Archive For The “Fatshionista.com Archived Posts” Category

Diverse Fats: a call to action

By | May 21, 2009

There’s a show that’s long-since expired (I do believe) that had a great theme song, You’re Not The Boss of Me. The jingle is playing in my brain as I type this. As I sipped my afternoon soda and prepared for a weekend of fun and dirt, I read the most recent Shapely Prose post. […]

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Outfitblogged: My skills are so much awesomer than you even realize.

By | May 20, 2009

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… […]

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Facepalm: Torrid, still doing it wrong

By | May 18, 2009

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 […]

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Outfitblogging: Maxied.

By | May 14, 2009

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 […]

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Obligatory Health: My body’s not your problem.

By | May 12, 2009

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. […]

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Nom nom no….m.

By | May 8, 2009

I was piled under blankets and sheets and could not move. I couldn’t lift my leg, my arm, couldn’t turn over to turn off the alarm. I was stuck under the weight of my own brain telling my body to disappear for a while. Squinty-eyed and full of snot I over-shot and hit the alarm […]

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Announcements: Weekend Events, and free money from NOLOSE

By | May 8, 2009

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 […]

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Our cakes, ourselves: The absurd performativity of two whole cakes

By | May 7, 2009

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 […]

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The Truth About Fat Activism: Fat Satan, and Segways made of cake

By | May 5, 2009

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 […]

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Philadelphia Fats take notice; also, an Avenue Surprise.

By | May 4, 2009

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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