I’m sort of having a Stupor Tuesday today, but with two thirds of today’s blog posts centering around the idea that some people on the internet are total fucksticks, I thought I’d throw in a little link roundup to offer some cheerier fare. Lindsay at BABble, who is our big hero of the moment, wrote … Continue reading »
Posted on February 5, 2008 …
And the Fat Jokes Have Started
In comments about the tragic Lane Bryant shooting, Elusis said: At this point I’m really scared to hear what the late-night shows and the Interwebs will dredge up in terms of “comedy” responses. Lots of discussion about the inevitable fat jokes followed that, and Richard Roeper — yes, as many of us have been saying, … Continue reading »
Quick Hit: What Was that about us Burdening the Health Care System?
Fat People Cheaper to Treat, Study Says. Yep, that’s a bona fide AP headline. My sister J. sent an e-mail with the following overview: Apparently the researchers didn’t see it coming — but it turns out thin non-smokers are the most expensive to treat in the long run (vs. fatties and smokers) because, duh, they … Continue reading »
Big Plagiarist Mark
So, Lindsay at BABble noticed that there’s a blogger out there plagiarizing entire posts from other fatosphere blogs, AND their comments (delightfully, he even changes female names of commenters to male ones), AND… drumroll… the friggin’ NYT article on the fatosphere. Into which he’s inserted himself, at the expense of FatGrrl. (“Smart, sassy and irreverent, … Continue reading »
