May 26th, 2009
The Gruen Transfer is an Australian show about advertising which dissects and analyzes the affects of advertising on the average human brain. As part of their show, they frequently issue challenges to agencies–create This Kind of advertisement. Sell this seemingly impossible-to-sell idea. This time around, it was make an ad about fat discrimination.
One entrant came [...]
Filed under: Advertising, Advocacy, Fatism, International, Media, NSFW, Politics, Question, Race & Ethnicity, TV, Video, Weight Loss | 26 Comments »
May 22nd, 2009
Just a reminder on this very lovely Friday that you are beautiful, kids. Click on through this gallery of awesome art installations, take the message to heart (because it is a true fact), and have the best kind of weekend.
Filed under: Advertising, Advocacy, Art, Feel Good Friday, Media, Tidbit | 5 Comments »
May 21st, 2009
They keep throwing the numbers around–the average woman, according to any number of sources from any number of surveys, is anywhere from a size 12 to a size 14 or 16 and up. They keep saying that plus-size fashion is the most under-represented and under-served segment of the retail market. They keep saying that plus-size [...]
Filed under: Fashion, Fatism, Old Navy | 33 Comments »
May 21st, 2009
I love to travel but hate to fly. I don’t overlap into the next seat and I can put down the armrest, but I’m also very aware of the discomfort (perceived or real) of my seatmate so instead I hold an origami yoga position for the duration of the flight, jamming as much of my [...]
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May 20th, 2009
Jezebel has discovered that you don’t have to be skinny to be stylish! It’s true!
While it’s kind of hilarious that this is an exclamatory phrase full of revelation, as if they have just discovered fire or similar, I love that the fatshionistas, who really are wickedly stylish, are getting major media attention and love for [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Fashion, Fat Positive, Media | 5 Comments »
May 19th, 2009
Does anyone remember BBW Magazine? The founder, Carole Shaw, coined the term “BBW’ back in 1979, meant to be an attempt at fat pride (although one could argue that the message was hidden behind an acronym, much like the models inside said magazine hid behind tunics and drapey jackets) but has been taken over as [...]
Filed under: Feminism, Magazines, NSFW | 34 Comments »
May 19th, 2009
I want beautiful, healthy women of all sizes to be represented in fashion; I want magazines to show women who are so-called “average” and “normal” (size 12-14), and I want magazines to show plus-size ladies all up and down the range of body types and sizes. I get angry when I see only size zeros [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Crystal Renn, Fashion, International, Magazines, Media | 23 Comments »
May 18th, 2009
Does this new show strike you as fatist or fat positive? And why do you think so?
Filed under: Advertising, Dance Your Ass Off, Hairspray, TV, Tidbit, Weight Loss | 28 Comments »
May 11th, 2009
Just a quick meta note; we are moving,* and I don’t have Internet at the new place yet. So posting may continue to be slightly sporadic for a bit. Thanks for your patience!
[*I should clarify that I don't mean the site is moving, I mean my husband and I are physically changing residences.]
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May 6th, 2009
I am not even sure I can even form sentences, as I am currently incoherent with rage. Jezebel’s headline is “Women Too Stupid To Stay Thin Are Not Smart Enough For Supreme Court,” and that’s basically it in a nutshell.
They’re covering an excellent article by Paul Campos about criticism leveled at some of the [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Fatism, Feminism, Politics | 13 Comments »
May 5th, 2009
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby hits bookshelves today! Congratulations to two great writers and fabulous women on their accomplishment. Hope your book changes the world, ladies.
Filed under: Advertising, Books, Fat Positive, Feminism, Meta, Tidbit | 4 Comments »
May 1st, 2009
The FDA has issued a warning against the diet drug Hydroxycut, which, as it turns out, can kill you. (It killed a teenager in 2007, but apparently the FDA was just alerted to this now.)
Other patients experienced symptoms ranging from jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, to liver failure. One received a transplant and another [...]
Filed under: Advertising, Health, Science, Weight Loss | 24 Comments »
May 1st, 2009
Sorry for the scarcity of posts this week; life seems to have gotten in the way! I hope we will be back at full-steam soon. In the meantime, I wanted to draw your attention to this comment, from someone who needs advice, and signs herself “Hates Herself.”
He knew what I was before he told me [...]
Filed under: Meta, Sex & Romance | 11 Comments »
