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TSA Agent Does Not Enjoy Searching Fat People

November 23rd, 2010

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. —Ben Franklin I’m sure you’ve all read plenty about the TSA furor, which has been upsetting plenty of people. Friend of the blog Aych has written about her experience, and posts written by and about rape survivors […]

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Fatbook: A Thursday Links Roundup

June 11th, 2010

1. April catches grief because she doesn’t want to follow someone’s weight-loss diary on Facebook. I’ve already “hidden” posts on my news feed from folks who seem to think that a running litany of everything they ate/didn’t eat wanted to eat/didn’t want to eat or weight they lost/gained inexplicably was the utmost in fascinating conversation… […]

Filed under: Feminism, Links, Old Timey, Politics, Weight Loss | 5 Comments »

Of Course We Have To Call Elena Kagan Fat Now

May 10th, 2010

Okay, I know almost nothing about Elena Kagan at this point, except what Jezebel told me. So this isn’t about politics. It’s about the fact that as soon as I saw her picture, I knew exactly what was coming: fat jokes. A random sampling: First Impressions: Kagan looks like a fat drag queen. Yeash that […]

Filed under: Celebrities, Feminism, Movies, Politics | 20 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 »

Ralph Lauren Doesn’t Know When to Quit

October 26th, 2009

Oh my GOD, Ralph Lauren! Keep your Photoshop brushes in your pants! What is wrong with you people? Earlier this month, an insane Ralph Lauren ad appeared, in which their long-time model Filippa Hamilton was photoshopped into a creepy, unrecognizable insectile creature from outer space. Hamilton was reportedly horrified by the image, and said “I […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Celebrities, Fatism, Gossip, Magazines, Media, Photoshop, Politics | 11 Comments »

No Fat Talkin’

October 22nd, 2009

Speaking of feeling confident in our bodies, have you guys heard about National Fat Talk Free Week? We’re actually two days into it, now–it started on October 19, and appears to end on October 23rd, after which, presumably, we can all go back to shit-talking our asses and blaming all our flaws and unhappinesses on […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Eating Disorders, Fat Positive, Fatism, Health, International, Magazines, Media, Politics | 5 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 »

Casey Wilson Refused To Lose Weight, Fired From SNL?

September 9th, 2009

At least that’s the gossip on E! online. In case you hadn’t heard, two women (Wilson and Michaela Watkins) were fired from the show as two women were hired. (Still no new black comics, though; I love how a show that prides itself on its political satire has exactly 0 black people in its cast […]

Filed under: Celebrities, Fatism, Humor, Politics, TV, Video | 26 Comments »

A True Fact: All the -isms Suck

May 26th, 2009

The Gruen Transfer is an Australian show about advertising which dissects and analyzes the affects of advertising on the average human brain. As part of their show, they frequently issue challenges to agencies–create This Kind of advertisement. Sell this seemingly impossible-to-sell idea. This time around, it was make an ad about fat discrimination. One entrant […]

Filed under: Advertising, Advocacy, Fatism, International, Media, NSFW, Politics, Question, Race & Ethnicity, TV, Video, Weight Loss | 26 Comments »

Supreme Fatism & Sexism

May 6th, 2009

I am not even sure I can even form sentences, as I am currently incoherent with rage. Jezebel’s headline is “Women Too Stupid To Stay Thin Are Not Smart Enough For Supreme Court,” and that’s basically it in a nutshell. They’re covering an excellent article by Paul Campos about criticism leveled at some of the […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Fatism, Feminism, Politics | 13 Comments »

Meghan McCain

March 17th, 2009

Well, we’ve talked about Malia Obama, we may as well talk about Meghan McCain! Thanks to Eliza for sending me this link; the controversy has also been covered by Lesley at Fatshionista and Rachel at The F Word. Lesley: The backstory to this is that Meghan McCain, daughter of Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, recently […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Celebrities, Fatism, Feminism, Politics | 11 Comments »

The Obama Girls Are Not The Olsen Twins

March 11th, 2009

Just for the record, I love the Obamas. I couldn’t be more overjoyed that Barack Obama is our president, and I want him to be president forever. Everything he does and says makes me happy. At home, we play a drinking game: whenever someone says “President Obama,” take a drink. Only we don’t drink, we […]

Filed under: Advocacy, Celebrities, F.A.T. Chance, Fat Positive, Feminism, Health, Kids, Magazines, Politics, Tidbit, TV | 25 Comments »

We Should Start Calling Them Barackybuttons! Bellybamas? No?

January 20th, 2009

my bellybuttonOriginally uploaded by mo pie Happy Inauguration Day! The picture is an Obama-fied version of this picture, where I got all excited about the mountain and accidentally flashed my belly button. (I am also fond of the companion photo, which shows jenfu doing a little dance of some sort.) I was going to say […]

Filed under: Personal, Politics | 6 Comments »

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