Comments on: OT: Shapeling Em, Please Contact Me!

By: kateharding

kateharding — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:43:42 +0000

Yay, Em! Thanks!

Daiane, sorry about the lack of response. Sure, go ahead.

By: Em

Em — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:09:14 +0000

Wow, look what happens when I don’t check the fatosphere for two days. *blush*
Mail is on it’s way!

By: Daiane

Daiane — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:47:18 +0000

Hi Kate,

Reading you asking for Em’s consent to use her comment on a publication encouraged me to one more attempt. I know you get tons of emails daily and I wrote to you and Filyjonk before, that’s why I decided to place my request here. Please delete it if you feel it’s not appropriate.

I am a PhD student at York University in Toronto,Canada. I am studying the “fatosphere” for a research project on Consumer Culture and I would like to have your consent to use the content from Shapely Prose as research data.

This is an academic research and the data will be used for this purpose only . The expected outcome of the project is a conference paper. The information from the blog will be aggregated to content from other blogs and I all names, pseudonyms, personal information and private references will be deleted to assure confidentiality and anonymity to the people involved.

Sincerely,

Daiane

By: Victoria C

Victoria C — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:03:20 +0000

Kate: Thanks, will keep an eye out.

Sharn: I feel you. When I first became aware of the fat acceptance movement in 2006, one of the first things I stumbled across were pictures from, I believe, a naafa meeting. I figured, oh, another group I can’t join because I’m not ___ enough. (I’ve always felt awkward because of my height, but I’m not 5’10″ so I’m excluded from the tall people club) But, come to find out, size acceptance and h.a.e.s. is the real name of the game. And it’s awesome when people post pictures. The variety and acceptance is quite nice!

By: Tyree

Tyree — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:29:58 +0000

Janis, I just wanted to tell you how right you are. And also, omg, hi, we are very similar weights/heights! I’m 6’1 and right at 265, and yeah, no one believes me. When I identify as a fat person, not only do I get the ‘No, you’re not fat’ in the more general ‘But you’re not gross, lazy, ugly, etc. that usually goes with being “fat”‘, but I think some genuine disbelief at my size when I tell people what size pants I wear (20), or how much I weigh.

It can really mess with my mind, because when I have been thinking of myself as fat for so long, it is a part of me, a big part. And then when people are so disbelieving, or dismissive, it’s like… denying a whole part of ME. Anyway. Heh. That’s all.

By: Sharn

Sharn — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:27:19 +0000

When I first came to this site, I was only sort of familiar with Fat Acceptance, and the only FA people I knew by name (like Marilyn Wann, Daniel Pinkwater, Camryn Manheim and Wendy Shanker) were much fatter than I’d ever be*. I felt like I’d be insulting the REALLY fat people if I joined the movement with my piddly midsize concerns.

Then along came Kate Harding. Seeing someone my size advocating Fat Acceptance was huge (har) for me because it helped me realize that FA has no minimum size requirement.

*Just so we’re clear here, I am in no way saying that I’d ZOMG sooner die than let myself get THAT fat. I know the body I have now probably won’t be the body I have forever, but since it’s been more or less the same size since puberty, I don’t see my body getting too much bigger than it is now. If I’m wrong… well, there are worse things than looking like Marilyn Wann when I grow up.

By: Janis

Janis — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:18:02 +0000

I think we need “Obesely Morbid” t-shirts.

By: voluptuousrobot

voluptuousrobot — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:20:12 +0000

Fillyjonk,

“Obesely morbid” is a FUCKING GEM.

Many thanks,

Stephanie

By: mike

mike — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:35:24 +0000

Did you see the thing on CNN earlier this week about the Japanese government cracking down on “obesity”? Like, threatening to fine corporations if their workforce is too “obese.” They show this guy eating his lunch and he looks and sounds really calm, but then they say, “Are you scared about what might happen to you if you don’t lose weight?” And he says, “Oh yes, I’m terrified.”

I dunno, the entire piece was pretty shocking. You should check it out if you get a chance.

By: buffpuff

buffpuff — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:35:03 +0000

A Sarah, littlem does indeed rock mightily.