That’s What She Said

Tangerina wrote in wanting to talk about my favorite television show, The Office, and their season premiere, called “Weight Loss.” I thought it was an awesome idea, and got permission to reprint her e-mail here.
Hi Mo! Love the blog. I was just writing because you asked for ideas, and I know this is a tad [...]

Fat, Fame, And Ricky Gervais

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 [...]

Go Get Yourself A Monkey Kidney

Melinda sends along this nicely depressing news: fat people are screwed when it comes to organ transplants.
Segev’s group found the wait to get a transplant increased along with the patient’s body mass index, a height-weight formula. Non-obese patients waited on average 39 months, the overweight waited 40 months, the obese waited 42 months, and the [...]

“Somebody Making Soup?”

So that new weight loss drug, which we shall code name “Todd Packer,” has hit the market. And it is selling like hotcakes in spite of the fact that there is an outside chance that it causes colon cancer, and that it definitely causes you to poop your pants.
“It’s probably a smart idea to [...]

Some Of My Best Friends Are Short

On the body_positive livejournal community, Cynthia posts a video response to the fat rant that asks why there aren’t more pro-petite websites out there?
Why is it that the larger sized people get so much more media attention? Size acceptance websites tend to skew more to the plus than to the petite, and they seem to [...]