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Monthly Archives: June 2009

  • Jezebel points us to a maddeningly obtuse series of recent articles about the Obamas’ eating habits. (There’s even an [unofficial] [...]

    The Obamas: Just like us!

    June 17, 2009
  • This time, I wrote about fat heroines in contemporary fiction at Powell’s. A taste: [I]t’s absolutely true that, for many people, the [...]

    And again today…

    June 17, 2009
  • I did my first feature on Salon, on the next generation of abortion providers. (That’s what kept me away from the blog for most of last [...]

    Today in Things I Wrote Elsewhere

    June 15, 2009
  • I just sent the following comment to spam: I wish you huge obese would stop complaining and talking. (Linkage mine.) Because it’s not good [...]

    Douchehound of the Day

    June 11, 2009
  • A charming Roman Catholic priest once said, to a female friend of mine preparing for ordained ministry, “Seeing a woman give a sermon is [...]

    Keith Fournier, Man Who Pronounces

    June 10, 2009
  • You might have noticed that there hasn’t been a lot of content lately, because things happen — most notably, Kate and I have to go be [...]

    Wait, you mean there are supposed to be WOMEN inside these clothes?

    June 10, 2009
  • BoingBoing pointed me to this amazing blog, The Hope Chest, that features scans of very old newspaper articles. I highly recommend that you check [...]

    Retro fat: Open thread

    June 10, 2009
  • I started working on a longer post about this, but didn’t finish it in time, and I want to get this out there before too many people head [...]

    Quick hit: GLAAD Call to Action

    June 5, 2009
  • So yeah, adding another co-blogger was theoretically supposed to increase frequency of posting, but then A Sarah and Fillyjonk both had the nerve [...]

    Open thread

    June 3, 2009
  • Some comics you might enjoy. 1. T-Rex learns about calorie counting. 2. From Indexed (thanks to Shapeling Amy for sending this one along):

    On a lighter note

    June 3, 2009

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