BFDiva Jennifer sends along a link that reminds me of our recent conversation about fashion. Is how we feel more important than how thin we look? Is making a statement more important than looking as fashionably thin as we can? The Sartorialist comments on an interesting, androgynous outfit: Often I read comments on this blog [...]

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Following in the footsteps of fellow Scientologist and heterosexual John Travolta, Tom Cruise is wearing a fat suit (and a bald wig) for a movie role. Photos have been leaked online. He’s pretty pissed off though, because it spoils the surprise. (I won’t name the movie, in case you want to be surprised when he [...]

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Do you have The Fantasy of Being Thin?: I’ve written several times about how I spent ages in the cognitive dissonance phase, thinking it made perfect sense that the OBESITY CRISIS hype was way overblown, and even if it weren’t, dieting doesn’t work anyway — but still wanting to lose weight, still feeling like I, [...]

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Talk about a drop-dead gorgeous curvy girl. This music video for “Superwoman in the Making” features a burlesque dancer called Miss Sugarpuss (among other lovely people of all sizes). Check it out: Thanks for the heads up, Donna!

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You may have heard about Dan Savage’s recent column about the man who has stopped being sexually attracted to his fat wife (perhaps you read The F Word‘s take on it)? In case you haven’t, here is the question in question. My wife’s skin is a mess, she has dietary issues that cause gnarly gas, [...]

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My awesome site designer Amy comes to us with a fashion question. Since we all did such a good job on maternity wear, let’s see what we can do about pants! I’m writing on behalf of my sister. She’s been looking for some khaki-type pants (not necessarily khaki—navy or olive or whatever—but that kind of [...]

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I read a book recently that is both wildly popular and fat positive: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. I wrote about it in my book blog: The heroine (Mma Ramotswe I think is the spelling) is one of the best characters ever, seriously. How much do I love her? And sure, I’m biased because [...]

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Yes, it’s “nothing tastes as good as thin feels,” my least favorite saying ever. This came up yesterday because, according to my husband, the saying was proven wrong by the bacon chocolate bar I bought him at the gourmet store in Los Angeles. BACON CHOCOLATE BAR. Rub your thumb over the chocolate bar to release [...]

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beth ditto basically rules Originally uploaded by mo pie Of course I bought BUST, with Beth Ditto on the cover and Big Fat Deal on page 18. How could I resist? The first thing I flipped to… well, was page 18. The second thing I flipped to was the interview with Beth. I absolutely loved [...]

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Beth and BFD in BUST Originally uploaded by mo pie I am thrilled to report that Big Fat Deal is mentioned in not one, but two nationally circulated magazines this month. That’s right, people. We are officially fancy. First off, we’re in BUST Magazine, which you all need to buy immediately because as you can [...]

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Rachel sends along this spoof of the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” called “I Want A Fat Babe.” Of course the comments are predictable as ever. Fat girls are gross, blah blah blah. And of course the video involves the fat babe mostly eating, with lyrics like “Queen of the all-you-can-eat buffet” and [...]

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The fancy new redisigned The F-Word has an interview up today with Gina Kolata, author of Rethinking Thin. In Rethinking Thin, you contend that the diet industry often only succeeds in fattening the pocketbooks of a multi-billion dieting industry, while hopeful dieters lose only money. Why then do so many Americans continue to buy in [...]

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Thanks to Kimberly and CoryGlen, I now know that (some) Australians are crazy. Not only are they trying to ban Santa’s “ho, ho, ho” catchphrase (for being frightening and “too close to ‘ho,’ a US slang term for prostitute”) now there’s a proposed fat tax on people flying on airplanes. To be fair, this is [...]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Fatism, International | 21 Comments »

There’s a new blog in town called First, Do No Harm: Real Stories of Fat Prejudice in Health Care. They’re soliciting your stories, so if you have any fat prejudice stories, now you know where to send them. Here’s a sample: She gave me a 30 minute lecture about people “your size” and how it [...]

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Gawker posts a video of an allegedly thin, allegedly airheaded television host, who reports on the comparative intellgence levels of women with various waist-to-hip ratios. The comments, of course, are where it gets interesting. “Stop saying curvy when you mean fat”: Also, my personal pet peeve is people who use the word “curvy” to mean [...]

Filed under: Fat Positive, Fatism, Gossip, Marilyn's Law, Media, Video | 30 Comments »

I am just going to reprint heatherbelly‘s comment, because I think it’s worthy of discussion and I’m so glad she shared it! Please listen to this report aired on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, last weekend. Understand—Scott Simon is usually a fantastic host. I found myself with my jaw agape as I listened to the introduction [...]

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I’m not proud of my Starbucks addiction, but I worked there for three years, and three years of free drinks… well, isn’t that the way all the drug dealers work? Your first hit is free? Anyway, now I am a Starbucks addict. If you aren’t, you should be thankful and ignore the rest of this [...]

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Reader Chelsea alerts us to this horrifying commerical from the “anti-gym” guy we talked about before. Remember him? The impotent one? I know, I know. “We’re just giving him more attention!” But it’s not like anyone who reads this site will be dumb enough to join his gym, right? Feministing describes the commercial in detail: [...]

Filed under: Advertising, Exercise, Fatism, Feminism, Video | 27 Comments »

Well, there’s a first time for everything. Welcome to our first post about baseball! Renee sends along this article about Red Sox player Curt Schilling, who has just signed a contract that gives him $333,333 once a month for six months if he “passes” a random weigh-in; that is, if he maintains his weight. Renee [...]

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Reader Dina alerted us to this story about Disney increasing the weight capacity of some of their rides, most notably Pirates of the Caribbean and It’s A Small World. Check out the mean-spirited tone of this article, though: Disney just reeks of America. You know what else reeks of America? Fat people. Mix the two [...]

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Hooray, Star Jones news! I always miss writing about her when nothing is happening. But there’s a new controversy between Star Jones and a group called Full & Fabulous. Here’s the first part of the story: Full & Fabulous, a non-profit organization that helps plus-size women and girls cope with peer pressures, is upset at [...]

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O, October. What happened during you? We talked about skinny people quite a bit, it turns out. We asked how they should interact with their fat friends, whether “thin” would be a good disguise, and the concept of “thinism.” Hi, skinny people! We talked about villains like Ursula the Sea Witch and Rachael Ray, and [...]

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birth of venus Originally uploaded by mo pie In the comments, reader Lynette pointed me to this post from Diet Blog, about Florence Studios’ “Beautifully Big” collection. If you follow the Diet Blog link, you’ll see the original David and Michaelangelo’s David side by side, which is interesting. Of course, the picture in this post [...]

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clink! Originally uploaded by mo pie We set a date…range! BFD-con will be happening sometime in spring or early summer, 2008. Here’s hoping that you will try to join us! To vote on proposed events, please take a moment to take our survey. Let us know if you want to take a trip to Nordie’s, [...]

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Just to let you know, I’ve joined NaBloPoMo, which means I’ll be posting at least once per day in November. I signed up to join the Fat Bloggers group. I haven’t quite figured out how the site works yet, nor have I had a chance to see what other Fat Blogs are out there. But [...]

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