Archive For The “Lesley” Category
Last May, I was invited to present as part of a panel entitled “Fat Politics and Sexuality in the Face of Hate: A Forum on Rights You Didn’t Know You Needed” in New York, alongside some noted luminaries of fattery, namely Katie LeBesco, Substantia Jones, Zoe Meleo-Erwin, and Marilyn Wann. It was a good time, […]
This weekend, Re/Dress NYC is playing host to an indie designer extravaganza, beginning with a fashion show on Friday night. You can be certain that if I weren’t due to be 30,000 feet over New York at the time, I would be there, particularly to see the reveal of Cupcake & Cuddlebunny’s new line. Luckily, […]
A couple weeks ago, following a short Twitter exchange, Meghan Vicks — who is one of the editors over at Gaga Stigmata, the amazing critical e-journal I totally would contribute to on a daily basis if only I could give up this annoying habit of sleeping — asked if I’d be willing to participate in […]
[Short version of the below: I am changing my blog home from fatshionista.com to blog.twowholecakes.com. You can grab the new feed here.] There are a number of reasons. Fact is, “fatshionista†doesn’t really belong to me. It belongs to you. Fatshionista, both word and concept, originally started as the name of a LiveJournal community founded […]
A few folks, in a few places, have criticized my decision to formally contribute to the conversation began by Maura Kelly’s Marie-Claire-sanctioned fat-hate blog, arguing that my doing so somehow validates the original post, or that I wasn’t mean enough to Kelly, or that my submitting a response helps Marie Claire benefit by the uproar. […]
ETA: At their request, I’ve also submitted a “counterpoint” guestblog to Marie Claire, arguing in favor of more body diversity — including fat people! — on TV. You can read that here. The gorgeous image to the left is borrowed from the Museum of Fat Love, which hasn’t been updated in forever but is still […]
Last week, a senior news analyst, Juan Williams, was fired from NPR. This happened as a result of comments he made on the oft-reprehensible Bill O’Reilly’s punditry show on Fox News (a network that is also oft-reprehensible, and as my husband and I walked past Rockefeller Center whilst in New York last week, my husband […]
The winner has been chosen! To keep things fair, I had to move a few comments back to the moderation queue temporarily as some folks commented twice, which is fine in general but that would have given them extra entries. The number generator at Random.org picked number 36, and so the winner is: Yay! I’ll […]
So. I haven’t mentioned this here* before now because, frankly, I’m quite terrible at self-promotion and have a frustrating inclination toward devaluing my abilities and diminishing my accomplishments. This is why I would probably benefit from having some kind of agent/manager/Lesley-wrangler. Anyway. Deep breath: I’ve been chosen as one of 40 feminists under 40 to […]
Two opportunities for you, my fats, to talk about your hulking awesome: First, I’ve received a communiqué from Eve Binder, who is writing a piece for The Daily Beast on fat studies and fat college life. From the email: “I’m looking for students who have taken courses in the field, as well as fat students […]
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