime here. 1. Weight A formula that measures body fat — called Body Mass Index (BMI) — is used to evaluate… -
Thanks
26 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pmI could write something big and hopefully meaningful but today I just want to say thank you. You are amazing. -
Yes, I do know I’m fat.
11 Nov 2009 | 4:41 amIt’s been a bit busy at Chez Rotund but I have many, many personal and fat things to talk about! Right now, though – and man, does it feel early in the morning right now, I have this link to my most recent piece for Comment Is Free. They recently received a comment wondering if… wait for if… fat people know they are fat. *facepalm* Fat is a humanist issue The “eat less and exercise more” comments are making quite the showing, as are the “it’s your own fault for being fat” comments. But there’s some good discussion that is cropping… -
Old Clothes
6 Nov 2009 | 7:34 amIt is “winter” in Florida – that means it is in the 70s and 80s at the moment instead of the 80s and 90s and 100s. It might have even gotten down into the 60s but I try not to pay too much attention to that sort of thing because it fills me with despair. Point is, in an effort to locate some “winter” clothes, I got my closet and dresser a bit more organized and realized I had some clothes I haven’t worn in a long time – like, a year or more. Part of the beauty, for me, of not dieting is that while I had a sort of left-over habitual moment of worry…
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adipositivity
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Adipositivity 356: Daily Valentine Special
8 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pmPucker up, Peeps. It's time for the Adipositivity Project's Valentine series. Every day through Valentine's Day you'll see another Adiposer couple gettin' at least semi for ya. But remember, most of 'em are in pre-, mid-, or post-canoodle, so some photographs may be even more NSFW than usual. Hope they make you smile as much as they do me. Happy Valentine's Day! Adipose: 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… -
Adipositivity 355: Daily Valentine Special
8 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pmPucker up, Peeps. It's time for the Adipositivity Project's Valentine series. Every day through Valentine's Day you'll see another Adiposer couple gettin' at least semi for ya. But remember, most of 'em are in pre-, mid-, or post-canoodle, so some photographs may be even more NSFW than usual. Hope they make you smile as much as they do me. Happy Valentine's Day! Adipose: 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… -
Adipositivity 354: Daily Valentine Special
6 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pmPucker up, Peeps. It's time for the Adipositivity Project's Valentine series. Every day through Valentine's Day you'll see another Adiposer couple gettin' at least semi for ya. But remember, most of 'em are in pre-, mid-, or post-canoodle, so some photographs may be even more NSFW than usual. Hope they make you smile as much as they do me. Happy Valentine's Day! Adipose: 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… -
Adipositivity 353: Daily Valentine Special
5 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pmPucker up, Peeps. It's time for the Adipositivity Project's Valentine series. Every day through Valentine's Day you'll see another Adiposer couple gettin' at least semi for ya. But remember, most of 'em are in pre-, mid-, or post-canoodle, so some photographs may be even more NSFW than usual. Hope they make you smile as much as they do me. Happy Valentine's Day! Adipose: 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… -
Adipositivity 352: Daily Valentine Special
4 Feb 2010 | 9:02 pmPucker up, Peeps. It's time for the Adipositivity Project's Valentine series. Every day through Valentine's Day you'll see another Adiposer couple gettin' at least semi for ya. But remember, most of 'em are in pre-, mid-, or post-canoodle, so some photographs may be even more NSFW than usual. Hope they make you smile as much as they do me. Happy Valentine's Day! Adipose: 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…
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The Pretty Pear
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Random fat art spotting!
8 Feb 2010 | 9:40 amvia www.zgallerie.com The bulky shape of these Ballerina Figures adds to the dimension, extension, and light-heartedness of their poses. Oddly elegant, the exaggerated roundness of the sculptures highlights the precise movements involved in the plié pose and grants the Leaping Ballerina with the possibility of flight. I was checking out Z Gallerie's furniture selection when I spotted these figures. I actually did a double take. Do these strike you as positive depictions of fat bodies in motion? On their own, they do for me but the description has me scratching my head just a bit. What do you… -
A glimpse of whats to come
5 Feb 2010 | 9:55 amHello! I’m really excited about life right now. I’ve been quite down since before the holidays - mega stressed out and shall we say, emotionally tender. It kind of all spiraled to the point of going back on an anti-depressant, which certainly wasn’t in my plans but had to be done. I’m on it more for anxiety than for depression but it has certainly helped with my mood. I’m emerging from a lengthy funk and I have a lot ahead of me. I’ve found a wonderful apartment that I’ll be moving into at the end of this month. It’s in a whole new neighborhood where there are lots of things… -
In lieu of actual blogging...
25 Jan 2010 | 9:05 amI've set up one of those nifty formspring.me pages where you can ask me questions. Ask about clothes, shoes, life in general, whatever. I will reply to just about any question asked, so fire away. If you want to keep up with questions and my answers, go here. <a href="http://www.formspring.me/theprettypear">http://www.formspring.me/theprettypear</a> -
Why yes, I am alive.
19 Jan 2010 | 10:30 amI’ve (obviously) decided to take a blogging vacation. I’m not sure when I’ll be back in earnest but yes, I will most definitely be back. I just need some time to take care of life stuff (moving, having a minor emotional meltdown about turning 30, getting a dog!) and figuring out a direction for this blog. The topic will stay the same, I just desperately need a new approach and to shake things up. In the meantime, I invite you to follow my personal twitter and check out my other blog. -
25% off at Macy's!
2 Dec 2009 | 10:04 amMacy’s is having their friends and family sale and you can save 25% off your purchase. You'll also receive free shipping when you spend $99 or more. Use the promo code MACYSFRIEND at checkout. The sale ends on December 7th.
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Fatistician
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Ew, Math
26 Jan 2010 | 10:03 amIf you had told my 14 year old self I would grow up and have a career primairly based in math, I would probably have rolled my eyes at you. (Which I might still do now, I never really lost the eyeroll.) At the time, I for some reason believed that I was bad at math, or that it was too hard or something. I actually used a chart in my math teacher’s classroom to figure out what career would allow me to take the least amount of college level math possible. (Lawyer.) So I decided on this career early on in HS. (Only to later discover that I HATED being forced to write.) So I found… -
Still Alive
22 Jan 2010 | 8:53 amJust busy, new job, totally distracted. Will blog again eventually. -
The Conventional Wisdom
24 Nov 2009 | 10:58 amI’ve lost track of how many times I’ve heard people say something along the lines of “Everyone knows fat is bad.” There was a breif time period where it was pissing me off a lot and so I started making notes intending to come back with a huge post about how dumb people who accept the conventional wisdom as fact are with lots of examples. But then it happend so much that learned helplessness took over and I just cried silent invisible tears. Today I was reading a really interesting article by Matt Taibbi on a completely unrelated topic. It is talking about Sarah… -
Tired
22 Nov 2009 | 4:03 pmA month or so ago I was driving home from rehearsal for a show I was in and I was hit with a sudden wave of fatigue. Not physical fatigue, but emotional fatigue. I was tired of being the fat girl. I was just suddenly so tired of being different, for once I wanted to be one of the cute girls with the bubbly personality who gets cast in some kind of romantic part in a show. I wanted to wear a pretty costume, I wanted to go to Anne Taylor and buy clothes after rehearsal. I wanted to fly on an airplane and not worry they were going to ask me to buy another seat. I wanted to talk to people… -
Fat Actress brings out the Fat Hate
6 Nov 2009 | 11:56 amShorter Alicia Villarosa at this website I’ve never heard of before: Sure Gabourey Sidibe is a great actress, but could she please stop being FAT at me? Really, that’s pretty much what she says. And the whole post is loaded down with the usual everyone knows fat people die b.s. She even uses the phrases “GAG!” and “SUPER Fat” (sic) to make sure everyone knows just how really really fat Gabourney Sidibe is. (And how totally NOT okay with it the writer is.) I think my favorite bit has to be this: As well adjusted as Sidibe purports to be, there’s got to be an emotional disconnect…
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Big Fat Blog - The fat acceptance weblog.
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Bariatric surgery for kids! Whee!
8 Feb 2010 | 1:35 pmThis scares the crap out of me. Have we really gotten to the point where forced food restriction and (potentially) stomach altering surgery is the best thing we can do for our kids? Not to mention the fact that the child mentioned in the article got fat because of a tumor on her pituitary gland and she couldn't feel her fullness signals anymore. So how exactly is lapband surgery, which essentially shrinks your stomach so you feel full sooner, working for this kid? If you can't feel full at all, does sooner ever come? -
Paul Campos on "Fat and Idenity Politics"
1 Feb 2010 | 3:55 pmYou know the lectures going on at UCLA that we posted about the other day? A little birdie told us they are podcasting them on YouTube!!! The magic that is transmitting knowledge across time and space via the internet thrills me. Below is the first lecture, by Paul Campos. I've never met Paul, so I had no idea he was so charming! He's got Ryan Reynolds' eyes/brows, amirite? Admittedly, we've heard time and time again almost everything that Paul talks about. However, I still think it's a good listen if you have the time. While transcribing some quotes I had to listen to some bits over and over… -
Grassroots Activism
31 Jan 2010 | 7:01 pmWe at BFB want to start a regular post about grassroots and/or individual activism, which highlights local efforts to make a difference. Let's start small. I have two questions for you. 1) What is something you or someone you know is doing to make a difference in the name of fat acceptance and fat rights? This can be anything, no matter how small or how insignificant it might seem to some. 2) What are your favorite local activism ideas? -
Reason number 3,767 to not shop at Whole Foods
27 Jan 2010 | 1:11 pmThere has been much talk about this article, concering Whole Foods' new policy of granting a steeper discount to employees with lower BMIs and other "health"-related factors. It's exactly what we have been railing against for years: employers using weight to unfairly undercompensate their fat workers. Even laypeople who don't think about this stuff all day have been saying how ridiculous the policy is. I mean, think about it. You own a store that purports to sell healthy food. Why would you want to make it more difficult for your so-called "unhealthy" employees to access the food you sell? -
Fat Athletes! part deux
25 Jan 2010 | 9:07 amOkay, I forwarded your feedback on to my athletic wear contact and he asked for more specifics. So let's talk about exactly what features we would like to see in certain items, like sports bras, shorts and t-shirts. Obviously fit is a big deal for all of us, but what specifically needs to be different about the fit? It's entirely possible that we may be able to get this company to make us exactly what we need, so really think about what that would be and let me know. PS: If any of you are members of other fathlete groups, please either get their feedback and post it here or have them email me…
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Feed Me!
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A word about civility
1 Feb 2010 | 9:35 amHey folks--It should be clear by now that I'm not going to post comments that are rude, spiteful, mean, or abusive. I make an effort to be positive and constructive in my posts and when I respond to comments. I hold you to the same standards, or I won't be allowing your comments.We don't have to agree. We do have to have a civil dialogue.Frankly, my college writing students are far better at the whole constructive criticism thing than some of my anonymous commenters.And you know what? It's hurtful. And hurt just breeds hurt.So please, do yourself a favor, and either grow up or go comment on… -
The Woman at the Y, Part 3
31 Jan 2010 | 8:57 amShe was there again, the woman who comes to the Y sometimes. The woman who is so painfully thin I can see the shape of her femurs through several layers of clothes. The woman whose gaze is inward, whose face has the haunted look I recognize. This time I tried to engage her before class--to reach out. I said hello. She looked at me and turned away. I haven't seen her talk to anyone, so maybe this wasn't surprising.Usually she stays at the back of the class, but not today. Today she took a spot front and center, right behind the instructor and in front of the mirror. The harder the workout got,… -
NAAFA takes on Michelle Obama's crusade against childhood obesity
29 Jan 2010 | 2:04 pmI wouldn't normally repost a press release. But this one from the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is so well-researched and concisely effective that I can't resist. Repeat after me, everyone: Shame is not a health-care strategy.Enjoy.NAAFA Challenges the First LadyFor Immediate ReleaseJanuary 29, 2010Oakland, CA – First Lady Michele Obama has recently announced her intention to focus on childhood obesity prevention. NAAFA encourages the First Lady to consider all the research before taking action and supporting any program that may do more harm than good.Mrs. Obama, please… -
News flash: A little "extra" weight can be a good thing
29 Jan 2010 | 7:30 amEspecially if you're over 70, say researchers at the Western Australian Center for Health and Aging. A recent study shows that normal-weight and obese patients over 70 had slightly higher levels of mortality than those whose BMIs put them into the overweight category--BMIs of 25 to 29.In an article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, the researchers said, "These results lend further credence to claims that the body mass index [BMI] thresholds for overweight and obese are overly restrictive for older people."Makes sense to me--that "extra weight" is what Ellyn Satter describes… -
Chicago conference! April 26!
28 Jan 2010 | 6:38 pmIf you're in the Chicago vicinity (or even if you're not), please join Maudsley Parents for a day-long conference featuring some of the smartest and most articulate researchers in the field of eating disorders. Our speakers include Dr. Walter Kaye, director of the University of California San Diego's Eating Disorders Program, and Dr. Daniel Le Grange, director of the University of Chicago's Eating Disorders Program. They're two of my all-time favorite experts, and they'll have some exciting new research results to share. We'll also have a panel of parents who will share their experiences…
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I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape.
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Logical Labels = Good. Only doing it to “Fight Obesity” = *eyeroll*
9 Feb 2010 | 5:22 amFDA Weighs Update to Standard Serving Sizes: “Seeking a new weapon in the fight against obesity, the Food and Drug Administration wants to encourage manufacturers to post vital nutritional information, including calorie counts, on the front of food packages.” Basic idea nugget (hidden within the proposed agenda to make us dumb fatties “realize” that we are [...] -
Can’t we stop hurting each other?
8 Feb 2010 | 9:45 amCan’t we stop hurting each other Gotta stop hurting each other Making each other cry Breaking each other’s heart Tearing each other apart ~~Lyrics from “Making each other cry” by Carpenters My link-round up / thought swirl on this Monday. Oh and for those of you who fancifully laboring under the delusion that you were fine if you weren’t fat (I know, [...] -
Chubby wild kitty faces
5 Feb 2010 | 4:44 amTo add a fluffy bit of fun to the end of this week I bring you: Arabian Sand Cat Kittens. Look at those wide faces and charming eyes and huge ears. -
Brief swim-update
3 Feb 2010 | 6:30 amI swam 15 laps in the pool last night. (A lap being 2 lengths, up and back) Since I was using the alphabet trick* to keep track of them that means I got to letter “O”. This also means that I am up to just under a half-mile of swimming (a full half mile is [...] -
Ease into Monday Feb. 1
1 Feb 2010 | 5:59 am“Nothing in the health and medical fields has been proven more soundly, than the fact that focusing on weight loss is unlikely to lead to permanent weight loss and more likely to lead to weight cycling and weight gain. People who diet repeatedly over the years end up weighing more than they would have if [...]
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Does Every Woman Have an Eating Disorder?
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Zumba!
8 Feb 2010 | 4:45 amThe last six weeks have been filled with the requisite New Year's diet and fitness interviews, which should taper off soon. But, before I'm through, I'd like to put in a special plug for Zumba Fitness. I love Zumba. Have you tried it? For the uninformed, it's a Latin-inspired (but internationally flavored) dance party (that, by the way, takes place in a traditional aerobics room), replete with a funky blend of salsa, merengue, a little hip hop here and there, hip gyrations, shoulder shimmies, and, in a class I recently attended, the late 80s' snake (are you old enough to… -
Melissa Broder--Poems on E.D.'s
1 Feb 2010 | 12:35 pmMelissa Broder, author of the newly published, When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother, sent me a couple of her poems that relate to e.d.'s. See below for the inspiration for her work. Core vs. Flex Madame Famine is hairless apart from her lanugo, and when she sucks you into her glory hole, a bald telephone, it’s wrong. You’re supposed to be the one who’s lived a thing or two, you’re supposed to be teaching her to grow. There’s no room to live inside her little Grey Gardens, so try and let go. Stop lining up lacy aprons with training bras and just have a damn happy… -
Family Consequnces of Eating Disorders
25 Jan 2010 | 10:28 amHere are the results from the first 100 respondents. Note that numbers may exceed 100%, as it was possible to choose multiple responses. 1. Gender: Female: 98.0% Male: 2.0% 2. I have been diagnosed with, or meet criteria for: Anorexia Nervosa: 44.6% Bulimia Nervosa: 35.6% Binge Eating Disorder: 19.8% Another Type of Eating Disorder: 32.7% 3. My parent or parents have experienced the following emotions as a result of my eating disorder: Sadness: 54.5% Anxiety: 56.4% Anger: 38.6% Guilt: 43.6% Not sure: 19.8% They didn't/don't know about it: … -
Golden (Rounder?) Globes
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Media Query
19 Jan 2010 | 1:14 pmA producer from 20/20 contacted me about trends in eating disorders--they want to do a story about e.d.'s being "contagious" among friends, relatives. Did you develop your e.d. after a friend or relative did? Or, did someone follow you? Here's the link, if you'd like to share your story on camera (please let them know how you found the link): http://abcnews.go.com/2020/eating-disorder-thrives-friends/story?id=9553667 I'll have preliminary survey results soon!
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Manolo for the Big Girl
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Plumcake’s 12 Months of Cocktails pt 3
8 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pmGood afternoon lambkins! How’s every little thing? Are my Virginia people doing okay in the Snowpocalypse? I love Virginia with all my cold little heart, but people, listen to me when I say IT IS THE END TIMES and if armageddon really IS near, I suggest you all go to the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond and practice ascending that staircase with grace, because there’s nothing more embarrassing than looking tacky when you’re getting all raptured up by the Lord. Sorry I was gone last week, but I’m trying to do my damn taxes. Surprisingly, I’m not a last minute tax… -
Twistie’s Sunday Caption Madness: The Sleeping Dogs Edition
7 Feb 2010 | 4:30 amGreetings caption fans, and welcome to another round of Twistie’s Sunday Caption Madness brought to you by my penchant for finding amusing pictures online and finding excuses to bring them to your attention. I’ve tried to find an actual sponsor, but Doritos, Tampax, and Stephen Colbert have all turned me down. Sure, he’ll sponsor the US Speed Skating team, but what about MEEEEEE????? (gets ahold of self) Anyway. Before we get to the game itself, I bring you a special message from raincoaster of Teeny Manolo, reminding you all that they hold a similar (albeit not named for me… -
Recipe of the Week: Onion Soubise
6 Feb 2010 | 4:30 amOkay, I have a confession. Until I tried this recipe, ’soubise’ was a term I had heard a few times on Top Chef, but couldn’t actually define and had never eaten. Friends, I am now a huuuuugge fan! This was tremendously yummy and surprisingly simple to make. It takes time, but very little effort for the result. Oh, and this one is vegetarian, and could be made vegan with the substitution of a little olive oil for the butter in the recipe. While I adored the buttery taste of the soubise as written, I’ll probably try it with olive oil myself soon, so Mr. Twistie can join… -
In Response to Plumcake’s Question of Yesterday…
3 Feb 2010 | 12:34 am…comes the cover of the March issue of Vanity Fair, according to which everyone in “New Hollywood” is a thin white woman: Whether the problem lies with Hollywood, or with Vanity Fair, or both is up for discussion. Sources: Jezebel Shine Related Posts:The Big Question: Black and White and Read All Over EditionSkin Deep is deep enough!Is Visibility In the Offing?Francesca's New Stuff: MakeupThe Friday Fierceness: Bette Davis Will Cut You Edition -
The Big Question: Black and White and Read All Over Edition
2 Feb 2010 | 10:33 amHey gang! We’ll have the next installment of 12 Months of Cocktails coming up later, but Francesca’s post about Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe on the cover of Ebony got me thinking: Would we ever see a full body shot of a big girl –not a “big girl” like Crystal Renn– on a non race-specific aspirational glossy like W or Vanity Fair without it being fetishized or turned into a bit of tokenism? Because I think no. Sure we’ve seen Beth Ditto on the cover of a few alternative mags like Love and NME, and when she’d get a feature in a regular glossy it…
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Nudemuse...daily nattering.
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It's not a miracle, it's pooping.
4 Feb 2010 | 12:18 amFair warning if you have a delicate nature and cannot deal with talking about poop don't read this.I have a raging head cold right now.I've been pretty sick for about a week and a half or so. It's nothing extraordinary just your run of the mill coughing, exhaustion, congestion. The cold has been complicated mainly by freewheeling barometric pressure that turns my sinus cavities into not so fun rides.Earlier today when I got to my bus stop a woman walked up to me and commiserated for a moment while I coughed and had to blow my nose and made the universal sound of sadness that often accompanies… -
Loves and awesome.
3 Feb 2010 | 1:10 amI have been reading Amanda Palmer's blog for awhile but this post today put me over the edge into the love. I really dig how she expresses herself.Speaking of people I think are delightful let's have some links shall we?Not all of these have anything to do with each other and I'm pulling names from my RSS reader.Dennis Cooper. He's an author whom I am inordinately fond. I've read most of his books, I read his blog. I kinda would like to spend some time talking about boys over coffee.I also love the ladies at Pixiewoo. Make up artist sisters who not only do some really amazing youtube… -
When you stop hating yourself.
26 Jan 2010 | 3:05 pmI was flipping through a magazine the other day and again was struck by the many promises of every diet pill and weightloss thing out there.Now the messages are always the same when they are targeted to women.You get skinny and suddenly the sun comes out, there are men dropping at your feet, your hair is luxurious, everyone wants you. Your whole life becomes an exercise in awesome.Or not.They never mention that this pill might give you the shits if you eat the wrong thing, or that if you do this diet and workout plan you might hurt yourself.But what I tend to be more concerned with is the… -
Trust me.
22 Jan 2010 | 3:17 pmToday is _blank:>Blog for Choice day and this years theme speaks to me.First off I am Pro Choice.This does not mean I'm anti family, anti life, am enamored of abortion or anything.It means (there are so few things in life I can say this about) that I am for people having the option to choose for themselves.This year's question is, What does Trust Women mean to you?Trust Women- I don't believe that abortion is a matter of trust and I don't believe it's a matter of state. I believe it's a matter of personal choice.Of personal morality.It's personal.While I have never (thankfully) been in a… -
Wait what was that?
21 Jan 2010 | 5:36 pmSo not long ago I spoke with a potential doctors office, not to the doc herself but to her nurse practitioner and she gave me some "advice" to use in the interim between when we spoke and when the doc might be accepting new patients.Now just so we are all on the same page here the office does have my medical records. Included in those medical records are the results of a ridiculous amount of tests I had to take with my last doctor who could not believe that the fatass isn't diabetic or about to keep over from high blood pressure.She had scientific medical evidence that I am not about to die…
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Fat Lot of Good
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Quick Hit: the last sideshow fat man
9 Feb 2010 | 3:56 amAn interesting piece over at Sociological Images about the last sideshow fat man, Harold Huge -
Recommended Reading for February 9th
9 Feb 2010 | 1:47 amExternal sites do not necessarily express thoughts and opinions that align with my own sentiments. Read at your own peril! Sanity Points may be required! Tai Chi to Beat Obesity I admit that when I first read this headline I instantly had images of someone in a white pyjama like outfit running after a fatty with a big whip…maybe that just illustrates the weirdness of my mind but really… I have nothing against Tai Chi, I used to do Tai Chi (a long time ago mind you). I can see how its meditative qualities might assist with stress management, depression, anxiety etc. And if those… -
Items to be filed under ‘Well, der…’
7 Feb 2010 | 6:49 pmFat People Aren’t The Enemy… It seems pretty obvious to us fatties but it seems to require being said over and over (and over) again… FAT PEOPLE ARE NOT THE ENEMY! Sorry for the cap but maybe someone will actually hear me this time… (not that I am holding my breath over that or anything). It is refreshing to read an article that finally acknowledges that the ‘war on obesity’ is actually a ‘war on fat people’. The ‘war’ isn’t on fat so much as individuals and the way we are perceived as living and the innate character flaws we… -
Recommended Reading for February 4th
3 Feb 2010 | 9:35 pmThoughts and opinions expressed in items linked to may not necessarily align with my own thoughts and opinions and may not be ‘fat friendly’. Read at your own peril! Maternal mortality rate soars, obese mothers blamed Doctors and some researchers immediately want to blame the increase in the maternal mortality rate on obesity, even thought the research doesn’t support this claim at all. Are you afraid of gaining weight? I’ve heard of more than one occasion where people left Fat Acceptance becasue they gained weight. Is it ok to talk about your daughters’ weight… -
the fairy godmother we all should have
3 Feb 2010 | 2:56 pmby Australian feminist cartoonist Judy Horacek
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Don't Weight!
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Episode 71: Stinkin’ McD!
20 Jan 2010 | 4:48 pmHey Friends,I hope you guys had a good hump day. Meal 1. Protein Shake and a Kashi Bar Meal 2. Tuna and Yogurt Meal 3. Protein Bar Meal 4. Nothing (3:00) Meal 5. Disaster (McD’s 2 double cheeseburgers, Medium Fries and Sweet Tea) Yikes!!! Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on del.icio.us Share this on Technorati Share this on Linkedin Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on FriendFeed -
Episode 70: Big Tuna
19 Jan 2010 | 3:17 pmMeals: Pre-Workout: Protein Shake Meal 2: 3 Egg Whites, one cup yogurt Meal 3: Kashi GoLean Bar Meal 4: Protein Smoothie from GNC Meal 5: Pork Rinds/Kashi GoLean Bar/Fiber One Bar/ Almonds Meal 6: Can of Tuna, Whole Wheat Roll (Courtesy of Rick Carnahan) Thanks Rick!! Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on del.icio.us Share this on Technorati Share this on Linkedin Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on FriendFeed -
Episode 69: Back at it!
18 Jan 2010 | 3:43 pmHey Guys, it feels good to be back! Thank you for being a part of this with me! Meal 1: Protein Shake Meal 2: .5 can of tuna with whole wheat bread Meal 3: Chicken and Salad Meal 4: Tuna and Fiber one Bar Meal 5: Grilled Talapia and 1 cup of Brown Rice Steamed. 1 tsp of Flax Seed Oil ( it was nasty) Love you guys! Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on del.icio.us Share this on Technorati Share this on Linkedin Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on FriendFeed -
Episode 68: Apologies
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Episode 67: Almond Joy Pieces
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