I am having a pants problem, fellow fats. None of the pants I try on want to fit me. They're either too tight/loose on the waist/hips while fitting the other just fine, and they also all seem to have a ridiculous rise on me. See, my pants-wearing waist is actually around my bellybutton, and any pants made by Lane Bryant rise at least 2-3 inches ( Read more... )

Okay, so complaining about Old Navy isn't nearly a new thing. I think I've read enough customers venting about a downward spiral in ON's clothing quality that I'd have a house if I had a fiver for each one I've seen ( Read more... )

Hullo fellow fats! Long time lurker, first time poster. One day I'll get up the nerves to do an OotD post, but for now I wanted to post about something that's very near and dear to me ( Read more... )

The other day I was on tumblr and came across PORK's newest photos from a Wild West editorial. I must say I was quite disheartened and was not alone in this feeling, since, as I looked at the commentary it was apparent that many other people of color were upset as well.

( Cut & TW for cultural appropriation and racism )

Has anyone else seen this article?  I was so completely disgusted and angered that I immediately wrote to the web editor to let her know that I would not be renewing my subscription to Marie Claire.  If anyone else wishes to send her an email, her name is Kate Schweitzer, and her email address is kschweitzer@hearst.com.

So there's a bakery in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina called CRUMB - they are a custom bakery, no actual store, just by order only. A friend of mine recently saw that they decided to use a ridiculous and fat-insensitive slogan, and decided to do something about it...
( Cut for possible, no DEFINITE triggering... )

the email i sent them originally was pretty much what id posted
here a while back with maybe just a few less FUCK YOUs.
;)

posted in its entirety.
LJcut for length & incredibly irritating stupidity.
( dont read if yr already cranky! )

Article Here.

Seriously, don't they pay journalists to do better things than this?  I don't mind a fluff article, but this pisses me off.  Between this and the umpteenth actress parading around in a fat suit to 'see what it would be like to suffer as real fat people do'well,--I'm really starting to hate celebrity.

On another slant, I don't think ( Read more... )

I was spending the afternoon relaxing and watching Fine Living Network on tv after a very stressful work week, when I was accosted by a preview of this Canadian reality show, "Bulging Brides," in which a bride who can't fit into her wedding dress chooses to engage in a weight loss "boot camp" to help her fit into her dress, all caught on camera. I ( Read more... )

( upsetting incident. :[ )