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Monthly Archives: July 2009

  • I’ve got a problem. And since I suspect I’m not the only one, I want to start a dialogue about this psychological artifact of Fat [...]

    Guest Blogger M. LeBlanc: The Fantasy of Staying Exactly As I Am (or, This Far and No Further, This Fat and No Fatter)

    July 30, 2009
  • Dear Freakonomics Dudes, This: The prevalence of obesity rose 37 percent between 1998 and 2006, and medical costs climbed to about 9.1 percent [...]

    Oh, and your book sucks, too

    July 29, 2009
  • I spent this weekend in rural Oregon, attending my dear friend M’s wedding. Though the weather was unusually hot for the Pacific Northwest, [...]

    Beauty

    July 28, 2009
  • I’ve got a feature about “More to Love” and “Drop Dead Diva” up at Salon today, and since I’m not putting [...]

    Fatty TV: OMGWTFBBW!

    July 28, 2009
  • So here’s what I’m wondering, as I type while meanwhile my younger son naps and my older son tells me “Mommy! Keep looking! [...]

    Friday Fluff, sort of. And sort of an open thread also.

    July 24, 2009
  • So, there’s a new body image website in the neighborhood, and I’m a part of it — which some of you might find surprising. I [...]

    New website, BlogHer, etc.

    July 23, 2009
  • Your attention, please. From Fox News’ Neil Cavuto (won’t dignify it with a link), by way of Talking Points Memo, by way of Jezebel: [...]

    An Urgent Message To Shapely Prose Readers

    July 23, 2009
  • Alternate title: Jesus H., Fellow White People, Shut Your Mouths and Use Your Brains for Five Minutes, Would You? So, I can’t stop thinking [...]

    “This is what happens to black men in America”

    July 21, 2009
  • Here’s the thing about Robin Givhan, the WaPo‘s fashion journalist. She frequently writes about fashion in contexts that should make [...]

    What’s the point of judicial power if you don’t have Girl Power?

    July 20, 2009
  • Shapelings over 40: My fellow VC alum Kristyn Kusek Lewis just posted the following Facebook update: For an upcoming magazine story that [...]

    Ex-dieters over 40: Call for stories

    July 20, 2009

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