Posted on July 9, 2008 by kateharding
Shapelings, A Sarah needs your help. She just left the comment below in another thread, and I thought it deserved its own post.
I’ve said many times that the journey to body acceptance is not short, straightforward, or without switchbacks. Intellectually grasping the wisdom of giving up dieting often comes loooong before you’re emotionally ready to [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by fillyjonk
Hey, Shapelings in DC, Baltimore, and environs, please contact me! Shapeling Kate217 is setting up a meetup next month, and I don’t want to put the details right on the site, so I need the contact info of anyone who’s interested. (Then I will probably pass you off to Kate217, who is about [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2008 by fillyjonk
Kate and I were discussing yesterday how we don’t even know where most of our readers live. Every so often a comments thread will explode with “you live in Atlanta? I live in Atlanta! We should meet up!” but there’s no centralized location for seeing what Shapelings are near your home base. [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2008 by Sweet Machine
Thanks to enterprising Shapeling Kelly, there is now a Facebook group called “I am Kate Harding!” Since most of your friends no doubt know that you, too, are that chunky chick Kate Harding, why not spread the word further? This would also be an awesome place for you to post pictures of yourself in [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2008 by Sweet Machine
So what with our FAQ-building and our blogwars and all, I’ve been thinking about how this blog turned from an awesome blog to an awesome community. To that end, here’s your fluff question for today: How did you first find your way to Shapely Prose?
Personally, I knew Kate from Fatshionista and also knew [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2008 by fillyjonk
Which one of you is Hannah Lobel?
The woman HAS to be a Shapeling. If she’s not, we absolutely must find and recruit her.
Edited to add: Wow, the whole Utne Reader is like something out of an alternate universe this month. Also check out Love Your Fat Self, by Feministing contributor Courtney E. Martin, [...]
Filed under: Commentariat, Fat, Fillyjonk, Media | 65 Comments »
Posted on December 30, 2007 by fillyjonk
Diet and gym ads are ramping up this week, in preparation for the short burst of business and the sustaining influx of money they’re about to get in the brand-new year. They’re getting ready for what Sarah calls The Resolutionists — the crowds of people who tell themselves every year that this will be [...]
Filed under: Commentariat, Dieting/WLS, Fillyjonk, Miscellaneous | 67 Comments »
Posted on November 20, 2007 by fillyjonk
For a few weeks now, my belly dance teacher has been announcing that the studio would be closed the entire week of Thanksgiving, so “take some time off, eat a lot, and get those shimmies bigger.” Since I carefully avoid the forms of media that most obviously prey on women, that’s about the only [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2007 by kateharding
Thanks to everyone who responded to yesterday’s polls. It was “Shapelings” by a landslide!
And I’m thinking the collective noun will be “Shapeletariat,” but we might not be done arguing about that yet.
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Posted on November 2, 2007 by kateharding
Update: I’ve made the executive decision that we’ve narrowed it down to two choices: Shapelings and Proselytes. Go vote for one of those here.
All right, Shapelies/Shapelers/Prosies/Shapelings/Other, it’s time to decide for real which name we’re going with.
I made a poll and everything. WordPress won’t let me actually post it here, which sucks, but still, there’s [...]
Filed under: Commentariat, Friday Fluff | 85 Comments »
