As I was looking up some info on recent awards fashion, I came across this story, about the NAACP Image Awards, where Precious director Lee Daniels made a comment about Gabourey Sidibe’s weight.
“No one in Hollywood told me they wanted to see a movie about a 350-pound black girl who had HIV,” Daniels blurted out [...]
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I just caught wind of this on Kate Harding’s Twitter feed (asking how many followers the average fat person would need to have in order to garner the same, apparently apologetic, response). Then I went over to Kevin Smith’s feed and saw his Tweets, some of which were in multiple parts, outlining the situation:
Dear @SouthwestAir [...]
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This article from the L.A. Times runs down some recent examples of fatism, such as the save-the-whales PETA ad, the mandatory “fat class” graduation requirement, and the proposed bill outlawing restaurant dining by obese people in Mississippi.
The pattern, the Times posits, is that slim people are “fed up” with the obese. Some choice quotes, bolding [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Art, Eating Disorders, Fatism, Health, Kids, Movies, Personal | 38 Comments »
So the first part of this story isn’t so much Feel Good Friday fodder. A bride has apparently dropped one of her bridesmaids for being too fat, according to a letter sent to advice columnist Carolyn Hax.
The feel good part is that the letter-writer is one of the other bridesmaids, who is so appalled by [...]
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The health risks of obesity may be exaggerated by (or in part caused by) the discrimination of health care professionals. Particularly, of course, when their patients are women. I’ll quote at length; the article really speaks for itself. (Shoutout to Suzy Smith, my Facebook friend, who is mentioned in the article.)
Recent studies have found, if [...]
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This morning I was enjoying my morning coffee with Brad, and he told me about the Christina Hendricks controversy. (I mean, first we talked about how she is hot, then we moved on to the controversy. I mean, come on.) She was wearing a dress by Christian Siriano that got a lukewarm response from T. [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Christina Hendricks, Fatism, Mad Men, Media, Project Runway, TV | 42 Comments »
The good news: there’s been more young adult fiction lately featuring fat teenage protagonists. The bad news: the covers of the books don’t actually show any fat teens. This post at Stacked offers a nice string of examples showing body parts instead of girls, pictures of food instead of girls, and girls who are [...]
Filed under: Art, Books, Fat Positive, Fatism, Feminism, Media | 10 Comments »
Passive Aggressive Notes is a website that features… um… passive aggressive notes. This one was received by a group of three diners who out were having lunch, and were passed a note by a woman at the next table, who signed her name Angela. You can read the whole note at the site, but here [...]
Filed under: Fatism, Food, Tidbit | 26 Comments »
I’ve been alternately sick, or busy, or sick and busy. In the meantime, here are some things that have been going on lately… In Case You Missed Them! Even though you most likely didn’t.
1. Shapely Prose leaves the Fatosphere!
As we’ve tried saying a gazillion times, [Shapely Prose] is not the movement. It is not [...]
Filed under: Art, Celebrities, Fatism, Gabby Sidibe, Kids, Links, Meta, Movies, Race & Ethnicity | 15 Comments »
And he may lose his license because of it.
He admitted he told the patient that thick eyeglasses would not cause her to go blind “but her thick thighs and diabetes would. I poked her thigh to emphasize that diabetes is the leading cause of blindness,” he said Thursday. “People have got to accept criticism without [...]
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Continuing the “we here at major women’s fashion magazines care about fat people and their happiness!” trend, Marie Claire, major women’s fashion magazine, has started a once-a-month column by Ashley Falcon, Plus-Size Stylist. Hooray! Quick, do not notice that her columns appear next to their regular “From Fat to Fit” series. Or maybe that’s just [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Fashion, Fat Positive, Fatism, Magazines, Media, Question | 11 Comments »
Oh, Kirstie Alley. You’re a ridiculously beautiful woman. You’re reasonably talented, you’re fairly charming, you’re actually pretty hilarious, even. My point is, you have many excellent qualities, all of which are ripe for the picking and/or exploitation. You could have a career, Kirstie Alley! You could be an Actress, full stop. You don’t have to [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Diet Talk Warning, Fatism, Gossip, Humor, Kirstie Alley, Media, TV, Weight Loss | 14 Comments »
One of my students first told me about People of Walmart, and even though my first reaction was that making fun of working class people is kind of not cool, a lot of my students insisted that no, it was funny, and I should check it out. Indeed, makes fun of lots of people, such [...]
Filed under: Fashion, Fatism, Feminism, Humor, Question, Race & Ethnicity | 65 Comments »
Do you remember when Karl Lagerfield was fat, and you got the feeling he sort of hated himself? He wore a lot of big, black clothes that covered him all the way up, and wandered around flapping a little fan in front of his face, in order, one assumes, to hide his double chin. It [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Diet Talk Warning, Fashion, Fatism, Gossip, Humor, International, Media, Weight Loss | 12 Comments »
Oh my GOD, Ralph Lauren! Keep your Photoshop brushes in your pants! What is wrong with you people? Earlier this month, an insane Ralph Lauren ad appeared, in which their long-time model Filippa Hamilton was photoshopped into a creepy, unrecognizable insectile creature from outer space. Hamilton was reportedly horrified by the image, and said “I [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Celebrities, Fatism, Gossip, Magazines, Media, Photoshop, Politics | 10 Comments »
Speaking of feeling confident in our bodies, have you guys heard about National Fat Talk Free Week? We’re actually two days into it, now–it started on October 19, and appears to end on October 23rd, after which, presumably, we can all go back to shit-talking our asses and blaming all our flaws and unhappinesses on [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Eating Disorders, Fat Positive, Fatism, Health, International, Magazines, Media, Politics | 4 Comments »
Not only did someone write that on Helen Hodges’ receipt, they then handed it to her when the transaction was finished. Here’s the story:
Hodges, 31, bought $10 worth of gas in an automated cash transaction at the pump island but assigned the money to the wrong pump. When Hodges went inside the store to ask [...]
Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Fatism, Question, Race & Ethnicity | 36 Comments »
That’s right, fat people will be the death of the mitten industry! At least, according to this article sent in by Jez. Brace yourselves for a glimpse into our terrifying future…
If Americans keep getting fatter, there will be no need for mittens in the future. That’s what the results of a new federal [...]
Filed under: Fashion, Fatism, Humor | 30 Comments »
It’s Sunday night, and my brain is tired from Mad Men and William Blake and getting ready for another week of school. So I give you, another batch of Google alerts that I just clicked on!
1. Expectant Parents Should Be Weighed To Prevent Fat Children.
“Tam Fry, a trustee of the National Obesity Forum, will tell [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Fat Positive, Fatism, Health, International, Links, Meta | 24 Comments »
In case you missed it, Rachel had a fabulous overview of the recent coverage of fat discrimination at Newsweek, including an article called America’s War on the Overweight:
The bubbling rage against fat people in America has put researchers like Levine in a difficult position. On the one hand, she says, she wants to ensure that [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Exercise, Fat Positive, Fatism, Health, Magazines, Media | 4 Comments »
No, no, no, not me! But I received an email from my friend Jennifer, who is 36 weeks pregnant, and she graciously said I could reprint her words here. I found her thoughts about pregnancy as a plus-sized woman really fascinating, and I hope you will, too! She covers topics including maternity wear, [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Fat Positive, Fatism, Guest Post, Health, Kids | 32 Comments »
At least that’s the gossip on E! online. In case you hadn’t heard, two women (Wilson and Michaela Watkins) were fired from the show as two women were hired. (Still no new black comics, though; I love how a show that prides itself on its political satire has exactly 0 black people in its [...]
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At least it does according to this article, where health care professionals are worried that some fat people “now seem to think their weight is just fine.” WELL GOD FORBID.
So you look at people around you or maybe you hear news stories that now two thirds of Americans are now overweight or obese, and you [...]
Filed under: Fatism, Health | 16 Comments »
Alternate title: Only Skinny People Are Allowed on TV Unless They’re Part of a Fat-Themed Reality Show.
According to the New York Post:
Sources say that when Brian Williams left his desk to deliver Wednesday’s nightly broadcast from the middle of the newsroom, producers brought in some ringers. “NBC newsroom staffers don’t look like Vogue staffers,” said [...]
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I was catching up on my e-mail and noticed a number of people sent in the link to this PETA ad: Susan, Veronica, Lynette, Amy, and Kim, thank you!
The only reason I didn’t post about it was that I didn’t feel like I had anything new to say; it’s been covered [...]
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