Reader Rei sends us this video of an awesome bellydance performance. It’s the dancer’s first performance, and really a treat to watch. There are also a lot of really positive and supportive comments on the YouTube page, which is refreshing. Rei says: Here is PROOF that you can be a big girl and have some [...]

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Guess what? Hairspray has officially passed $100 million at the box office. This is a real achievement for a musical (only five have ever done it). Not only that, only three musicals (Grease, Chicago, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show) have ever made more money. And the movie is really fun and warmhearted; the music [...]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Fat Suits, Feel Good Friday, Hairspray, Movies, Tidbit | 6 Comments »

Well, my local Starbucks has shifted over from whole milk to 2% milk as the default, just as Starbucks Gossip predicted. (I read Starbucks Gossip every day, by the way. Once a barista, always a barista.) They still have whole milk available, although you have to request it now. Starbucks claims it’s due to consumer [...]

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I stopped into Lane Bryant yesterday to get some bras and underwear with the coupon I’d gotten in the mail. If you’ve ever done Lane Bryant coupon math, you might well find yourself in this position: once everything was said and done, if I spent $30 more, I would get $25 off. So I remembered [...]

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Mississippi has been ranked the fattest state in the nation. It’s interesting to see how this news gets reported when the journalist is trying to be “colorful.” For instance, tThe Meadow Free Press says: Mississippians need to skip the gravy, say no to the fried pickles and start taking brisk walks to fight an epidemic [...]

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Via EW comes this photo of, basically, an angle straight up Beth Ditto’s skirt. (Hence the NSFW tag.) The really depressing bit is in the comments. Exactly what you’d expect: very ugly fat-bashing talk. Feel like getting pissed off? Check it out.

Filed under: Beth Ditto, Fatism, NSFW, Tidbit | 16 Comments »

fat chair, skinny chair Originally uploaded by mo pie Savannah, Georgia artist Mark Wentzel has created an “obese” version of the famous Eames Chair (obviously, I included pictures of both versions of the chair, for comparison’s sake). This “XLounge” chair was made for an art exhibit in Washington, D.C. called “Useless.” Wentzel says: The piece [...]

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As I was falling asleep last night, I was struck with a brilliant idea for a tagline. So much so, I had to get up right then, go into the other room, and write it down. God forbid I fall asleep and forget this little gem: We’re here, we’re sphere, get used to it. Hahahahahaha! [...]

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Today I learned from Jezebel and Elastic Waist that Reese Witherspoon diets by eating baby food. My reaction, of course, was along the lines of what the hell!?!?!? I looked into this a little further and found the text of an article in Marie Claire about this “phenomenon.” Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Marcia Cross [...]

Filed under: Celebrities, Food, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Weight Loss | 58 Comments »

Good With Cheese has a response to our discussion about fat and feminism, and the interesting tangential discussion in the comments about whether fat is healthy or unhealthy. She says: I don’t have to meet your definition of health. I don’t have to be fit. I don’t have to be thin or “lean” or “take [...]

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We brought up the idea of a BFD-con in this post, and a few people seem interested in the general concept. I figured on this Feel Good Friday, it might be fun to talk about it. If we had a BFD-con in San Francisco, would you be interested in attending? What kinds of things would [...]

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So, Fat March. It’s apparently getting great ratings and stirring up some controversy, so I took a little march around the Internet to find out what people are saying about it. Miriam says: The notion of a group of fat people having to support one another during a walk from Boston to Washington isn’t inherently [...]

Filed under: Exercise, Fat March, Health, TV, Weight Loss | 19 Comments »

I’m not really sure what to think of Planet Hiltron. It’s a site that photoshops celebrities to make them look fatter, older, weirder, more retro, and unfortunate in general. Is it offensive or entertaining? I do have to say that the quality of the photoshopping is kind of impressive at times. I mean, they actually [...]

Filed under: Humor, Tidbit | 19 Comments »

Some tight science courtesy of our resident scientress, La Wade. It’s a New York Times article that talks about something called neurogenesis, which is, as the name suggests, a process by which we can actually generate new neurons. The human subjects of one study did aerobic exercise for four hours per week: But something else [...]

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I think you guys were right to be skeptical of Ugly Betty. The latest news is that Victoria “Posh” Beckham is going to guest star on the show wearing a fat suit. Oh, how we all love a good fat suit. From Norbit to Fat Monica to Julia Roberts in that one thing. We just [...]

Filed under: Celebrities, Fat Suits, International, TV, Victoria Beckham | 35 Comments »

In case anyone missed the very interesting discussion in the comments to this post, I wanted turn it into its own post. I feel like there’s a lot more to say about this issue (or at least a lot more I’d love to hear about). In the original post, I talked about the way fat [...]

Filed under: Feminism, Meta, Question | 85 Comments »

You can lose weight by talking to your fat cells. It’s just like growing a philodendron! If you keep telling your body it is FAT, it will continue to be fat for you. Your cells are an intelligent system that you communicate with. Whenever you say, “I am fat” your fat cells are listening and [...]

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The gorgeous Scarlett Johansson occasionally feels fat by Hollywood standards. And she felt insecure as a teenager, too! I had this deep voice and big lips and some people would make fun of me and I felt awkward a lot of the time. When I was a teenager I always felt too fat, too short [...]

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Shawn sends along an article about the Cuban dance troupe Danza Voluminosa, a group of obese dancers who dance (in part) about obesity. Mr. Mas, a 300-pound choreographer and dancer who moves like a pampered cat, admits that he often uses the stereotypical humor of his dancers’ proportions to bring in audiences… But Mr. Mas [...]

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Does Facebook, favorite social networking site of college students everywhere, represent a microcosm of society? God, I kind of hope not. Alerted by reader Valdine, I went to check out this group, called “You’re not ‘full figured,’ ‘plus sized,’ or ‘voluptious,’ YOU’RE FAT BITCH!” [sic]. The gang at 3 Fat Chicks is trying to get [...]

Filed under: Advocacy, Fatism, Meta | 24 Comments »

This weekend I answered the question, “What should I drink?” with “the world.” I am not at my sharpest this morning, my friends. So I leave it to you. What’s going on out there? What’s the news from the front lines? What’s the news from the fatosphere that’s passed me by? What do you guys [...]

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So I’ve been exercising a lot, but not eating really well, and I’d like to start figuring that out. I’m not eating a lot of sugar or junk or anything, but I’ve been doing a lot of grazing and feeling unable to make good choices and basically eating a lot of nothing (because I’m afraid [...]

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“Mama” Cass Elliot didn’t die from choking on a sandwich. I never stopped to think about this story (so I guess I assumed it was true) and now I feel suckered. She was fat, so of course gluttony is what killed her, and her death deserves nothing better than to be turned into a joke. [...]

Filed under: Fatism, Music, Science | 16 Comments »

Some dickhead named Michael Karolchyk is all up in arms about the possibility of a law protecting fat people from discrimination in Massachusetts. His willingness to shock people has won extensive press for his business, which is called the Anti-Gym. It is, in fact, a gym. What makes it special is its founder’s zeal for [...]

Filed under: Advocacy, Cold Hard Cash, Fatism, Science, Work | 29 Comments »

It absolutely pains me to report this, because Jamie Lee Curtis, although I am neutral on her in general and don’t much care for her as an actor, is married to Christopher Guest, who is a god. And so, do I want to tell you that Jamie Lee Curtis hates the fat people? I do [...]

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