I do link roundups from time to time, to try and cover links people send me or things I might otherwise miss. I was thinking of making it a regular feature, especially given how much I enjoy the Morning Shots at Monkey See and Fugs and Pieces at Go Fug Yourself. But I have [...]
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It’s Feel Good Friday, and as such, I’m going to throw out some links to a few things on the Internet I read this week with pleasure.
I already recommended this on Twitter, but Roger Ebert’s essay about no longer being able to eat or drink is fantastic. The man is a national treasure. (Via.)
When [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Catching up on my blog reading, I ran across the discussion on binge eating over at The F Word. First, Rachel quotes this article, where Matthew Tiemeyer says:
Here’s something I hadn’t thought about before. The definition of binge-eating disorder (BED) says that binges involve eating more food than most people would expect you to [...]
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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 [...]
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So are you guys watching Glee? The awesome, Jane-Lynch-starring, musical-theater-celebrating, football-team-singing-Single-Ladies-scene-having, Glee? Which is on tonight?
If so, then you have noticed Amber Riley, who plays Mercedes, and is a plus-sized chick. Check out this post about her from All My Jiggly Bits.
Though in many ways the characters fall into the same old categories of [...]
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Sometimes, conversations about weight can pop up in unlikely places. Amy V. alerted us to this post at The Simple Dollar, a blog about personal finance, in response to a reader comment.
Being fat is voluntary. People make a choice to eat unhealthy and not excercise. Therefore, it should never be covered by the Americans with [...]
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The Gruen Transfer is an Australian show about advertising which dissects and analyzes the affects of advertising on the average human brain. As part of their show, they frequently issue challenges to agencies–create This Kind of advertisement. Sell this seemingly impossible-to-sell idea. This time around, it was make an ad about fat discrimination.
One entrant came [...]
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In the comments, Liv pointed me to this article, which asks, “Is Fatism the New Racism?” Leaving aside all the implications of equating those two very different issues, the article’s point is to ask whether discrimination against the obese should be protected by law.
The study shows that overweight women are twice as vulnerable as men, [...]
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Now that Big Love is off the air, those of you lucky people with HBO will need something else to watch to pass the time. Well, as Entertainment Weekly reminded me, this week is the premiere of the TV series version of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
I can’t wait to hear what you [...]
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I saw this vintage ad here and was quite struck by it. The ad is from the 1970s, and the headline reads:
Tracy Harper may not care if fashionable chubby-sizes are hard to find, but her Mother does. And so does Sears.
This headline was the thing that [...]
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Nonk was telling me about this Consumerist article last night, and I almost fell over. A woman named Amanda went to Macy’s and tried to buy a formal dress in a plus size. And here’s what she was allegedly told:
Pam: I’m sorry, ma’am. Macy’s does not cater to your size.
Me: I beg your pardon?
Pam: It’s [...]
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A story from India, about a 22-year-old woman who killed herself because she was too “obese” to be a good wife.
A 22-year-old software professional hanged herself today, apparently depressed that she wouldn’t be a good wife because she was obese. Swati A., a resident of Amberpet, was set to marry a relative. She was [...]
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Something that we haven’t talked about yet—but which others have, of course—is the proposed increase in health insurance costs in Alabama, directed at the overweight. That is, you have one year to get “healthy” and if you fail, you have to pay an extra $25 per month in health insurance. From Wallet Pop:
So, what’s [...]
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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 won’t [...]
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Language is power. Which is why this Utne Reader story is so fascinating.
[T]he language we use to describe fat people smacks of race, class, and gender stereotypes. More euphemistic words for fat are used to describe those in higher-paying professions… [A] Google search for “portly” resulted in descriptions of doctors, lawyers, and professors, but rarely [...]
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Those of you out there who have seen Fantasia and who fondly remember the hippo ballet sequence might appreciate this rare glimpse into the history of Disney animation: photos of actress Hattie Noel, who was the live action reference [...]
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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 says. [...]
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I read a book recently that is both wildly popular and fat positive: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. I wrote about it in my book blog:
The heroine (Mma Ramotswe I think is the spelling) is one of the best characters ever, seriously. How much do I love her? And sure, I’m biased because [...]
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When NPR comes on, as it does every morning in our house (because Ian is one of those people who I previously thought were mythical beings who actually listen to NPR by choice, and I don’t understand because it is so boring with its little musical interludes and sound effects, who are you people) I [...]
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