Sorry about the light posting this week, folks — I’ve been working on a couple of other writing projects. But I know you all do just fine without me, so here, have a topic: For many overweight exercisers, every step of a workout comes with an unintended cascade of motion — breasts bounce, belly fat … Continue reading »
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Support Dancing Fatties
Marina of the amazing body positive dance troupe Big Moves has written to tell us the 2008 Big Moves Wall Calendar has arrived! Each month of this full-color, 13-month wall calendar features an up-close and personal portrait of a member of the East Coast Big Moves cast & crew like you’ve never seen them before. … Continue reading »
And she wrote some pretty good novels, too
Greetings, Shapelings! As the resident grad student here at SP, I don’t have the time to post as often as Kate or Fillyjonk because I am too busy trying to read all of 20th-century literature in English in one go. (It’s taking a bit longer than I had hoped). At the moment, I’m reading Virginia … Continue reading »
Marilyn’s Law
Over at Big Fat Deal, they’re discussing a Gawker thread about “curvy” women that I really, really don’t recommend reading — but I couldn’t resist posting about one of Mo Pie’s observations on it: Marilyn Monroe’s name is dropped. Maybe there should be a Monroe’s corollary to Godwin’s Law. Oh, lord, YES THERE SHOULD. As … Continue reading »
Got Experience in… Pretty Much Anything? The Fat Rights Movement Needs You.
So, at the Think Tank last weekend, we managed to set out a few short-term goals for the movement — mostly researchy stuff, and creating some online resources. Naturally, we need volunteers to make it happen. Please hop on over to Big Fat Blog and check out Paul’s list of projects we could use some … Continue reading »
What My Brain Is Capable of Right Now
That would be very little. Rachel has a write-up of the BFB Think Tank this past Saturday, which was awesome, but I’ve been feeling too out of it to write much in the last couple of days. So I offer you memes. The first one comes from my sister J., who e-mailed it. The deal … Continue reading »
New Blog; Call for Submissions
Hey, y’all – Some of you might remember a while back when I asked people to submit their horror stories of fat prejudice in the doctor’s office for a new blog. We got several heartbreaking responses, posted them, and let the site sit in “soft launch” mode for quite some time. Now, I’m pleased to … Continue reading »
Friday Fluff: Books that get better and better
So for various grad schooly purposes, I’m reading Heart of Darkness for the, oh, seventh time (and teaching it for the first time). The first time I read this book, way back in high school, I totally hated it. Every time since then, I hate it a little bit less, and now I’m at the … Continue reading »
On Comfort Food
I’m not sure where I’m going with this post. I just know I’ve eaten stew twice this week (mmmm), and it’s got me thinking about the phrase “comfort food.” Merriam-Webster online defines comfort food as “food prepared in a traditional style having a usually nostalgic or sentimental appeal.” Sounds pretty good, huh? But I have … Continue reading »
Wheels keep on spinning round
Yesterday we discussed that very rare and generally Kolata-specific phenomenon, a sane piece of writing about fat. Gina Kolata wrote an article on the most recent Flegal study that highlighted its general unremarkableness. She didn’t resort to admonishing us not to take the study as an “excuse” to “let ourselves go,” but neither did she … Continue reading »
