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Friend of Shapely Prose Elysia (who writes the blog Born That Way) is an evolutionary biologist, and she had some choice words for the latest [...]
June 9, 2010
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Dear [name redacted]: I get it. Discussing the fabulous ordinary whiteness of being as portrayed in Stillman films such as Last Days of Disco and [...]
May 7, 2010
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It’s hardly a well-kept secret that journalists can make an interviewee sound like she said pretty much anything. Those of us who are asked [...]
April 24, 2010
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You know Spring is truly on its way when media outlets pick up every story matching the keyword, “Dating”. The latest being so-called [...]
April 15, 2010
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According to the Vancouver Sun, there’s a new way to torture yourself through dieting. Literally: The medical procedure involves stitching [...]
February 25, 2010
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So, a famous person has finally been fucked by an airline’s fat policy. Director Kevin Smith got booted off a Southwest plane tonight, [...]
February 14, 2010
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Hey all, remember back in July when Washington Post fashion writer Robin Givhan mean-girled soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor for not [...]
October 19, 2009
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No, not that fat Barbie, sadly. According to WWD, shoe designer Christian Louboutin, who recently designed some high fashion Barbies, had to [...]
October 13, 2009
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Kate started us off by pointing to this horrifying story about a 4-month-old baby in Colorado who was denied health insurance for being too fat. [...]
October 12, 2009
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That has been my entire week. Since my first post about it here got a lot of responses, I figured I’d share everything I’ve been [...]
October 2, 2009