One Size does not fit all

Thank You, Google Reader: Links

September 29th, 2010

With a special shout-out to Brianna, here are some links that popped up in Google Reader this week! 1. From Feed Me: Fat women are paid less than men in the workplace. So obviously, we should lose weight. Wait, what? Fat women are paid less than women who aren’t fat; fat men, on average, earn […]

Filed under: BFDudes, Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Fashion, Fat Positive, Fatism, Feminism, Gabby Sidibe, Humor, Links, Personal, Work | 4 Comments »

Nail Salon Charges $5 Fat Tax

August 27th, 2010

It’s actually not often that I get emails from more than one tipster on the same subject, but Kari, Leigh, and Amy all sent me links to this story! A woman in Georgia was told she would have to pay $5 extra for her manicure because she was fat. Michele Fonville claims she was charged […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Cold Hard Cash, Fatism | 25 Comments »

“I’m Not Fat, I Just Have Really Efficient Intestinal Bacteria!”

July 19th, 2010

Or, why “just take in fewer calories than you burn” is not quite that simple. Katsyuri sent in this Newsweek article, discussing how intestinal bacteria may affect the number of calories the body is able to absorb. More efficient bacteria = more calories absorbed = more “calories in” than average. The calories that count are […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Kids, Science, TV | 16 Comments »

Sizing up the Web! (By Which We Mean: Links!)

July 1st, 2010

1. Some reviews of Huge! Or as The Frisky put it, “Fat People Were On TV And, Whaddya Know, The World Didn’t End.” Entertainment Weekly L.A. Times ABC News MTV STLToday New York Times The Frisky 2. An awesome 18-year-old spent a month following Seventeen magazine dictates and blogging about it, calling it the Seventeen Magazine Project. Her intent […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Fashion, Fat Positive, Gabby Sidibe, Huge, Magazines, Media, TV | 5 Comments »

Plus Size Nightclubs: Are You Pro or Con?

November 18th, 2009

We’ve talked about the separate-but-equal thing in fashion, but have we talked about it in the wider world, in social situations? Because here we have an article on Plus-Size Nightclubs–night clubs that are, as perhaps indicated by the term “plus-size nightclub,” set up and run specifically for plus-size patrons. “When you’re not what they consider […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Cold Hard Cash, Fat Positive, Personal, Politics, Question | 43 Comments »

Dear Kirstie Alley: Consider Finding Something Else to Bank On

November 9th, 2009

Oh, Kirstie Alley. You’re a ridiculously beautiful woman. You’re reasonably talented, you’re fairly charming, you’re actually pretty hilarious, even. My point is, you have many excellent qualities, all of which are ripe for the picking and/or exploitation. You could have a career, Kirstie Alley! You could be an Actress, full stop. You don’t have to […]

Filed under: Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Diet Talk Warning, Fatism, Gossip, Humor, Kirstie Alley, Media, TV, Weight Loss | 16 Comments »

Woman Identified As "Black Lady Big Fat" On AM/PM Receipt

October 15th, 2009

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 […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Fatism, Question, Race & Ethnicity | 36 Comments »

Soda Surcharge In San Francisco?

September 21st, 2009

Gavin Newsom, the hottie mayor of San Francisco and California gubernatorial candidate, is proposing legislation to tax stores that sell soda, including grocery stores like Safeway, but excluding restaurants. (Voters need to approve a tax on individual soda sales, which is why this is sort of secondhand legislation.) Newsom is calling soda the “new tobacco.” […]

Filed under: Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Food, Health, Politics | 41 Comments »

"World's Fattest Lady"

September 8th, 2009

fat boxerOriginally uploaded by mo pie Show History has a fascinating compilation of names and pictures and brief biographies of fat people who worked as attractions in carnival sideshows. (They were also known as “freaks.”) A little background: Professional Fat Folk of an earlier age lived to astound a public for whom not having enough […]

Filed under: Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Fashion, Food, Old Timey, Theater, Video, WLS | 4 Comments »

Dollars And Sense

July 15th, 2009

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 […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Fatism, Feminism, Health, Race & Ethnicity | 17 Comments »

Plus-Size Fashion Options Advance!

June 16th, 2009

We’ve talked a little bit recently about how plus-size options are dwindling away because retailers are stupid and shortsighted and ought to be kicked in the head and it is all pretty angry-making, but here is something that sounds like kind of an antidote: the very first “Full-Figured Fashion Week” is being staged next week […]

Filed under: Advertising, Cold Hard Cash, Fashion, Fat Positive, Media | 14 Comments »

Plus-Sized Fashion Options Recede

June 5th, 2009

So you guys will have to tell me if I missed any big awesome discussions or news items while I was away, other than MeMe Roth still existing and being more or less insane, which it looks like was pretty well covered already. Today, I’m catching the buzz that plus size fashion options are yet […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Fashion, Fatism, Kids, Meta | 26 Comments »

10 Things I Have Learned About Kirstie Alley Via Twitter

June 4th, 2009

While I was off hiatusing, Kirstie Alley was on the cover of People magazine talking about how she had

Filed under: Advocacy, Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Food, Gossip, Humor, Kirstie Alley, Magazines, Media, TV, Weight Loss | 19 Comments »

Some Dumb Diet Books

April 13th, 2009

NPR did a story recently about diet books, and there were at least three things that struck me as worth talking about! 1. In the “no duh” category, diet books offer “too good to be true” promises that suck people in over and over again. “The diet category offers a tremendous amount of repeat business,” […]

Filed under: Art, Books, Cold Hard Cash, Weight Loss | 31 Comments »

Seth Rogan Admits He "Sold Out" By Losing Weight

March 24th, 2009

So my feelings about celebrities who lose weight are well documented and I believe could be summed up as “conflicted.” Seth Rogan totally gets it, though. Actor Seth Rogen is struggling to accept his newly svelte figure – because he’s let down the legions of chubby men who looked up to him. The funnyman slimmed […]

Filed under: Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Comics, Feminism, Gossip, Movies, Nikki Blonsky, Queen Latifah, Ricky Gervais, Seth Rogan, Weight Loss | 43 Comments »

Which Celeb Is Gaining Weight For A Diet Scam?

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 »

"Household Instability" And Obesity

February 24th, 2009

Here’s a study from the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (which may I say I am happy exists) that talks about the link between household instability and obesity—specifically, obesity in mothers. Thirty-eight percent of mothers in low-instability households were obese, while nearly 48 percent in high-instability households were obese. The researchers […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Feminism, Food, Health, Kids, Work | 14 Comments »

What It Takes To Look Like Madonna

February 9th, 2009

A reporter named Ashley Pearson followed Madonna’s workout, which is just this side of totally insane: Our plan is this: five weeks, six days per week – one-and-a-half to two hours per day, which is what Madonna and Gwyneth do. We will do 40 minutes of cardio exercise in each session, followed by one-and-a-half hours […]

Filed under: Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Exercise, Gossip, Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Weight Loss | 22 Comments »

Suck It, Southwest Airlines

November 21st, 2008

I’ve been feeling a little pessimistic towards government since the whole Prop 8 thing, but my cold black heart has been warmed this morning when I learned that the Canada Supreme Court has ruled that airlines must make additional space available to disabled obese passengers, at no additional charge to them for extra space, so […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Feel Good Friday, International | 20 Comments »

Poor, Obese Children Not Eating Enough

November 19th, 2008

A new study from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reveals something interesting (and possibly counterintuitive to many people) about poor, obese children: they aren’t eating enough. Children living in poverty are obese in part because they don’t eat enough to meet the daily nutritional requirements needed for cell function and metabolism, a study […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Health, Kids, Science | 18 Comments »

The Pink Patch

October 30th, 2008

The name of this product, the “pink patch,” sounds so innocuous, doesn’t it? It’s a nicotine-patch-like patch (okay that was some awkward construction) that is being marketed to teenage girls as a weight loss tool. (And it’s for girls, so it’s pink of course.) The takedown of the Pink Patch at Fitness Fixation is just […]

Filed under: Cold Hard Cash, Health, Kids, Weight Loss | 16 Comments »

The Celebrity IV Diet

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 […]

Filed under: Celebrities, Cold Hard Cash, Eating Disorders, Gossip, Health, International, Science, Tidbit, Weight Loss | 16 Comments »

I'm Voting For Obama Anyway

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 »

WLS For Everyone!

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 […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Cold Hard Cash, Health, International, WLS | 29 Comments »

Starbucks Aims Healthier

September 9th, 2008

You guys know the drill by now, right? Ex-barista, Starbucks addict, blah blah. So I’m always interested in the latest news from the Bux. Last week, they launched a menu of new, healthier breakfast options: lower in fat, higher in fiber, lower in calories. And it’s about time. Because seriously, it was impossible to find […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Cold Hard Cash, Food, Health, Personal | 18 Comments »

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