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Fat Women On Stage & Screen

October 9th, 2008

We wrote about Neil LaBute’s play “Fat Pig” way back in 2006 (links to a cached version of the post since mopie.com is still intermittently down) so it’s been on the radar for quite some time. But Sheila sent along this article in the Guardian, in response to the new London production of “Fat Pig,” […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Art, BFD Classic, Celebrities, Fat Positive, Fatism, International, Marilyn's Law, Meta, Theater | 15 Comments »

OMGWTFBBW!!

March 24th, 2008

Ezinearticles.com just made a list of the “Top 40 BBWs of all time.” Sounds good, right? Sure, until you get to the list, and you realize that some of the women on it are not all what most people would consider “BBW”s. Mo’nique, Camryn Manheim, Mama Cass, Rosie O’Donnell… sure. But Jamie Lee Curtis? Sophia […]

Filed under: America Ferrera, Celebrities, Fat Positive, Kate Winslet, Marilyn's Law, Queen Latifah, Question, Rosie O'Donnell, WLS | 35 Comments »

Gawking

November 12th, 2007

Gawker posts a video of an allegedly thin, allegedly airheaded television host, who reports on the comparative intellgence levels of women with various waist-to-hip ratios. The comments, of course, are where it gets interesting. “Stop saying curvy when you mean fat”: Also, my personal pet peeve is people who use the word “curvy” to mean […]

Filed under: Fat Positive, Fatism, Gossip, Marilyn's Law, Media, Video | 30 Comments »

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