Hey all, if we’ve seemed a little touchy lately, it’s because we’ve been getting a lot of trolls. Some of them write gigantic screeds about how we’re delusional and should probably die violently (before our inevitable death from our puddles of fat, natch); some, like our friend “Ripley” below, are more pithy. Just as I … Continue reading »
Posted on July 18, 2008 …
Friday Fluff: Emmy Nominations
The Emmy nominations are out! As I said the other day, I don’t watch that much TV anymore, except for really awful reality TV I can watch online. (Because if you’re only going to allow one show back into your viewing schedule, clearly, Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods should be it.) But … Continue reading »
Note to WordPress 2.6 Users
This doesn’t affect Shapely Prose, but Lindsay asked that I pass along this note about a bug she’s encountered in WP 2.6, since much of the fatosphere is probably using it. There is a bug in the recently released version of WordPress (2.6). As far as i’m aware, it’s not affecting blogs hosted on wordpress.com, but it will … Continue reading »
Letter to the Editor
So, Marianne was mentioned in The Orlando Weekly again. Best fat-rights blogger www.therotund.com She’s 350 pounds of soft Orlando jiggle, and she says the body mass index is bullshit and people should recognize rights for those who are beyond pleasantly plump. She’s even posed nude to prove that point. So if you’re tubby and need … Continue reading »