October 17th, 2008
Thought it couldn’t get any crazier than the baby food diet or the swallow a tapeworm diet? While surfing around gossip blogs today, I ran across a reference to celebrities going on an “IV diet.” As in intravenous. Diet. I found the blurb here:
One of Hollywood’s dirty little secrets is the ‘IV diet’, in which [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Eating Disorders, Gossip, Health, International, Science, Tidbit, Weight Loss | 16 Comments »
October 14th, 2008
No, I don’t usually write about politics here, but I am absolutely obsessed with the American presidential election. I can’t even tell you how many times a day I check FiveThirtyEight; it’s a sickness. So when I found an article about fat people and the election, I made a beeline for my web browser so [...]
Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, International, Media | 36 Comments »
October 9th, 2008
We wrote about Neil LaBute’s play “Fat Pig” way back in 2006 (links to a cached version of the post since mopie.com is still intermittently down) so it’s been on the radar for quite some time. But Sheila sent along this article in the Guardian, in response to the new London production of “Fat Pig,” [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Art, BFD Classic, Celebrities, Fat Positive, Fatism, International, Marilyn's Law, Meta, Theater | 15 Comments »
September 10th, 2008
Ooh boy. One researcher from Britain says that, since diets don’t work, the best answer is to start performing weight loss surgery as a “preventative” measure, even on those whose BMI is less than 35.
“Surgery is currently the only effective treatment for obesity … It not only helps people lose weight by physically decreasing [...]
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September 2nd, 2008
Henry VIIIOriginally uploaded by mo pie
In the BBC Miniseries The Tudors, the creators have decided that lead actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who plays Henry VIII, should not gain weight as the time period advances. Why? Because he will no longer be “appealing.” (And apparently audiences will be too dumb to figure out why [...]
Filed under: Art, Celebrities, Fatism, Gossip, International, NSFW, TV | 22 Comments »
August 6th, 2008
Originally uploaded by mo pie
Well, it’s certainly an unconventional approach, but apparently Selma Blair thinks its a good idea.
The Hellboy star admits she is always criticising her looks, and the only thing she likes about her body is her hands. And when filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro suggested that taking [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, International, Personal, Tidbit | 30 Comments »
July 23rd, 2008
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) [...]
Filed under: Feminism, International, Magazines, NSFW, Personal, Question, Sex & Romance | 36 Comments »
July 8th, 2008
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 [...]
Filed under: Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Fashion, Fat Positive, International | 17 Comments »
June 12th, 2008
We wrote about Deborah Voight all the way back in 2006. You might remember her as the opera singer who was fired for being too fat, and who had gastric bypass surgery. She was recently rehired to sing the same role that she was fired for, back in the day. The New York [...]
Filed under: Art, Celebrities, International, Music, Theater, Video, WLS | 22 Comments »
June 10th, 2008
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 »
June 4th, 2008
It was only a matter of time before fat people were being blamed for people who are starving, as if we could send all our Big Macs and Oreo cookies directly to them.
UN food agency chief Jacques Diouf said today that billions of dollars are being wasted on feeding obese people in the West while [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Fatism, Food, International | 42 Comments »
May 14th, 2008
Originally uploaded by mo pie
Or “overweight nude” as CNN calls it. The artist is Lucien Freud, and the painting was just sold for $33.6 million, making it the most expensive painting ever sold by a living artist. The model for the painting is Sue Tilley. (A picture of her can [...]
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March 31st, 2008
I’ve been going through my mailbox from when I was out of town, and here’s one of the stories that I missed: sixteen-year-old Chloe Marshall won the title of “Miss Surrey” and is the first plus-size girl to compete for the title of Miss England.
“Everybody thinks you have to be a tall, slim blonde and [...]
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March 27th, 2008
venus of willendorf Originally uploaded by mo pie
Last week, I was in Vienna. One of the things we did there was to visit the Museum of Natural History, specifically to see the 25,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf. (I had no idea this piece was in Vienna; [...]
Filed under: Art, Feminism, International, Old Timey, Personal | 16 Comments »
March 20th, 2008
Sometimes I feel that items for this blog are self-explanatory. Like the description of this Japanese video game.
A young woman who was once svelte and lovely has binged on too many sweets and pastries. As a result of extreme indulgence, her waistline has blossomed and her weight has surpassed 220lbs (100kg). When she reaches [...]
Filed under: Fatism, Feminism, International, Kids, Tidbit, Weight Loss | 30 Comments »
March 19th, 2008
In 2004, Aishwarya Rai was called the most beautiful woman in the world. And hey, I’ve seen Bride and Prejudice; I don’t disagree. But apparently, she’s… well, Bollywood Fat.
In 2005, one source posted a picture of her showing her belly and said in tones of shock and horror:
Is this is the petite, [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Gossip, International, Movies | 24 Comments »
March 7th, 2008
the big ballet Originally uploaded by mo pie
In the comments, msruth mentioned Russia’s “Big Ballet” and on her advice, I went to go take a look and read all about them.
The Big Ballet is a troupe of dancers from Russia who weigh a minimum [...]
Filed under: Advocacy, Art, BFD Classic, Exercise, Fat Positive, Feel Good Friday, International, Theater | 18 Comments »
February 25th, 2008
It’s a hit song and dance on the Ivory Coast, and it’s all about shaking… well, your bobaraba.
While the dance has been embraced by both sexes, DJ Mix says it was inspired by women. “We made it as a tribute to women, because African women are defined by the shape of their bottoms,” he [...]
Filed under: Fat Positive, International, Music, Race & Ethnicity, Video | 5 Comments »
February 21st, 2008
Here is a little hard-to-hear clip of Mika (as in “Big Girl, You Are Beautiful“) with Beth Ditto at the Brit Awards. (Thanks to cynth for finding this better quality clip for us!) Here’s a better picture of Beth’s red dress.
Hopefully that will make up for the fact that there was a porn link embedded [...]
Filed under: Beth Ditto, International, Music, Tidbit, Video | 11 Comments »
February 13th, 2008
Kira Cochrane, a British writer with a column in the Guardian, hates the diet industry. And although she is “at best, reluctant about diets, and, at worst, disgusted by the very notion,” she’s going on a diet. And here is her introduction to the new column, and it is is definitely worth a read.
I’m [...]
Filed under: International, Magazines, Media, Weight Loss | 32 Comments »
