• The Rotund points out a recent Reuters article about how clinically obese women are less likely to be screened for cervical, breast, and [...]

  Reality Check: Why Don’t Fat Women Get Checked for Cancer of the Nasty Bits?

  March 26, 2008
• A few links to coverage of yesterday’s hearing, for your reading pleasure… Susan Stinson’s description of events and her [...]

  Massachusetts Hearing Round-Up

  March 26, 2008
• Okay, so that’s not exactly what this NYT article says, but it may as well be: Perceptions: Feminists More Open-Minded on Weight. Surprise [...]

  Quick hit: Feminists hate women slightly less than nonfeminists do

  March 26, 2008
• Shapelings might be interested in this NYT piece called “Life as a Tall Girl,” about having a female body that is considered [...]

  Thinking tall

  March 26, 2008

• So, last week, Jay Leno asked Ryan Phillippe–who, a verrrrry long time ago, played the first out gay teen character on daytime TV–to [...]

  Gayest Looks for Leno

  March 26, 2008
• Susan Stinson will be there. Anyone else who’s going, please report back on how it went. And everybody keep your fingers crossed!

  Hearing on Massachusetts Height/Weight Discrimination Bill Today

  March 25, 2008
• On a lighter note, please enjoy this Vintage ad for Lane Bryant’s kids’ (?) line.

  Free for Chubbies

  March 25, 2008
• So I wake up this morning to an e-mail from long-time Shapeling Buffpuff, with a link to this story. Scottish Social Services have threatened to [...]

  Scottish Social Services Set to Take Fat Children from Parents

  March 25, 2008

• Dear Aunt Fattie, I am deeply afraid I will never stop gaining weight. I am 25 years old and 250 pounds. When I was 15 I was 150 pounds. [...]

  Ask Aunt Fattie: What if I never stop gaining weight?

  March 24, 2008
• Building on Fillyjonk’s post below, I want to announce two new changes to the comments policy, probably making it the longest goddamn [...]

  Addenda

  March 24, 2008