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You Spin Me Right Roundup: Links

May 18th, 2010

1. It doesn’t “make economic sense” to make clothes in many different styles for fat people. So, if fat people just stuck to wearing muumuus, that would be great, then?

I would ask why are thin women allowed to want different kinds of clothing and fat women are not? I’m pretty sure all of the thin people I have met want different kinds of clothing. I know for a fact that not all thin women want professional clothing or sun dresses. But the fact that they made it seem like asking for jeans is this crazy notion really pissed me off.

2. A three-year-old on Fat Fairies.

“But just because she has a big moom doesn’t make her a bad person, Mummy. Some fairies have big mooms and some fairies have little mooms but they are all good fairies.”

3. Myths about fat bodies from Fat Heffalump.

I want to talk about fat bodies tonight. Cos you know, all the stuff over the past week about body image, all the cries of Disgusting! Vile! Lazy! Unhealthy! Gross! Smelly! and so on that proliferate when we have talk about fat bodies has been burbling about my head and I think that a lot of fat haters and those that fear fat have absolutely no idea about what a fat body really is like, or what it’s like to inhabit a fat body.

4. The Fatistician talks about trusting your doctor.

I think people who are not fat as well as many medical professionals are unaware of the serious trust gap between medical professionals and fat people who’ve been told that their rash/pain/infection/brain tumor will go away if they just stop being fat. Studies have shown that medical professionals do not trust fat patients. But I think it is also important to point out that some of their fat patients don’t trust them either, and for good reason.

5. And B. Miller is having a Pay It Forward contest on her blog. It’s especially geared towards fiction writers, which is tragic, as my Young Adult novel is not yet finished, nor has it yet been published, nor am I currently rich and famous. Any second now, though. Thanks for Tweeting me about this contest!

Posted by mo pie

Filed under: Advocacy, Fashion, Health, Humor, Kids

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9 Responses to You Spin Me Right Roundup: Links

  1. B. Miller, on May 19th, 2010 at 3:10 am Said:

    Awesome links! I really loved the story about the fat fairies. And thanks for listing my contest! :D The winner can also choose a $25 gift card to somewhere… but do you have a writing blog/website, Mo? I’d love to know more about your YA work!

  2. sleepydumpling, on May 19th, 2010 at 5:40 am Said:

    Thanks for the link love! Most appreciated.

  3. Alyssa, on May 19th, 2010 at 11:49 am Said:

    OK, people need to make up their minds. Either there is an obesityepidemicboogabooga and we’re all gonna die, or there simply aren’t enough fat people walking around for it to be worthwhile to make cute, functional, plus-sized clothes.
    I’M SO CONFUSED!!!!!! WHICH ONE IS IT?!?!?!?!

  4. RMS, on May 19th, 2010 at 2:42 pm Said:

    Went to the website to read about the scarcity of plus size clothes. For a slightly different perspective (i.e., mine) – try being a woman who is nearly 6 ft. tall – it is nearly impossible to find clothes that fit/are long enough. (I’m fairly thin, but I wouldn’t be able to find anything regardless – it’s the tall part that gets you.) So it seems to me there is plus size stuff (and “petite” stuff) everywhere I turn. Try to find a department store with a “tall women” clothing section! And don’t even get me started on trying to find shoes in my size!

  5. FatWaitress, on May 20th, 2010 at 1:47 am Said:

    Thanks for the link love!

  6. miss kitten, on May 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm Said:

    jeans. jeans! the BANE of my existance!!!!

    i have two pairs of jeans. (which mama insisted on shortening for me, making them TOO short which just pisses me off but that’s beside the point.) *ahem*

    they are both from the same company. they are both the same size. the ONLY difference is the back pockets. and one pair is nearly two inches bigger at the waist than the other. TWO INCHES.

    it boggles the brain.

  7. annoyed, on May 30th, 2010 at 7:45 am Said:

    Ta for the link lovin’ mopie!

  8. Bri, on May 30th, 2010 at 7:45 am Said:

    Ta for the link lovin’ mopie!

  9. KyokoCake, on June 17th, 2010 at 2:59 pm Said:

    Loved the links :) funny how every fat girl I’ve ever met wants more clothing options and people can still say with a straight face that there aren’t enough fat shoppers out there…give us something to shop for!!

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