Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose

We haven’t talked a whole lot about crafting and fat in the past, but I know we have some crafty Shapelings out there! (Has anyone knit or crocheted an Adipose cell yet?) I’m an obsessive knitter myself (though the level of obsession ratchets up and down depending on my school schedule), and I’ve been delighted [...]

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So, Ozlem from Igigi wrote the other day to ask if I might mention a couple of their new summer dresses, and because she gives me discounts for these things, I shall oblige.
I kid! Sort of. I like the discounts and I genuinely dig these dresses. (For the record, I actually don’t like a lot [...]

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Prom time is approaching. I never went to mine, because I was a grouchy little contrarian and fancied myself all counterculture, but for a lot of young women they represent an important rite of passage. Not to mention, of course, the chance to get dolled up, and everyone likes that! (Maybe not [...]

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I’m sort of having a Stupor Tuesday today, but with two thirds of today’s blog posts centering around the idea that some people on the internet are total fucksticks, I thought I’d throw in a little link roundup to offer some cheerier fare.

Lindsay at BABble, who is our big hero of the moment, wrote a [...]

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We here at SP are a buxom bunch. Kate, of course, has her Rack of Doom; FJ and I, pseudonymous as we are, have not shared our chestiness with you, but rest assured, our bosoms are as big as our brains. A lot bigger, actually, if you picture that literally. If any of you Shapelings [...]

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Dear Ashley Stewart,
Thank you for existing.
Thank you for starting to offer size 12s, because seriously, your shit runs big.
Thank you for making me giggle every time I drive past one of your locations, because one of the Perfect Skinny Blondes I went to high school with was named Ashley Stewart*, so the idea of a [...]

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So, Fatshionista readers might recall my excruciatingly detailed comparison of an Igigi dress and a Robbie Bee one, done with an eye to the holidays. Unfortunately, that turned out to be useless, because the Igigi dress sold out in my size, and I decided there were others I liked better than the Robbie Bee one. [...]

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Over at Big Fat Deal, they’re discussing a Gawker thread about “curvy” women that I really, really don’t recommend reading — but I couldn’t resist posting about one of Mo Pie’s observations on it:
Marilyn Monroe’s name is dropped. Maybe there should be a Monroe’s corollary to Godwin’s Law.
Oh, lord, YES THERE SHOULD. As an online [...]

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