New post on fats.

[theoryofgravity]

I wrote about unicorns on fatshionista.com today.

Yes, seriously. Dig it.

Comments

[bounce_n_jiggle]

wow. my press release for re/dress isabout debunking the myth of the plus size vintage as fashion unicorn..... eerie!

[theoryofgravity]

Speaking of, I neeeeed to get to NYC to visit so I can write you a glowing review!

[rosewater]

Let me know when you do! I want to go to Re/Dress too and that's as good an excuse as any to come up (and better than most).

[theoryofgravity]

I am hoping for a January visit, depending on how my finances look then. I will keep you updated!

[rosewater]

Can you write a book please?

Also, this: http://kateharding.net/2007/10/31/the-rhinos-are-all-right/

Tried to post it there but maybe it doesn't accept raw URLs. I didn't really have anything to say except "this."

[theoryofgravity]

OH, I totally forgot that post! I just linked it in the OP itself. So appropriate!

And yeah, I have the spam settings such that comments with one link are supposed to be okay, but multiple links are not (to deter spam) but it seems to just hate links in general. I need to play with it.

Re: book... Ha! I have many days where that sounds like a good idea, and slightly fewer where it sounds like a very bad one. SOME DAY ONE OF THESE CHAMPIONS WILL WIN OUT. Thanks for the compliment, though. :)

[rosewater]

Yeah, ours sends anything to moderation if it has too many links. It is probably the right way to go; I am sort of pathetic for not being able to think of one freakin' sentence to couch my link within.

I just think your writing style means that you could get away with writing a personal-essay style book on fat in a way that a lot of other people couldn't without sounding preachy or self-helpy. You can call it Larger Than Life. I was thinking this morning that I would use that title for my fat memoir if I had any desire whatsoever to write a fat memoir.

[theoryofgravity]

Haha, you and me and titles! I decided years ago my Imaginary Memoir would be called Adventures In Space. It's like the biggest reach ever but I still enjoy it.

[cluebyfourgirl]

Marry me?

coco73 had a post about La O yesterday which was the first time I'd heard about it (poor little pop culture deprived me). It really is staggering how Oprah continues to beleive and diseminate the belief that the only true success lays in being considered acceptable and attractive within a very narrow (look at me go) confine; see her most recent episode regarding "Beauty Secrets from Around the World" (http://www.livingoprah.com/2008/11/frowning-causes-wrinkles.html). (Yes, I have super big issues with Living Oprah - but I find it an interesting idea.)

[theoryofgravity]

That post is both interesting and maddening! And what a bizarre/fascinating idea for a blog.

I wouldn't have noticed Oprah's weight changes either, if not for the explosion on the faternets. ;)

[coco73]

When you mentioned Living Oprah yesterday it didn't sink in much for me, as I just thought it was yet another Oprah-owned piece of media. Wow...it's weird. And it's kind of cool. How long have you been reading it?

[cluebyfourgirl]

It is so weird but it's fascinating to see what twigs as "off" (?) or unexamined for the author and how that intersects or doesn't) for me. Added to that is that it's a way to interact with this crazy pop culture juggernaught that is Oprah with a filter, other than mainstream media, in place. I started reading it in late summer? A few months ago anyway.

[la_sherazade]

I really like that post. Thank you for sharing it.

[integgy]

Um, you are seriously my new hero all over again, with that unicorn extended metaphor. I've grown to have a bit of a fondness for unicorns, since my good friend is obsessed with them, and I tend to spend lot of time fantasy shopping for her for future gifts, and, um YAY, unicorns.