Okay, later in the week we will definitely be talking about the BFDudes, but for now, let’s help BFDiva Rebecka (and the rest of the girls, and their girls) with the age-old dilemma of finding a good bra, shall we? Take it away, Rebecka:
I am desperate to find a REALLY good bra, for the larger [...]
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Igigi MeetupOriginally uploaded by mo pie
Plus-size designer Igigi was the official sponsor of the BFD meetup at BlogHer. This meant that me, Weetabix, and three of our lovely readers got to pick out outfits from the Igigi website to wear and review at the convention. I went to Igigi on Friday morning to [...]
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There’s a company that is offering insurance when you buy a pair of jeans. It took me a few reads to even comprehend how it works. Basically, you buy jeans, send this company a percentage of the price, wait to lose weight so your jeans don’t fit, find a box, go to the post [...]
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I read blogs daily, and bookmark a lot of links for you guys, but don’t always manage to write about everything. So this week I’m going to try a little links roundup… in case you missed it.
First up, Fatly Yours, about the idea that size-acceptance blogs are just “fat people sitting around making excuses”:
I [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Books, Fashion, Fat Positive, Fatism, Feminism, Links, Meta, Project Runway, Race & Ethnicity, TV | 4 Comments »
How do these two things connect to each other? Well, I’m heading off to start the BlogHer fun this evening, and this morning I had a new Starbucks Vivanno Chocolate-Banana-Espresso smoothie. So, they kind of don’t connect at all. Maybe we should also talk about Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog, so this can be truly random. [...]
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If you are a plus size BFDiva who wants to look fabulous at the BFD BlogHer meetup on Saturday (which is 1:45-2:25 so mark your conference schedules) and the cocktail party on Saturday night, then this is the post for you!
Igigi has graciously arranged to be the clothing sponsor of the BFD meetup, and [...]
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beth ditto basically rules Originally uploaded by mo pie
I had to recycle my favorite Beth Ditto fashion picture, because I have just heard the awesome news that Beth is designing a fashion line for Evans, a size 14-32 retailer in the UK. That’s right, I [...]
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I was at the Bubble Lounge with Anne on Friday night, dressed up in our elbow-length gloves, eating chocolate-dipped strawberries, and sipping champagne. (Tangent: I was wearing a dress with the totally wrong undergarments and felt very self-conscious about it. Of course it was also very low cut, and as I was walking to [...]
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I was in Vegas this weekend, and at one point I think Weetabix said something drunkenly about Malan from Project Runway and Nikki Blonsky, but I didn’t really understand, as I was probably on the third pitcher of mojitos at that point. But I have Googled [...]
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BFDivas, I had to interject this to tell you about an amazing score I just made at over at Lanebryant.com. It seems that these and these tops are on clearance for $4.19. I ended up getting 10 shirts that, with the discount code, ended up costing less than $40 after shipping and tax.
Here’s the [...]
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Here’s your open thread, with a tidbit to kick off discussion: Torrid is sponsoring a weight-loss competition. ACK!
MTV is casting Model Maker, a new boot camp-style reality show for girls who dream about being a model [sic] but whose weight stops them from reaching their dream…
Seeking—Female Contestants: 18-25, 5′6″+, willing to shed 30 to [...]
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As you may or may not know, Weetabix and I participate in a podcast called 3 Fast, 3 Furious. I was catching up with some episodes on my commute this week, and as I was listening to the “Bad Fashion” episode, I realized that Weetabix and I did a segment about plus-size fashion, and maybe [...]
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This article urges sellers on Etsy.com to be more “size-friendly.” In case you don’t know what Etsy is, it’s an incredibly cool site that allows artists and crafty people to sell their wares directly to the world.
(My trick this Christmas was to think about things that people liked, and then type appropriate keywords [...]
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I really enjoyed re-reading Kate’s recounting of the key events in her journey toward fat positivity. Here’s my favorite one:
11. (2007) Vowing to myself that I will only buy clothes that look fabulous on me, and if something doesn’t look fabulous, I will blame the item of clothing instead of my body. This completely [...]
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Originally uploaded by mo pie
As promised, this is a picture of the dress I wore to my fancy poetry reading event. Although the night has been a little overshadowed by the fact that I had to fly to New York the next day, and I haven’t had much of [...]
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Originally uploaded by mo pie
Thanks to Anne, we have a fabulous giveaway on this Feel Good Friday, a size 14 leopard print Esther Williams style bathing suit. (You can get the measurements here.)
In order to enter, all you need to do is take a photo of yourself [...]
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I still vividly remember going shopping for a prom dress with my mother and grandmother. I was a plus-sized teenager and, because they were clueless, they took me to a lot of stores that didn’t carry plus-sized clothes. I remember a lot of salespeople who would look me up and down, then turn to my [...]
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The idea of height insecurity was touched on in the comments of a recent post, and I thought it was worthy of some more discussion. Below are comments from Arlene, MarqueeMoon, and Beth.
You know, everyone is always going on and on and on about how models are so impossibly skinny and set an impossible [...]
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I’ve had the “we’re rethinking Dress Barn” tagline in the rotation for a while now, and I finally stepped into a Dress Barn this weekend to see for myself.
You see, I am going to be doing a reading at this event at Colorado State University. (If anyone is in Colorado and is interested [...]
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This show premieres tonight, and I am told it’s a British show coming to America. Based on the comments (by the way, [sic]), it seems like a very body positive show.
I have always admire Carson sense of humor and love for life. Imagine my surprise that he is doing what he did for the [...]
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