Author Archives: Lesley
Click through to the Flickr version for outfit info. I’ve been having a mild infatuation with AJ Wright lately. I like the explodey chaos, I like the bargain-basement prices, I like that they don’t treat fat folks like lepers and have plus sizes in abundance, I like digging through piles of crap to find The […]
I have to take a moment to ackowledge and recommend Substantia Jones’ long-running Adipositivity Project, an ever-growing collection of photographs of fat figures in various states of undress. This series has always been fascinating and illuminating, insofar as providing images of fat people in circumstances in which they’re rarely seen in mainstream culture. However – […]
Click through to the Flickr version for outfit info. Pretty frequently I get compliments from much-slimmer people, usually women, on my clothes, or my style in general. It’s a pretty swell thing to hear, and incredibly satisfying, considering the time and effort I put into my wardrobe. But there’s also an aspect of it that’s… […]
I was away for the weekend. This was in my inbox when I got back. Last week, we had a bit of an intervention for Torrid over on the Fatshionista LiveJournal community. Though people’s expectations and demands vary in some respects, there were a few common points, the primary ones being sizing inconsistencies, Torrid’s pricing […]
Click through to the Flickr version for outfit info. Back in February, when visiting South Florida, the land that spawned me, I picked up a few maxi dresses at Ross. I have resisted the maxi dress until now, for a couple of reasons. 1. Maxi dresses kind of make me feel like I’m wearing a […]
I am not especially talented at talking about The Health Issue, that is, the whole “but what if being fat is unhealthy?” question. There are a few reasons for this. For one, statistics bore me, and I lack the patience and interest to dutifully seek out medical studies to use to disprove other medical studies. […]
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY: Lessons From the Fat-o-sphere authors Marianne Kirby and Kate Harding will be turning up in Boston for a book reading and signing event. The event is sponsored by the Center for New Words and will be taking place at Lir Pub on Boylston Street at 1pm. As a bonus, both myself and […]
Yesterday, #twowholecakes made its Twitter debut as a hashtag, and my kneejerk inclination – over-explainer that I am – was that I should probably rapidly define what two whole cakes is, what it means, where it came from, why it’s stuck with me so long. I didn’t actually plan or intend for it to spread […]
I have a devastating reality to share with all of you. This will be painful, but we will get though it together. It’s about fat acceptance. You know, all that bullshit about how diets don’t work, and self love, and intuitive eating, and being healthy regardless of weight? Yeah, it’s all an elaborate ruse. And […]
This weekend I left my LCD-lit internets-cave long enough to attend the Saturday evening performance of Big Moves Boston’s new musical, Fat Camp, with a few other noteworthy fats. It was a great big fun time and while the Boston run is over, there’s good new for folks in Philly – Fat Camp is coming […]
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