Posted on July 14, 2008 by kateharding
A reader who works with victims of domestic violence writes:
After speaking with my boss, she and I agree that FA and HAES could have a big role to play in our self-care initiatives. While economic issues and pure justified fear are the leading reasons women stay in violent relationships, self-esteem is way up there. I [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2008 by Sweet Machine
The representation of unrestrained appetite as inappropriate for women, the depiction of female eating as a private, transgressive act, make restriction and denial of hunger central features of the construction of femininity and set up the compensatory binge as a virtual inevitability. Such restrictions on appetite, moreover, are not merely about food intake. Rather, the [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008 by Sweet Machine
Stacey Fearnall, a waitress in Ontario, was fired after shaving her head for charity. As Meowser informed us recently, not having the “right” amount or kind of hair can lead women to suicidal thoughts. But as this article reminds us, even if you voluntarily reject your feminine duty to have luscious, fuck-me hair, others are [...]
Filed under: Feminism, Hair, Sweet Machine | 57 Comments »
Posted on May 28, 2008 by fillyjonk
I am tired and overwhelmed by the prospect of holding down the fort this week. I have a fluffy post about pretty dresses in the works, but right now, the substantive stuff just feels like a millstone. Over and over, we make the same points and are misunderstood and abused in the same [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2008 by fillyjonk
I spent time with several wonderful fatties this weekend (among them Kate, The Rotund, Lesley of Fatshionista, Meowser, and Substantia Jones) and our lunch conversation consisted, in part, of a bunch of us repeating just about every line from this video and then laughing our asses off. It’s only tangentially fat-related, but it’s a [...]
Filed under: Fat, Feminism, Fillyjonk, Food, Media | 160 Comments »
Posted on April 24, 2008 by kateharding
So, lots of people have been writing about (and e-mailing about) this new study that claims pregnant women who eat more calories are more likely to have boys. And the fun part is, everyone’s pissed off about it for different reasons. Whee!
Liss takes down the unexamined assumption at the heart of it: that “How do [...]
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Posted on April 13, 2008 by Sweet Machine
Inspired by a lively thread at Feministe on how to be a feminist boyfriend (and thinking about Dar William’s brilliant song about figuring out that you might want a feminist boyfriend in the first place), I’m tossing this question out there in the hope that this post can become a resource for us all:
What are [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2008 by Sweet Machine
Since we’ve been talking a lot about bias and language recently, I thought you Shapelings might appreciate (read: fume over) this NYT article, which follows in the grand NYT traditions of 1) writing about young people as though they are another species, and 2) forgetting that our actual species has female members. The article itself [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by Sweet Machine
Okay, so that’s not exactly what this NYT article says, but it may as well be: Perceptions: Feminists More Open-Minded on Weight. Surprise me cunt!
(This post has been brought to you by the “Sweet Machine reads the NYT during spring break instead of studying for her oral exams” series. Hat tip to Feministing.)
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by fillyjonk
There’s been a lot of response to Tara’s extraordinary post about race in fat activism on Fatshionista.com. Lord knows I am in no mood to court drama right now, but it comes looking for me anyway, so let me take this opportunity to state my position on an important post and an important issue.
One very [...]
Filed under: Fat, Fat Blogs, Feminism, Fillyjonk, Intersectionality, Politics | 71 Comments »
