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Calling All Story-Tellers!
I’m looking for some Have something you’d like to share? In particular, I’m looking for people who want to post on: Fat Tuesday I’d love to hear your thoughts on body image (positive or negative)....
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Fat and Funny
One of my favorite things that’s developed from this Fat Tuesday series is that I now get submissions or ideas from my friends and family. Last week, Will sent me this story on sexy new female...
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Start a Revolution!
From the amazing site F*** Yeah! Ryan Gosling {EDIT: Actually, it’s from the also-awesome site Feminist Ryan Gosling! Thank you, Maria! Clearly, I spend too much time on Ryan Gosling-related...
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Sephora think you’re Fat
Yes, a two-fer! Just in time for Fat Tuesday, Will sent me this article from The Slog concerning a recent trip to Sephora to buy nail polish. What’s in a name? A lot, when Sephora chooses to name a...
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Radical Kindness
Welcome to my weekly discussion of body image. While this discussion started as a way to highlight various articles and elements in society that I feel are pushing fat-phobia and unhealthy self-image,...
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Photographic Height/Weight Chart
Recently, during a moment of self-doubt, Will called me into the living room to show me this: a photographic height/weight chart from the blog Cockeyed. He pulled up the image of the girl...
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The “Thin Commandments”
As I’ve mentioned before, one of my favorite things about this series is when friends and family send me links they think would make good Fat Tuesday fodder. Today’s link comes from my good friend...
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Fat Tuesday: Killing Us Softly
Sophomore year of college, the Resident Adviser in my dorm held an event. Interested parties could convene in a chosen room in the dorm’s basement to watch Jean Kilbourne‘s Killing Us Softly - a...
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Fat Tuesday: Nudity and some Great Suggestions
On Saturday, my lovely friend Renita and I spent the afternoon at a local spa getting massages. The whole thing was set up by her ever-thoughtful husband as a Christmas present (how perfect is that? –...
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Fat Tuesday: Dancer Inspiration
Two weeks ago, I joined the gym my sister attends. Having a workout partner is fantastic – especially one as dedicated to fitness as Kerry. On Saturdays, however, I’m on my own. Saturday is Zumba with...
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Bitter Body Image, Part 2
Yesterday, the problem. Today, my attempts at a solution. Previous Attempts: I don’t exactly have a list of diets I’ve tried as I’m loathe to even try anything too rigid. I wouldn’t consider something...
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Fat in the Media
There’s one thing I notice when reading the news that jars me more than dropping the Oxford comma or using non-words like “irregardless” – superfluous mentions of body size. The first flaw can be...
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It’s that time again…
This week, repeat-offender Newsweek can’t report on David Cameron’s handling of the Murdoch Scandal without calling him fat. Twice. “And when I look upon the slightly chubby, shapeless, ruddy face of...
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