Good Girls Don’t Get Fat by Robyn Silverman My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is absolutely amazing, and I strongly recommend it to everyone. Yes, I said everyone. If you are a human being who is reading this post/review, you live in a first-world society and you interact with females. You will benefit from […]
Europeans Continue Coming to Their Senses
About models and the effects of the media on body image in their populations, at least. Following Spain’s move last year that banned ultra-thin models from catwalks, France is acting. The “French parliament’s lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone — including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites […]
NOLOSE 2008
And another announcement, this one at the request of Stefanie: The date has been set! Mark your calendars for NOLOSE ’08: September 26th through the 28th (Friday-Sunday). Meet us by the pool at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Northampton, Massachusetts for a weekend packed with fattastic fun, food, friends and other good stuff! We’re […]
Weight Discrimination As Prevalent as Racial Discrimination
I was going to ask, “This is news to whom?” Then I realized that it’s perfectly likely that people who aren’t fat really don’t realize how much size discrimination there is, while it’s impossible for the rest of us to avoid it. From the International Journal of Obesity, 4 March 2008: 1 Discrimination against overweight people-particularly women-is […]
The Insanity of BMI
Kate Harding created this very cool slide show to show just how absurd it is to rely on body mass index to determine whether or not people are at a healthy weight. BTW — I did not “miss” blogging yesterday. February 29 was the only “day of rest” for Blog365, so I took it 🙂 […]
Who would you want to cuddle with or look like?
It’s a no-brainer for me! I’d rather be or hug the gal on the left any day! Somehow, though, the Make Me a Supermodel judges found the waif on the right more worthy of praise than Jen Hunter, the hot babe on the left who actually won, thanks to input from fans. The skinny gal, Marianne Berglund, […]
Fat, feminist lesbian from Arkansas tops British magazine’s “cool list”
Beth Ditto’s music (the group’s name is Gossip) isn’t quite my thing, but I’m tickled by the fact that she’s totally unapologetic by who she is. I feel some kinship with her about having a big voice, too. Some of us are just blessed with them. Yes, we can (and some of us have!) learn good […]
Sexy Babes!
The very first person I thought of on viewing skinnyvideo is She’s Precious. But all my luscious friends, and all of you who appreciate them, should watch it!
Ford fattens computer models
According to http://ergoweb.com/Ergoweb, the models, which are used in the design of the passenger area of Ford’s vehicles, are “chunkier” than previous models, to allow for “a bigger belly and wider hips.” The company recognized it is harder to sit in a car if the steering wheel feels too tight, the seat seems a little too […]
Spain bans unhealthily thin models
In a very unpopular move, Spain has banned appearances by fashion models who’s body mass index is too low. Italy is considering following suit. The language in the legislation makes it clear that the purpose of the ban is to encourage healthier media images, due to the growing incidence of eating disorders diagnosed every year. Frankly, […]