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-Lauredhel: Fat acceptance and Oppression Olympics fail on The Gruen Transfer
An excellent elaboration of Rule 11, among other things.
The critique of the panellists completely fails to connect this one simple fact: That arguing “you wouldn’t tell racist or homophobic jokes, so why tell fat jokes?” misses the point that people do tell racist and homophobic jokes. Bram [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Exercise, Fashion, Fat, Intersectionality, Media, Politics | 161 Comments »
Two more reminders of the cost of the ideal of the perfectly toned, perfectly thin body:
1. A Daily Mail reporter (I know, I know — they’re a thin-loving nightmare, but that also means that they publish a lot of articles that unintentionally reveal the cultural pressures behind that) works with Madonna’s and Gwyneth Paltrow’s trainer [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Fat, Media, Pop Culture, Sweet Machine | 114 Comments »
My sister-in-law just sent me this article that she first saw in the print version of The Toronto Star. She sent it because it mentions the blog, the book, and my Dear Oprah post (woo!), but I’m actually posting it because, holy cow, it’s really good.
Well, mostly. I think the “vanity sizing” detour is crap, [...]
Filed under: Dieting/WLS, Exercise, Fashion, Fat, Food, Media | 46 Comments »
Paul covered it so I don’t have to. Yay!
Here’s the McCain quote from last night’s debate that sparked his post and this one:
The rise of obesity amongst young Americans is one of the most alarming statistics that there is. We should have physical fitness programs and nutrition programs in schools. Every parent should know what’s [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Fat, Health at Every Size, Politics | 30 Comments »
A Shapeling writes:
I am a biologist attending a large, well respected conference on insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and heart disease.
All the experiments were well designed, good solid data, and a lot of it correlates EXACTLY with the message of your blog, like the factoid I gleaned that fully 25% of Coronary Artery Disease cases diagnosed [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Fat, Health at Every Size, You've Got to Be Kidding Me | 46 Comments »
Did y’all see this?
Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there’s a way to overcome that family history — just get three to four hours of moderate activity a day.
Seriously. Just exercise moderately for three to four hours a day, and you won’t be fat! LIKE MAGIC.
The best part is where they tell us [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Fat, Health at Every Size, Media, You've Got to Be Kidding Me | 234 Comments »
You guys, I have found my new favorite form of exercise.
Or rather, I have found the perfect circumstances for engaging in one of my old favorite forms of exercise.
Last night, Tari, OTM and I went to Dance Dance Party Party, which is the most brilliant “Why the fuck didn’t I think of that?” idea I’ve [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Fat | 106 Comments »
So, we recently got rid of the car. It’s no huge hardship in a city with good public transportation, but of course, in the first few weeks of going carless, you become aware of all the places that are suddenly much more of a PITA to get to.
Over the last several months, I’ve been trying [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Fat, Health at Every Size, Self-Image | 193 Comments »
And I mean the kind of fever that makes people act batshit crazy, because that’s the only excuse for the latest round of “It’s more important that female Olympians be jerkoff fodder than world-class athletes.” Are you sitting down?
“Gymnast Alicia Sacramone an Internet ‘Hottie’ Despite Screwups.”
You have got to be fucking kidding me. Even for [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Media, You've Got to Be Kidding Me | 38 Comments »
Check out the Women of Color and Beauty Carnival on the yennenga LJ community. This looks like an awesome carnival, and I’m really excited to read all the linked posts. You’ll recognize Julia’s excellent post at Fatshionista, which we’ve been discussing around here; some of her posts on LJ are linked as well. Via Racialicious [...]
Filed under: Exercise, Fat, Feminism, Intersectionality, Media, Other Stuff We Read, Pop Culture, Self-Image, Sweet Machine | 83 Comments »
Kate will be on a panel about body image at this year's BlogHer conference on Friday, July 24, at 1:15 p.m.
Stay tuned for a college tour in the fall and maybe some stuff in between.
Notes from the Fatosphere
