Category Archives: Fat, fat and more fat

Dora's Makeover!

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Ampersand

Inspired by this post on Hoyden About Town (thanks to Bean for pointing it out to me). UPDATE: Great comment from the discussion at Hoyden: “What was so unmarketable about a pirate dora doll?”

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat, Feminism, sexism, etc | 38 Comments

A Really Original Idea For Comedy: Let's Use A Fat Suit!

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Ampersand

So I watched the new season of The Business, IFC’s oh-so cutting-edge parody of the movie business. Hey, look! Lance, the vain, shallow character very into his sexiness, comes back from the between-season break fat! And he initially tries to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 10 Comments

BMI Is Bullshit: Now With Photos!

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Ampersand

From Kate Harding at Shakesville: So, the “Guess The Rotund’s Height and Weight” game gave me an idea. (Oh, and hey, if you want to see a scatter graph of the results, there’s one here now.) I talk a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat | 35 Comments

Study Finds Link Between Genes and Palate

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Mandolin

I cringed when I read the title of this BBC article: “Diet Choices ‘Written in genes.” The claim: twin studies suggest that “Identical twins were far more likely to share the same dietary patterns – like a penchant for coffee … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat | 6 Comments

Paramedics Allow Woman to Die Because of Her Weight

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mandolin

Via Kate Harding, whose post I first saw on Shakesville, but who also discusses this on her individual blog, Shapely Prose. I read about this a couple days ago, but I found it so gut-wrenchingly horrifying that it’s taken me … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat | 27 Comments

Yes, Fat Lady, You Too Can Be Objectified: Examining the Objectification of Fat Women Through the Lenses of Feminism and Fat Rights

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Mandolin

[Bumped by Amp because I think this is a really good post, but it appeared over the weekend when we have fewer readers.] On October 3 (oy, I take a long time to write posts), Shakespeare’s Sister wrote a post … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Body | 5 Comments

Revenge of the Nerds, Hairspray, And Using Black People To Legitimize Causes

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Ampersand

If Revenge of the Nerds is on TV, I often watch it. Not the whole thing, but a little section, here and there. It was a movie that I loved as a kid. But it was crap back then (despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Media criticism, Race, racism and related issues | 25 Comments

Weight and Race; Should non-white women really be taught to hate their own bodies as much as white women do?

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Ampersand

I’m a little hesitant to post this, because — although Campos never actually blames white women for the obsession with weight loss (in fact, Campos describes it as something done to white women — he describes anti-fat “neuroses” as something … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Body, Race, racism and related issues | 46 Comments

Abortions also make women skinnier….

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Maia

The Health Select Committee has just recommended extending paid parental leave to six months, to encourage breast feeding. As a supporter of paid parental leave (or, more accurately, as someone who believes that paid parental leave doesn’t go nearly far … Continue reading →

Posted in Breastfeeding & Lactivism, Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Body | 5 Comments

If only people would just die of the shame like they're supposed to

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Maia

While I write a bit about bodies, fat and ‘the obesity epidemic’ I don’t write that much about the health aspects of this. Mostly because I largely find them irrelevant. Other people can do very good jobs of proving that … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Body | 4 Comments