The other day, longtime commenter Arwen noticed something: HEY, SNARKYSMACHINE HAS A BLOG! Oh, sorry. I got a bit excited there. We did, too, when we first found Snarky’s blog, and after a couple of weeks of reading that and her smart, hilarious, ass-kicking comments here, we started wondering if she’d ever consider blogging for … Continue reading »
Filed under Announcements …
This one’s for the masochists
You all know that we get a lot of trolls here; usually they are discouraged by our despotic comments policy and give up after one or two bits of low-grade trolling. Of course, when Dude Nation descended upon us to wave their liberty sticks, the frequency and stupidity of the trolling went sky-high. Here’s the … Continue reading »
Tuesday Post
Ok, yesterday’s open thread worked pretty well, so I’ll keep it going. This time, I even have a topic. Just got this from Charlotte Cooper via Facebook: Dear rad fatties around the world, I am co-organising an event here in London called The Fat of the Land: A Queer Chub Harvest Festival. It’s a mixture … Continue reading »
Changes
Hey, look! New template! I was just going to change the header, as I’ve been promising to do since A Sarah joined us IN MAY, but then I realized I was really sick of looking at the old template. And hey, speaking of A Sarah having been here SINCE MAY, I also finally added her … Continue reading »
World domination: One step closer
Our fearless leader is beginning a fortnight of guest blogging over at Jezebel! This is an explosion of awesome, as you’ve probably guessed, since Jezebel has lately been one of the most reliable blogs around for feminist news (often with a fat-friendly slant) as well as pictures of Zachary Quinto. This means that Kate won’t … Continue reading »
Happy Birthday, Sweet Machine!
FINALLY, A MAJORITY OF THE SP BLOGGERS ARE IN THEIR THIRTIES! (Suck it, Fillyjonk.) You know the drill, Shapelings — champagne, baby donuts, dirty limericks and lots of love for Sweet Machine, who has been making this blog better (as has FJ, who can stop sucking it now) for TWO DAMN YEARS this month. Happy … Continue reading »
A Bit of Clarification
Update: One other thing I want to make perfectly clear, because I’m seeing this coming up a lot: We Are the Real Deal is not sponsored by Dove. It is a grassroots project, and nobody’s getting paid. MamaV approached Dove about sponsoring the panel at BlogHer — which still did not mean anybody got paid, … Continue reading »
Hey, remember this?
Are you a newish reader who’s not a douchehound? Do you wish you could talk to other Shapelings without our annoying requests that you “stay on topic” and “quit threadjacking” already? Do you want to organize a baby donut party in your town? Do you have a boring office job and need even more ways … Continue reading »
Happy Birthday, A Sarah!
It’s our newest co-blogger’s birthday, and she just moved to a town where she doesn’t know anyone to celebrate with. So let’s make the Shapeling party count: I want champagne and baby donuts flowing freely (inasmuch as donuts can flow), links to puppy pictures, limericks and revised song lyrics in our girl’s honor, chair-dancing, and … Continue reading »
New website, BlogHer, etc.
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 kind of do myself, actually. We Are the Real Deal is a companion project to the body image panel I’ll be a part of at BlogHer tomorrow. Heather Blessington, who’s … Continue reading »
