WAY more fun than a summer in fat camp

Does Being Fat Make You A Good Chef?

October 22nd, 2010

A Sunday morning ritual at Casa Bix involves a cup of coffee, the New York Times and a pug in my lap and Food Network on the TV, where Esteban and I provide a running MST3K commentary on Sandra Lee and Rachael Ray. We love Ina the most, mostly because unlike several TV chefs, her […]

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Beth Ditto On The Runway

October 4th, 2010

Beth Ditto recently walked the runway in a Jean Paul Gaultier show, and she looks fabulous. Gaultier is, of course, the same designer who used Velvet D’Amour in a previous runway show. More pictures at HuffPo, where they pair the slideshow with this recent quote from Ditto: “It’s really interesting to me that people will […]

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Hammy-Down Links!

June 17th, 2010

1. We talked about April Flores, the plus-size pinup and adult film star awhile back. She’s in the news again, criticizing the ridiculous American Apparel for their sizing prejudices, and talking about her work, body confidence, and fat prejudice. As if you needed more evidence that she’s both gorgeous and awesome. I now know that […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Art, Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Comics, Fashion, Fat Positive, Fatism, Humor, Media | 11 Comments »

My Lovely Lady Lumps: A Hump-Day Links Roundup

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 »

Beth Ditto At Cannes

May 21st, 2010

For Feel-Good Friday, a picture that made me feel good. Check out that insane eye makeup and lipstick! The awesome shape of that dress, which breaks all the fat-girl muumuu rules! The ruffly crazy thing! The color! The attitude. Makes me want to pack something wacky to wear to Forbidden Zone this weekend. Beth Ditto, […]

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Follow Friday

May 21st, 2010

So this is like, a blog/Twitter crossover event! On Twitter, they have “Follow Fridays,” where you tell people who to follow on Twitter. So here’s my Follow Friday for you–The Illusionists, No Country for Young Women, and Revolution of Real Women. Because these three Twitter streams (in addition to being consistently awesome) are where I […]

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Beth And Gabby And Oscar

March 10th, 2010

Back from vacation and trying to catch up! Did I miss anything exciting? If so, leave a comment or Tweet me up! In the meantime, here’s the Fug Girls’ take on Gabby Sidibe’s dress at the Oscars. I have to say I don’t love it; I don’t love the color and I don’t love the […]

Filed under: Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Fashion, Feminism, Gabby Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Movies, Tidbit, TV | 10 Comments »

Beth Ditto's Got a Collection!

July 8th, 2009

We love Beth Ditto. We love her when she’s totally naked. We have loved her since she was first totally naked. And we love her when she’s wearing clothes, too. One of my favorite quotes, to this day, is from her interview in BUST–“This is the number one thing: just because something makes you look […]

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Will the real Beth Ditto please stand up?

April 27th, 2009

beth ditto basically rules Originally uploaded by mo pie In 1998, the Body Shop ran the Ruby campaign, featuring a size 22ish Barbie au naturale, reclining on a chaise. It was the campaign that woke up my little size acceptance brain, just the audacity of the Mattel icon looking, well, a lot like me (disclaimer: […]

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Beth Ditto Unhappy With "Out" Magazine Photos

April 2nd, 2009

According to Gawker, that is. (Follow that link to see the pictures, as well as Ditto on the cover of The Enquirer‘s “Best and Worst Beach Bodies” issue. Stay classy, The Enquirer.) But they didn’t say why she was unhappy, or point to a source! Google searches turned up a whole lot of nothing, but […]

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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 »

Beth Ditto LOVE Magazine Cover Released

February 13th, 2009

And you guys, it is gorgeous. Hooray! via Style Slacker. LOVE is a new, aiming-for-high-profile magazine by Conde Nast, launching in the U.K. on February 19. It is purported to be all about luxury and fashion and fashionable luxury and I don’t really care, because I probably won’t read it. But I love their very […]

Filed under: Art, Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Fat Positive, Feel Good Friday, Magazines, Media, Tidbit, TV, Weight Loss | 22 Comments »

The Rebellyon

December 15th, 2008

If you have never heard the Dresden Dolls, check out “Coin Operated Boy” as soon as possible. If you have heard of them, you may have also heard that singer Amanda Palmer was recently told by her record label that her “fat belly” makes her “uncommercial.” The F-Word UK says: This comes from a metal […]

Filed under: Advocacy, American Idol, Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Feminism, International, Music, Video | 17 Comments »

Beth Ditto Is The New Fierce

July 8th, 2008

beth ditto basically rules Originally uploaded by mo pie I had to recycle my favorite Beth Ditto fashion picture, because I have just heard the awesome news that Beth is designing a fashion line for Evans, a size 14-32 retailer in the UK. That’s right, I said designing, all Project Runway and stuff. That definitely […]

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Guess What 99.5 Out Of 100 "Beautiful People" Have In Common?

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 »

Q&A With PastaQueen

May 8th, 2008

Jennette Fulda, better known as PastaQueen, may have lost a couple hundred or so pounds, but she’s been a commenter on and visitor to Big Fat Deal for a long time. On a blog tour for her memoir, Half of Me, she offered to stop by and answer the toughest questions I could come up […]

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Little Happy Video Clip

February 21st, 2008

Here is a little hard-to-hear clip of Mika (as in “Big Girl, You Are Beautiful“) with Beth Ditto at the Brit Awards. (Thanks to cynth for finding this better quality clip for us!) Here’s a better picture of Beth’s red dress. Hopefully that will make up for the fact that there was a porn link […]

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Edina Monsoon Would Be Proud

November 21st, 2007

beth ditto basically rules Originally uploaded by mo pie Of course I bought BUST, with Beth Ditto on the cover and Big Fat Deal on page 18. How could I resist? The first thing I flipped to… well, was page 18. The second thing I flipped to was the interview with Beth. I absolutely loved […]

Filed under: Beth Ditto, Fashion, Fat Positive, Magazines, Personal | 37 Comments »

Fame & Fortunate

November 20th, 2007

Beth and BFD in BUST Originally uploaded by mo pie I am thrilled to report that Big Fat Deal is mentioned in not one, but two nationally circulated magazines this month. That’s right, people. We are officially fancy. First off, we’re in BUST Magazine, which you all need to buy immediately because as you can […]

Filed under: Beth Ditto, Magazines, Meta | 21 Comments »

Beth Ditto Jams Out With Her Ham Out

August 28th, 2007

Via EW comes this photo of, basically, an angle straight up Beth Ditto’s skirt. (Hence the NSFW tag.) The really depressing bit is in the comments. Exactly what you’d expect: very ugly fat-bashing talk. Feel like getting pissed off? Check it out.

Filed under: Beth Ditto, Fatism, NSFW, Tidbit | 16 Comments »

Reign Of Awesomness Just Gets Awesomer

June 21st, 2007

Rosie O’Donnell loves Beth Ditto too! She’s put up a slideshow tribute, with photos taken at the True Colors tour concert this weekend. And here’s a quote from Rosie’s question-and-answer page from today: Carolyn writes: i hate being fat. today, more than normal, i hate being fat. Ro replies: honey go buy the gossip BETH […]

Filed under: Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Music, Rosie O'Donnell, Video | 9 Comments »

Beth Ditto Continues Reign Of Awesomeness

May 29th, 2007

Erin sends over this link to a (possibly NSFW although it’s a small pic) photo of a magazine cover featuring a proudly nude, proudly fat Beth Ditto. NME’s cover intrigues me because, frankly, it’s so rare to see a magazine cover feature a woman who isn’t thin. I’m curious about what readers think: Do you […]

Filed under: Beth Ditto, Fat Positive, Magazines, Music | 16 Comments »

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