Category Archives: Fat, fat and more fat

Link Farm and Open Thread #10

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Ampersand

March 8th is Blog Against Sexism Day Why March 8? Because it’s International Women’s Day. Because it’s the Global Women’s Strike. Wimmin in more than 60 countries will be participating in the global strike. Why not add dozens or hundreds … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Economy, Link farms, Palestine & Israel | 66 Comments

Anti-Fat "Science" (UK Edition)

Posted on February 3, 2006 by Ampersand

Summary Two British charity groups, Cancer Research UK and Weight Concern, recently made headlines with a new survey purporting to show that fat people were unaware of health issues and “in denial” about their weight. The poll results, in fact, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat | 71 Comments

Compare/Contrast: Transsexuality and Fat

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Ampersand

Does being fat feel at all like being transsexual? Traditionally, untreated transsexuality has been described as feeling as if your body is wrong; that your true self doesn’t match your body. (I say “traditionally” because it’s unclear how often that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 37 Comments

Fatsuits, Blackface, and Comparing Oppressions

Posted on January 10, 2006 by Ampersand

From MTV.com, an article about fatsuits inspired by the current movie Just Friends: Subconsciously or not, it’s easier for the audience to laugh at the fat person if they know that the actor underneath is actually trim. Eddie Murphy in … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Race, racism and related issues | 108 Comments

Anti-fat Bigotry Against Schoolteachers Proposed in Hawaii

Posted on January 9, 2006 by Ampersand

State Rep. Rida Cabanilla introduced a resolution in the house requesting that the Board of Education establish an obesity database among public schoolteachers. “You cannot keep a kid to a certain standard that you yourself is not willing to keep,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat | 19 Comments

Link Farm and Open Thread #4

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Ampersand

Here are some links I’ve read lately. As usual, please feel free to write about whatever you’d like in the comments, including links to your own stuff if you want. UPDATE: Lauren at Femniste just posted her own “link farm,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Feminism, sexism, etc, International issues, Link farms, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 53 Comments

Various Links and Open Thread

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Ampersand

What I’ve been reading lately…. Please leave comments about, well, anything. And as always, feel free to post links, to your own stuff or to other folks’ stuff. The Fifth Carnival of Feminists Is Up! How Magazine Covers Are Retouched … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, Fat, fat and more fat, International issues, Link farms, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues, Sex work, porn, etc | 22 Comments

Finding the authentic "yes" and the authentic "no"

Posted on November 15, 2005 by Ampersand

I think this post by Hugo is very astute. Here’s a sample: To put it another way, I often argue that feminism is about helping young women to find both their authentic “yes” and their authentic “no”. By authentic, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Feminism, sexism, etc | 25 Comments

Time For A Link Dump

Posted on November 7, 2005 by Ampersand

So many links, so few eyes in my head… Marriage Must Be As Jesus Intended It (Except Divorce, Which Is Cool) Unclaimed Territory, pointing out that some Texans have cited “Christianity” as their reason to oppose same-sex marrige, wonders why … Continue reading →

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Testing, testing (socialism and fat)

Posted on November 4, 2005 by Ampersand

Another one of those “what is your political ideology” tests, which are weirdly fun to take, despite being predictable. At least this one has a pretty “political ideology” chart. My results are below the fold, but I don’t think it’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Fat, fat and more fat, Whatever | 17 Comments