February 13th, 2009
And you guys, it is gorgeous. Hooray! via Style Slacker. LOVE is a new, aiming-for-high-profile magazine by Conde Nast, launching in the U.K. on February 19. It is purported to be all about luxury and fashion and fashionable luxury and I don’t really care, because I probably won’t read it. But I love their very […]
Filed under: Art, Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Fat Positive, Feel Good Friday, Magazines, Media, Tidbit, TV, Weight Loss | 22 Comments »
February 11th, 2009
So, there has been a brouhaha lately because Jessica Simpson wore some crazy pants and OMG is so fat (wow, I had not seen the New York Post cartoon at that link; gross). But mostly this has all stopped being about calling her fat and has turned into a backlash over calling her fat. Alyssa […]
Filed under: Celebrities, Gossip, Jessica Simpson, Magazines, Media, Music | 16 Comments »
February 2nd, 2009
I now completely forget who first told me about the Photoshop diet. But with this trifecta of great posts about pictures and bodies collected over at Shapely Prose, it sprang to mind. Before I get to that, though, the trifecta is as follows (and each link is well worth a read): 1. Improving Aphrodite, a […]
Filed under: Celebrities, Fashion, Fat Positive, Fatism, Feminism, Jennifer Aniston, Lindsay Lohan, Madonna, Magazines, Media, Movies, Music, Personal, Photoshop, TV, Weight Loss | 9 Comments »
December 15th, 2008
If you have never heard the Dresden Dolls, check out “Coin Operated Boy” as soon as possible. If you have heard of them, you may have also heard that singer Amanda Palmer was recently told by her record label that her “fat belly” makes her “uncommercial.” The F-Word UK says: This comes from a metal […]
Filed under: Advocacy, American Idol, Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Feminism, International, Music, Video | 17 Comments »
October 24th, 2008
Nonk just messaged to tell me that the mother (and possibly also her brother) of honorary BFDiva Jennifer Hudson have been shot and killed in Chicago. I just felt I wanted to say something here when I heard this terrible, tragic news. This article has a picture of Jennifer and her mom, and says the […]
Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Jennifer Hudson, Music, Tidbit | 8 Comments »
July 14th, 2008
Premise 1: Jennifer Hudson is hot. I think we can all agree that Jennifer Hudson is a beautiful girl. No matter what you thought of her acting or her role in Sex and the City: The Movie, she did look awesome. And curvy. And normal. Here she is at the premiere. Smoking, right? Premise 2: […]
Filed under: American Idol, Gossip, Jennifer Hudson, Media, Music, Photoshop, Weight Loss | 17 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 said designing, all Project Runway and stuff. That definitely […]
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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 Times has […]
Filed under: Art, Celebrities, International, Music, Theater, Video, WLS | 22 Comments »
June 5th, 2008
Originally uploaded by mo pie How did I not know there was a site called Celebrity Body Gossip? Well, there is, and according to them, Madonna hates her “big fat thighs.” Oh, Madonna! The original story comes from the Daily Mail: [D]espite a body that belies her 49 years, it seems Madonna is just like […]
Filed under: Celebrities, Gossip, Madonna, Music | 22 Comments »
June 2nd, 2008
As you probably know, if you know anything about me, my favorite show is The Office, and you know I’ll take any excuse to mention it in this blog. I recently discovered The Office Alliance podcast, and have been listening to episodes during my long commutes. Having run out of new episodes, I recently started […]
Filed under: Celebrities, Music, Nikki Blonsky, Ricky Gervais, The Office, TV | 21 Comments »
May 11th, 2008
I’ve been carrying around People Magazine‘s 100 Most Beautiful issue all week, having bought it because I thought it would be interesting to talk about, but it wasn’t until the weekend that I had time to crack it open and check it out. And oh my god, it was worse than I thought! I used […]
Filed under: Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Fat Positive, Fatism, Feminism, Gossip, Jessica Simpson, Magazines, Media, Nikki Blonsky, Queen Latifah, Weight Loss | 41 Comments »
May 8th, 2008
Jennette Fulda, better known as PastaQueen, may have lost a couple hundred or so pounds, but she’s been a commenter on and visitor to Big Fat Deal for a long time. On a blog tour for her memoir, Half of Me, she offered to stop by and answer the toughest questions I could come up […]
Filed under: Beth Ditto, Books, Exercise, Meta, Question, Weight Loss, WLS | 173 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. Thin! — […]
Filed under: Exercise, Humor, Music, Weight Loss | 37 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 […]
Filed under: Beth Ditto, International, Music, Tidbit, Video | 11 Comments »
January 30th, 2008
Originally uploaded by mo pie Although we’re definitely not done with all the meta media aftermath (and Rachel has a good roundup today), I thought I’d take a break to share an actual post! About something else! Are you shocked? I was, when I read today that Miley Cyrus, the 15-year-old star otherwise known as […]
Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Feminism, Magazines, Meta, Miley Cyrus, Music, Tidbit, TV | 24 Comments »
January 21st, 2008
I loved reading this article about workout playlists. I’ve worked very hard on my playlist, which is incredibly cheesy and includes things like “Pop Goes My Heart” (Hugh Grant) and “I Think I Love You” as performed by American Idol’s Constantine. (I can’t help it; my response to that one is now Pavlovian.) I need […]
Filed under: Exercise, Movies, Music, Personal, Science | 31 Comments »
November 21st, 2007
beth ditto basically rules Originally uploaded by mo pie Of course I bought BUST, with Beth Ditto on the cover and Big Fat Deal on page 18. How could I resist? The first thing I flipped to… well, was page 18. The second thing I flipped to was the interview with Beth. I absolutely loved […]
Filed under: Beth Ditto, Fashion, Fat Positive, Magazines, Personal | 37 Comments »
November 20th, 2007
Beth and BFD in BUST Originally uploaded by mo pie I am thrilled to report that Big Fat Deal is mentioned in not one, but two nationally circulated magazines this month. That’s right, people. We are officially fancy. First off, we’re in BUST Magazine, which you all need to buy immediately because as you can […]
Filed under: Beth Ditto, Magazines, Meta | 21 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 »
October 13th, 2007
Check out this group of rockers from China (you have to wait for a stupid commercial before the video loads, but it’s worth the wait). I think I have a crush.
Filed under: Fat Positive, Music, Video | 2 Comments »
October 5th, 2007
While you guys continue the important conversations in the comments, here’s a little Feel Good Friday fun for you. It’s a clip from the Hairspray movie soundtrack of the three Tracy Turnblads (Nikki Blonsky, Ricki Lake, and Marissa Janet Winokur) singing “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now.” I’m obsessed with this soundtrack, you guys. I […]
Filed under: Celebrities, Feel Good Friday, Hairspray, Movies, Music, Nikki Blonsky, Ricki Lake, Tidbit | Comments Off on Hey Mama, Say Mama
September 10th, 2007
I’m not sure who first told me that Jonathan Coulton does a fantastic, folky cover of “Baby Got Back,” but here it is: You can sample othe album version of the song right here, and purchase it for one measly dollar.
Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Music, Video | 7 Comments »
August 28th, 2007
Via EW comes this photo of, basically, an angle straight up Beth Ditto’s skirt. (Hence the NSFW tag.) The really depressing bit is in the comments. Exactly what you’d expect: very ugly fat-bashing talk. Feel like getting pissed off? Check it out.
Filed under: Beth Ditto, Fatism, NSFW, Tidbit | 16 Comments »
August 9th, 2007
“Mama” Cass Elliot didn’t die from choking on a sandwich. I never stopped to think about this story (so I guess I assumed it was true) and now I feel suckered. She was fat, so of course gluttony is what killed her, and her death deserves nothing better than to be turned into a joke. […]
Filed under: Fatism, Music, Science | 16 Comments »
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