Author Archives: Lesley
Click through to the Flickr versions for outfit info. On the Fatshionista community over at Livejournal, I frequently see comments about people’s “shapes”. Most are complimentary – as in “You have a gorgeous shape!” – which I’m sure are meant with the best intentions, though they always sound a little weird to me. The obvious […]
FAREWELL, CRUEL FATOSPHERE: A Swiftian* Solution Written While Totally Sober
By Lesley | September 8, 2008
* Swiftian: Employing a satirical approach inspired by the writings of Jonathan Swift; like Swift’s writings in tone or outlook; often, specif., sardonic, caustic, pessimistic, etc. (1); see also sarcasm. I have a problem with the Fatosphere. Oh no, it’s not what you think! Prior posts on this blog notwithstanding, it’s not about the overwhelming […]
I’m tickled to be posting this here on behalf of a reader who is assembling an anthology of writings by fat queers, a project that I think is fabulous and extremely necessary and couldn’t be happier about (and I’m not just saying this because it was such a struggle to find good sources when I […]
I love Igigi. Well, I should qualify that: I love Igigi when they’re making stuff that fits my style, which they don’t always do. I love them when they match me because the quality and fit of their garments is absolutely outstanding. Some seasons, yeah, I’ll look and the site and howl “NO IGIGI NO! […]
This is not fat-related, but it is race-related, which is obviously another important subject frequently touched on ’round these parts. What you’ll see, if you watch it, is some common-sense advice on how to address those inevitable racist statements or actions you may come upon in your travels through life (and the internets) in a […]
Pay attention: there is an excellent and thought-provoking post over at Shapely Prose by guest blogger Occhiblu, who takes issue with an article uncritically linked on Junkfood Science on Friday. Sandy calling this article “profound†and explicitly linking it to weight-based discrimination in the U.S. is problematic, to say the least. Saying that this is […]
It’s in the media, therefore it must be true! My personal feelings on weight-loss surgery are hardly a secret and have been oft-repeated, both here and elsewhere. They are, in summation, that I do not begrudge anyone their individual rights to discrete and private decisions regarding their own bodies, but that on a political and […]
For years upon years I wore nothing but black. By this I don’t mean that I wore “a lot” of black, or that the majority of my wardrobe was black – I mean bloody everything was black. The most color you’d see on me was, maybe, if something had red stitching on it. The black […]
Note: This post was written partly as a result of my thoughts while catching up on discussions elsewhere about Julia’s excellent post here last week. Just so there’s context. Here’s the newsflash: Race affects me. I’m white. I’m white as white gets. My background is an even mixture of Anglo-Saxon and German. You’d probably be […]
I have a wobbly relationship with compliments. On the one hand, they’re nice. On the other, fatter hand, they make me uncomfortable. I also hate it when folks respond to compliments by automatically apologizing, or arguing with the complimenter (”Oh no, I actually look horrible!”), even though this is often my automatic internal response. It […]
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