In a “Perspective” a radio piece for KQED public radio, Lisa Lyon compares the effects of driving a new car to the effects of losing a lot of weight: people treat you differently depending on how you look and what you drive. Big surprise. But I was most interested in the car talk; it made [...]

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So this is a teen (tween?) band called Chair, with a song called “I’m Fat And Nobody Likes Me.” Finkbuilt describes it as “Awesome teen angst comedy mischief pop by Chair. Kind of NSFW, sophomoric and juvenile.” On YouTube, they are being compared to everyone from Jack Black to Moldy Peaches. Take a look (again, [...]

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Nia Vardalos, star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding who is married to Ian Gomez from Felicity, talks about “fatist” Hollywood (bolding mine): On the publicity tour of My Big Fat Greek Wedding I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to [...]

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ugly girlfriend adsOriginally uploaded by mo pie BFD reader Kellie alerted us to a series of ads from Bacardi, which suggests that the perfect accessory for summer is an “ugly girlfriend.” As Kellie pointed out, “ugly” seems to be synonymous with plus-sized; of five girls pictured, three are plus-sized. AgencySpy talked about the text of [...]

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Kate wrote a piece for Powell‘s about fat characters in literature. I love fat people and literature! And I read it with great interest: Truly fat women in books and movies are most often villains, mammies, overbearing mothers-in-law, or unlikable tertiary characters (think the irritable secretary with a box of donuts in her desk drawer). [...]

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"not so little red riding hood"Originally uploaded by mo pie Artist Dina Goldstein is doing a provocative photography project called Fallen Princesses. Of this project, she says: These works place Fairy Tale characters in modern day scenarios. In all of the images the Princess is placed in an environment that articulates her conflict. The ‘…happily [...]

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Sundry: Blogher’s Discovery Health ads chirpily plug a show called “Obese and Pregnant”, wherein birth is described as “physically and emotionally treacherous”. This seems like … an odd way to promote the show. fonticulus (who has a blog here): Wow. I am obese and having a textbook pregnancy. It hasn’t been treacherous at all. Though [...]

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We’ve talked a little bit recently about how plus-size options are dwindling away because retailers are stupid and shortsighted and ought to be kicked in the head and it is all pretty angry-making, but here is something that sounds like kind of an antidote: the very first “Full-Figured Fashion Week” is being staged next week [...]

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SWAK sweaterOriginally uploaded by mo pie A while back, the kind folks at SWAK Designs offered to send me an item of clothing or two to try out (and be brutally honest about, of course). Since I’m always happy to find another source for plus-size fashion in these uncertain times, I said, and I’m paraphrasing [...]

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Anyone who knows me knows what this post really is. It’s a flimsy excuse to mention Adam Lambert, my favorite American Idol contestant ever; sorry Clay, Kelly, Daughtry, whomever. (Adam Lambert, I make such a good best-girlfriend-of-a-gay-dude* ever; seriously, call me. I have references.) *Avoiding the potentially inflammatory terminology here! Anyway I LOVE HIM, is [...]

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I am totally addicted to Bravo’s Fashion Show (or as we call it at our house, Project Fakeway). Isaac Mizrahi is a delight, and I even like Kelly Rowland. Last week, they had the obligatory “real” woman challenge. (Sorry, size zero models, that you are not “real.”) In this instance, the “real” women were actually [...]

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We’ve all read ridiculous examples of hate towards fat people, and I know I shouldn’t be surprised or indignant at this incredibly stupid argument, but OH MY GOD, YOU GUYS. This woman, Deborah Coddington, actually comes out and agrees that anyone can be thin, because people in Nazi concentration camps were thin. I know we’ve [...]

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So you guys will have to tell me if I missed any big awesome discussions or news items while I was away, other than MeMe Roth still existing and being more or less insane, which it looks like was pretty well covered already. Today, I’m catching the buzz that plus size fashion options are yet [...]

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While I was off hiatusing, Kirstie Alley was on the cover of People magazine talking about how she had

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Big fat thanks to Jenfu and Weetabix for picking up the slack during my unexpected and extended hiatus. Regular posting will resume soon, I promise! In the meantime, I’ve been dipping back into the Fatosphere feed and loved The Rotund’s post this morning about getting used to seeing your body from many different angles. An [...]

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