February 2012
27 posts
Ballet Dancer Fired for Daring to Acknowledge... →
Mariafrancesca Garritano was fired last month after telling a British newspaper that her fellow dancers in the La Scala Ballet were suffering from an “anorexia emergency,” and that one in five dancers in the company was suffering from the eating disorder. The former prima ballerina also told The Observer that borderline abusive tactics were used by the company to pressure dancers to...
The Weight-Loss Drug That Wasn't →
Scientists were hoping FGF21 would be a key to lots of metabolic disorders, including diabetes. So this whole “rapid bone loss” thing is a setback for big pharma (Eli Lilly scientists published one of the first papers on FGF21, back in 2005), but also a setback for drug treatment of metabolic problems in general. That these problems are thorny is no surprise — glucose metabolism is...
“Conventional wisdom tells us that obesity itself is a major cause of clogged...”
– Obesity, Health and Metabolic Fitness by Glenn Gaesser, Ph.D.
Definitely read the whole article, it’s wonderful.
(via redefiningbodyimage)
awesome 3d curvy girls from london museum art... →
fuckyeahchubbyfashion:
Hi this is a great fashion photographer who did his art thesis on plus size women in 3d. totally awesome …His take is so awesome and beautiful! veronica of curvyville.tumblr.com
***Please note that this has some NSFW photos included***
“A woman’s individual preoccupation with weight often serves as a mask for other,...”
– Appetites by Caroline Knapp (via skirtingtheline)
This feels really relevant right now.
(via riotsnotdiets)
fatbodypolitics:
Bdoingbdoingbdoingbdoing: william-m asked: See the problem is that none of what you have mentioned in your post shows that society thinks that it… sprackraptor:
bdoing:
bigfatfeminist:
Society does think it’s more acceptable for men to be fat. It is not “acceptable,” per se, because fatness in and of itself is considered unacceptable, but fat men are not...
Tell Old Navy and Gap Inc to start selling their...
thesizeissue:
I’m sure many of us have bitched, ranted and cursed about the pure fatphobia that is the lack of plus size lines in the stores of people that have them. This kind of move says “while I’d really like your dollar, I’d hate to see you in here with all the socially acceptable people” and it’s simply not okay, especially in an economy like this. While boycotting these labels might be...
xoJane: The Price of Fat Hatred →
Behind the Lap-Band billboards lies a sinister and sad tale of people exploiting fat hatred and fear of fatness for cash. A lot of it. Bariatric surgery is a booming industry in the United States and the idea of a safe, one-hour procedure with minimal complications is appealing to a lot of people who shy away from more radical procedures like gastric bypass.
A Queer and Trans Fat Activist Timeline zine -... →
(By Charlotte Cooper,http://www.obesitytimebomb.blogspot.com/ )
Obesity Timebomb: The YMCA's Body Confidence... →
… There’s not a single fat person in the promotional imagery.
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May 2011
47 posts
The Fat-o-Sphere Talks About Fetishes: Sexy Fat...
molly-ren:
Photo: Banksy’s elephant in the room, as part of his exhibit Barely Legal (via Social Panda)
Hi guys! Sorry I couldn’t get this up sooner—I’ve been 1.) sick and 2.) moving, which left me feeling like I couldn’t get my thoughts together enough to respond to all the amazing commentary.
A little back story: way back in March, I wrote Why Fat Fetishists and Fat Avtivists Never End Up...
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Online Coverage Of Obesity Epidemic Worsens The... →
The prevailing logic seems to be that overweight people need to constantly be reminded that they’re unacceptably heavy (for their own good, natch). However shockingly enough, shaming overweight people and sending the message that their weight is a personal failure doesn’t do much good. When obese people internalize the anti-fat stigma, they’re more likely to become depressed...
radicallyhottoff:
been thinking about those posts going up with pictures of beautiful black women as a critique of the Satoshi Kanazawa article (the one “objectively” wondering why black women are not beautiful) the one at Feministe in particular—
what his “research” was addressing was not rich black hollywood women. it was addressing poor black women. *BMI* was the key code word for me...
I LIED! The bondage skirt fits *YOU TOO!
theinbetweenie:
giselaramirez:
*Anyone from a 2XS-3XL will fit into the bondage skirt :)
So I did some tests and fittings of the bondage skirt, and it turns out there’s no need to make 5 sizes from S-2XL, I really only needed 2-3 sizes max to fit those measurements (thanks to the wonders of elasticity)
Because of the time and effort I saved with this discovery, 4 sizes are currently in...
Carnival is woman…but not just any woman « CODE... →
Women’s public performance is always political, the fat black woman’s even more so. There mere fact that this video* is circulating so widely is because people view the fat black woman’s performing body as disruptive and “unruly” (to draw on the work of Jamaican literary scholar Andrea Shaw.)
Some people argued that images of this woman would deter tourists from visiting Trinidad and...
some thoughts about struggle/body...
jessiedress:
First, let me just say that I am clearly writing this for myself. This probably makes VERY LITTLE SENSE, and I’m not really interested in providing context.
Twice this week I’ve had crazy-interesting conversations with friends about body image/fat stuff. That sounds pretty normal and whatever, but in my daily it’s a pretty safe assumption that the only people I’m going to talk to...
“Those who subvert social norms are, ostensibly, people who have forgotten that...”
– So Michel Foucault and Jeremy Bentham walk into an elementary school cafeteria* via the Two Whole Cakes blog by Lesley Kinzel (via polianarchy)
fatandtheivy:
Fat People Exercise “Researchers have made a shocking discovery: Most overweight people exercise.
“The study proves the common idea that fat people are just lazy isn’t true. Though sadly, this research probably won’t change any attitudes, as most people still like to think the thinner someone is the healthier they are (until Star deems them “scary...
theinbetweenie:
Fat phobia, the “obesity epidemic” and the medicalization of inequality creatrixtiara:
liquornspice:
Holy shit, this blog looks amazing! A doctor who puts the “obesity epidemic” in historical context and shows how “health” is politicized?! ::singing:: LOOOVES IT!!!
A sampling of awesome. (All emphasis mine.)
Despite the focus on evidence-based...
therotund:
That Sexy Fat Pink Elephant In The Room; Discussing Fat, Fetishism, and Feederism jessiedress:
I’m into most (if not all) of what Marianne is saying here. It’s interesting to me (as a queer person especially) how sex/sexuality/fetish communities/kink get kind of pathologized in FA. I guess that just isn’t where I “live,” if you get what I mean.
I totally understand not being...
Why Fat Fetishists and Fat Activists Never End Up...
molly-ren:
Amanda, of Feedee World, got pissed off with Fat Activism recently:
Marilyn Wann, aka the author of Fat? SO! and previously a member of the NAAFA board of directors, as just unfriended me on Facebook. Why? Because I told her I was a Feedee and that “[l]ong story short, life is very complicated. Especially when you try to be balance aspects of your life that conflict, Fat...
“If we’re going to be super radical political fatties, it’s worth considering...”
– -the as always brilliant Marianne Kirby, in “That Sexy Fat Pink Elephant in the Room; Discussing Fat, Fetishism, and Feederism” (via riotsnotdiets)
I’ve always heard the phrase as Your Kink Is OK, It’s Just Not My Kink, but I don’t even know why I’m nitpicking that.
I’ve had a hard time dealing...
“You know we use “fetish” colloquially to mean “someone who’s really into things...”
– That Sexy Fat Pink Elephant In The Room; Discussing Fat, Fetishism, and Feederism
"I sold my NaNoWriMo novel!" A Q&A with Kim...
rkb:
Oh…I can just reblog the whole thing. And see that my name is in big letters on the back. Woo-hoo! I think I need to reread it so I can embrace my arms/legs/belly a little bit better. :)
lettersandlight:
Kim is a three-time NaNoWriMo participant. She sold her book, Read my Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large to Random House. The book hits shelves on May...