June 2nd, 2010
1. We all know I get ridiculous PR spam, but a real doozy landed in my mailbox yesterday, featuring the top five “Flabulous Celebrity Love Handle Offenders” who can fix their “offensive” love handles with a Spanx-type product that we should all run out and buy too! (Don’t worry, I wouldn’t dream of mentioning the […]
Filed under: Advocacy, Art, Beth Ditto, Beyonce, Books, Britney Spears, Celebrities, Crystal Renn, Fat Positive, Fatism, Feminism, Health, International, Jessica Simpson, Kirstie Alley, Links, Music, Nikki Blonsky, Science, TV | 8 Comments »
August 6th, 2009
celebrity fatwatchOriginally uploaded by mo pie I get a lot of press releases… no, a lot. Most of them are for weight-loss products, so that’s a delightful waste of time. Today I got one about a diet plan, so I deleted it, but the first paragraph was interesting. (The headline, clearly capitalizing on the fact […]
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March 18th, 2009
You all know my weakness for celebrity gossip and blind items, right? Well here’s one that caught my eye today. Which tabloid-favorite actress is purposefully packing on the pudge so she can launch her own weight loss line? She’s hoping to lose the first 20 pounds quickly, and cash in by following the “miracle” in […]
Filed under: Advertising, BFD Classic, Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Gossip, Jessica Simpson, Kirstie Alley | 16 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 […]
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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 »
August 3rd, 2007
A relevant piece of advice from the Answer Bitch (who gets extra points for her Harry Potter reference). The question is, why do celebrities lose weight so quickly, when it takes “regular people” forever? [I]t’s pretty easy to lose weight fast when you never have to count a calorie on your own, or craft your […]
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