Jessica at Jezebel wrote a while back about the Glamour magazine diet blog Margarita Shapes Up.
What’s disconcerting is the anxious tone that has crept into her posts in recent weeks, culminating in a post about leaving her dad’s birthday party early so that she could go to yoga. It’s clear that she feels a great [...]
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Fat chicks have more sex than skinny chicks. Sorry, skinny ladies, but it’s science. The story is kind of troubling, though, when you start to look at it up close.
The results seem to contradict stereotypes that overweight and obese women have less sex. If anything, the researchers said, the opposite seems to be true.
Is [...]
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Listen, I don’t know who the hell this guy thinks he is, but I kind of want to kick him in the shins. Oh my mistake, it’s two guys; dancers on Dancing with the Stars who are calling two of the female dancers fat and lecturing them about their weight publicly.
Louis Van Amstel said, “People [...]
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I was shopping this weekend, and it got me thinking about the way that I’ve often walked into stores that carry sizes that are unlikely to fit me (often while shopping with thinner friends) and headed straight for the accessories: sparkly jewelry, hats, bags, scarves. All the things that are (that dreaded phrase) “one size [...]
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BFDude Matt saw Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist this weekend, and wrote in with some observations about the film. (I love his reference to Kermit and Miss Piggy; I totally related to them back in high school.)
Hi Monique, something I noticed while watching Nick & Norah tonight that might be BFD related.
Kat Dennings is bigger [...]
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Whenever I’m asked who this blog is for, I inevitably say it’s for my teenage self—and for teenagers who are like her. So it might not be too surprising that my hot button issue is the way the media talks to teenage girls. For example, in magazines like Teen Vogue that may be subtly [...]
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Recently I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the male perspective on size acceptance. There seems to have been a recent uptick in men commenting on this blog, and I have more than one male friend who has been known to make disparaging comments about his body size.
In response to my recent assertion [...]
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I have been reading Elastic Waist daily since it launched; especially since my friends (including BFD contributor Weetabix) write for the site. I have been on their “daily special” show and have even written a guest post or two for them. However, the fact remains [...]
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Oh this is a fucking wonderful idea: an MTV reality show called Model Maker that asks women to lose up to eighty pounds in twelve weeks. Doing the math, that’s approximately seven pounds per week. The goal is, of course, to be “thin” and “beautiful” enough to be a model. (One of [...]
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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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Us Magazine has a slideshow of the “weight winners of the year“—naturally, the stars who have lost weight this year! And look great! Woo! And they’re all women. OF COURSE. Because who cares if men gain or lose weight? Nobody! Woo!
Stars include J. Love, Ricki Lake, Kim Locke, Vanessa Williams, and multiple women [...]
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Are you watching the Beijing Olympics? I’m catching parts of it, and it’s a big watercooler topic here at work. The other day, Joy Nash (among others) posted some photos of Olympians of varying shapes and sizes.
It kinda cracks your head open to realize that each of these people [is] perfect. They’re uniquely suited [...]
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The furor over the game “Fat Princess” has finally hit the mainstream media, and its long past time I wrote about it here. After all, back in those halcyon days when I had spare time, I used to play video games; these days, my husband and one of my best [...]
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We all know that there is no such thing as an “ideal beauty,” right? And that we women shouldn’t define ourselves or our self-worth according to what men find sexy, right? It is with this disclaimer in place, then, that I tell you the preferred body type for men, according to this survey (link NSFW) [...]
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So, that was BlogHer! A very interesting, overwhelming experience. People were so friendly and awesome, I felt I could strike up a conversation with anyone at any time—and I did a lot of that. There were also lots of mommybloggers everywhere, so much so that it didn’t feel quite like my scene a lot [...]
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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 [...]
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You’ve probably heard of pro-ana groups online. They’re pro-anorexia groups where people, mostly young girls, of course, go to share their sources of “thinspiration” and talk about their strategies for ingesting the bare minimum of calories. Well now there’s We Bite Back, a post-pro-ana group dedicated to helping and supporting people who are recovering [...]
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Has there been more uproar lately about celebrities gaining and losing weight, or have I just noticed it more? Three posts I ran across today in quick succession:
1. “Carnie Wilson’s War” (with video from the Tyra Banks show, of course) is Carnie’s battle with her weight after her highly publicized weight loss surgery.
2. Britney Spears [...]
Filed under: Britney Spears, Carnie Wilson, Celebrities, Feminism, Guest Post, International, Oprah, Tyra Banks, Victoria Beckham, WLS | 18 Comments »
Quiconque e-mailed me to alert me to a Subway commercial, which she blogged about, that implies that people who eat fast food get automatically fat and that, among other things, this means they smell bad. I know, I almost can’t believe it either. (As soon as I or anyone else finds the video, I’ll add [...]
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Here’s your open thread, with a tidbit to kick off discussion: what has the size acceptance movement done to make you feel good about yourself?
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