August 1st, 2008
Krispy Kreme bacon cheddar cheeseburgersOriginally uploaded by ccaviness
Oh my god, Krispy Kreme cheeseburgers! I pondered this for a minute to answer the question asked in the title. I came up with “so wrong it’s right” because I would totally try one of these things. Of course at least one very articulate person in the [...]
Filed under: Fatism, Feel Good Friday, Food, Humor, Tidbit | 57 Comments »
July 29th, 2008
fat princessOriginally uploaded by mo pie
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 [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Fatism, Feminism, Humor, Media | 22 Comments »
May 28th, 2008
I was expecting this scale to rank you from, say, Kate Moss to John Goodman. But actually it seems a bit more tongue-in-cheek than that!
It seems everyone is obsessed about their weight these days. Too fat, too thin, size zero this, obese that. The whole weight debate is enough to make you want to smash [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Humor, Tidbit | 6 Comments »
May 5th, 2008
Here are some songs to help you lose weight… with terrible poetry! A CD featuring songs like “I’m A Hottie Now” and “I Think I’ll Go To Saks.” Put aside the Shakira and the Kelly Clarkson and self-loathe your way to being thin with lyrics such as…
Thin! — I don’t deny it. [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Humor, Music, Weight Loss | 37 Comments »
April 17th, 2008
Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian (I am really sad that I know who either of these people is) and The Evil (hint: a food), all together in one news tidbit. Apparently, on a Vegas radio show, Paris said of Kim:
“I would not want [Kim's butt] — it’s gross! It reminds me of [the evil] [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Fatism, Feminism, Food, Humor, Magazines, Paris Hilton, Tidbit | 17 Comments »
April 4th, 2008
Yesterday I ran across two great posts that I wanted to share; first, Rachel’s, which details some advice from magazines of the 1950s. (One magazine from the 70s that I sometimes bring into my classes has an article about how to raise your son to be a “real man” and contains the line, “Do you [...]
Filed under: Feel Good Friday, Feminism, Humor, Magazines, Meta, Old Timey | 5 Comments »
March 17th, 2008
In the comments to this post, a number of people brought up Chris Farley and the Chippendale’s skit he did with Patrick Swayze (we love you, Patrick) on Saturday Night Live. (Video is here.)
Bina said:
the joke in that was that the fat guy took his dancing and mad skillz seriously but was obviously never, [...]
Filed under: Humor, Question, TV, Tidbit, Video | 34 Comments »
February 27th, 2008
Angela sends along a story about baseball’s Florida Marlins, who are forming a male plus-size cheerleading squad called the Manatees.
The team hopes to recruit seven to 10 tubby men to dance, cheer and jiggle during Friday and Saturday home games this season. Real manatees, 1,200-pound mammals sometimes referred to as “sea cows,” [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Humor | 42 Comments »
February 15th, 2008
Leonard Nimoy was on The Colbert Report last night talking about his book of photography, and why his book should be on every coffee table in America. It was so exciting!
The audience cheers for the women pictured (note that these are nude photos and might not be work safe), Nimoy makes some great points, [...]
Filed under: Art, Fat Positive, Feel Good Friday, Humor, NSFW, TV, Video | 35 Comments »
February 12th, 2008
So, I listen to this Disney podcast called Magical Definition (hey, I enjoy Disneyland) and they were talking about an upcoming Pixar movie called WALL-E; perhaps you’ve seen the previews for it? It looks super cute.
Jim Hill talked about the test screenings for WALL-E on the podcast, and he also mentions it on [...]
Filed under: Fatism, Humor, Media, Movies, Question | 51 Comments »
January 2nd, 2008
If there’s one universal problem plaguing women today, it’s that we all feel terribly guilty about one thing. That thing, of course, is our lip gloss. Can I get an amen?
In a list of hypothetical resolutions posted at Sephora, one is (big surprise) “I Will Lose Weight.” The tie-in product to this resolution [...]
Filed under: Advertising, Fashion, Feminism, Humor, Science, Weight Loss | 19 Comments »
November 29th, 2007
Following in the footsteps of fellow Scientologist and heterosexual John Travolta, Tom Cruise is wearing a fat suit (and a bald wig) for a movie role. Photos have been leaked online. He’s pretty pissed off though, because it spoils the surprise. (I won’t name the movie, in case you want to be surprised [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Fat Suits, Humor, Movies, Tidbit, Tom Cruise | 6 Comments »
November 19th, 2007
Rachel sends along this spoof of the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” called “I Want A Fat Babe.”
Of course the comments are predictable as ever. Fat girls are gross, blah blah blah. And of course the video involves the fat babe mostly eating, with lyrics like “Queen of the all-you-can-eat buffet” and [...]
Filed under: Fatism, Humor, Music, Video | 11 Comments »
November 3rd, 2007
birth of venus Originally uploaded by mo pie
In the comments, reader Lynette pointed me to this post from Diet Blog, about Florence Studios’ “Beautifully Big” collection.
If you follow the Diet Blog link, you’ll see the original David and Michaelangelo’s David side by side, which [...]
Filed under: Art, Fat Positive, Fatism, Humor | 10 Comments »
November 1st, 2007
This game is so insane that I have no idea what to say about it. The object is to fling, like, hot dogs at Paris Hilton. She eats them and gets fatter and fatter; the fatter she gets, the higher your score. At the end, you can give her “sympathy liposuction” and watch her deflate. [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Humor, International, Paris Hilton, Uncategorized | 24 Comments »
October 19th, 2007
The article is called “How To Look Like A Plus-Size Model.” But, I’m sorry, if I ever put bronzer on my double chin to make it “recede,” you have my permission to stone me to death with Double Stuf Oreos.
Filed under: Fashion, Humor, Tidbit | 11 Comments »
September 27th, 2007
I’ve been looking for the new trailer for The Heartbreak Kid online, ever since a friend told me about it. I was going to give up and try to describe it in words, but here it is online. It is the second video from the top, the one called “mother-in-law.” I think it [...]
Filed under: Fat Suits, Fatism, Humor, Movies, Tidbit, Video | 19 Comments »
September 6th, 2007
Thanks to Pop Culture Junk Mail, I discovered a very funny site dedicated to mocking sexist, illogical, badly drawn, and otherwise ridiculous Stupid Comics. I thought of you guys when I read this one, in which a woman loses 56 pounds in 5 weeks, then hooks up with the boss who ordered her to lose [...]
Filed under: BFD Classic, Fatism, Feminism, Humor, Media, Old Timey | 4 Comments »
August 27th, 2007
As I was falling asleep last night, I was struck with a brilliant idea for a tagline. So much so, I had to get up right then, go into the other room, and write it down. God forbid I fall asleep and forget this little gem:
We’re here, we’re sphere, get used to it.
Hahahahahaha! Ha! [...]
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August 23rd, 2007
I’m not really sure what to think of Planet Hiltron. It’s a site that photoshops celebrities to make them look fatter, older, weirder, more retro, and unfortunate in general. Is it offensive or entertaining?
I do have to say that the quality of the photoshopping is kind of impressive at times. I mean, [...]
Filed under: Humor, Tidbit | 19 Comments »
