www.bu.edu/bostonia/winter-spring12/corkey/

I figured that people in this comm would appreciate this article about Barbara Corkey and her research in metabolism.

Because last night's post seems to have struck a chord, I wanted to talk a bit more about fat, fat shaming, and the old trope of hiding behind so-called "health concerns" to cover up plain old-fashioned looksism.

I started to deconstruct the awfulness that is this poster, but let's talk about it some more ( Read more... )

If I hear one more Chris Christie fat joke, I think I'm gonna scream.

He's fat. We know. Why is that supposed to be funny? And even if it were particularly funny, everyone else has already made the joke like 7,000,000 times. It's tired. It's played out. Move the fuck on already.

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"Over the next few months, NPR's series Living Large: Obesity In America will explore what it means to live in a nation where one in three adults is obese. The crisis affects tens of millions of people and is altering daily life in fundamental ways. NPR will report from the factory floor, the office cubicle, the school cafeteria, the airport and ( Read more... )

I figure some people on here would be interested in this ( Read more... )

Today I saw an ok article on Fashion week about the Plus Size Show- apparently its a big deal that there was a plus size fashion show during Fashion Week- First One Ever ( Read more... )

Re: your recent royal frak-up (TW for fat shaming) and your decidedly tepid response:

The point

Your heads

The resulting responses are nice and affirming, but it frames fat acceptance as a debate, with two opposing sides and middle ground for compromise. As a result, now we still have people arguing utterly useless and derailing arguments ( Read more... )

So, I have a huge crush on Christina Hendricks.  True story.  Ever since she played YoSaffBridge on "Firefly".  In fact, I have never seen one single episode of "Mad Men", so "Firefly" is all I have to go by.  So, when I saw this, I was especially infuriated...

Mystery of Christina Hendrick’s disappearing curves as she’s reduced to a size-zero doll
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http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/huge

Funny, heartbreaking and provocative, Huge follows the lives of seven teens and the staff at a weight-loss camp, as they look beneath the surface to discover their true selves and the truth about each other ( Read more... )

This just in: Whole Foods will be charging fat employees more for their groceries than their thinner coworkers. Hey Whole Foods -- Fuck you!

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