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Fat Fatigue
Big Fat Blog - The fat acceptance weblog.
Hey there - it's been a while, hasn't it? I wanted to check in and let everyone know that yes, I'm still here and yes, I'm still reading the forums and keeping up with registrations. But I confess that offline life has gotten in the way - and really, taken ...  
Published: 11-17-2008 09:27 PM
Best Childhood Toy Ever
Cat-a-Blog
? Seriously, isn't a big cardboard box THE best toy? This is me and my family (brother and cousin?) hiding out in a sweet refrigerator box. I have some decent memories from this escapade, but there's also some relatively faint feelings about getting booted ...  
Last Updated: 11-17-2008 11:59 PM
live from India...
Crazy Fat Chick
Man, this trip sucks ass big time. I hate it here. It started off bad and got worse from there.I wanted to get on the same flight as my hosts so they wouldn't have to come back to the airport to get me. Big mistake. They took Air India and had the ...  
Last Updated: 11-19-2008 10:23 AM
Happy November!
Enemy of Entropy
I figure it’s past time I check in again. Obviously, I’ve given up on the Blog365 thing. I did make it 9 months or so, at least. Katie turned 18 at the end of October, so she voted in the election for the first time. I’m really tickled ...  
Published: 11-17-2008 02:35 AM
Oh Ruby
Communications of a Fat Waitress
When I first starting writing this post I had only watched the previews for the Style Network’s new show Ruby. The show follows the life of Ruby Gettinger a 500 pound women on a “journey” of weight loss. After googling up some more information on the ...  
Last Updated: 11-15-2008 07:56 AM
I'm Here, I'm Not Queer, Get Used To It!
Freakarina
The move is over, THANK YOU JESUS!!!  It was hell on earth that lasted until about 8pm Sunday night.  Lots of Fat Girl Love to Jayne, Janet, Bill & Kevin for being my angels of mercy and helping me get 'er done!  I am still ...  
Published: 11-19-2008 04:31 AM
Delta Dawn
Freakarina
Soon my precious!  Soon!   This isn't the actual Delta but you get the idea!  June Bug is counting down the days to her retirement! ...  
Published: 11-15-2008 02:29 AM
Answer: Paradise!
Freakarina
Question: Where I am going back to next fall!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!! ...  
Published: 11-15-2008 02:27 AM
The Big Push
Freakarina
Tonight I pack my lastl ittle odds and ends, tomorrow I scrub the place top-to-bottom, and Sunday we move the big stuff and I am OUT! I can't wait until it's Sunday night and this shit is over with!!! ...  
Published: 11-15-2008 02:22 AM
Funny From a Friend
Freakarina
He didn't like the casseroleand he didn't like my cake. My biscuits were too hard... Not like his mother used to make. I didn't perk the coffee right He didn't like the stew, I didn't mend his socks The way his mother used to do. I pondered for an answer ...  
Published: 11-15-2008 01:37 AM
Damn that Al Roker!
Freakarina
Michael took a bunch of pics of me at the Boo Bundance event and this is the only one that got posted!  I want a pic of me wearing the hat and gloves dammit!!! As you can see I am still pulling the red out of my hair. ...  
Published: 11-14-2008 07:20 AM
Lovin
Freakarina

 
Published: 11-14-2008 05:39 AM
How to Survive Black Friday
Full Figure Plus
Originally posted on: Full Figure Plus How to Survive Black Friday This year the traditional day to mark the beginning of the Christmas shopping season which is better known as Black Friday should be interesting this year with all of the financial woes ...  
Published: 11-19-2008 02:27 PM
Plus Size Speedlinks - New Stores
Full Figure Plus
Originally posted on: Full Figure Plus Plus Size Speedlinks - New Stores These may not be new but they are new to me so I am passing them along to you guys.  The problem that I am facing now is finding new faces on the scene.  That’s a good ...  
Published: 11-18-2008 04:36 PM
Full Figure Plus Turns 4!
Full Figure Plus
Originally posted on: Full Figure Plus Full Figure Plus Turns 4! Today four years ago Full Figure Plus was started with the hope and dream of providing a information source for plus size women to find shopping alternatives on the Internet and to allow me ...  
Published: 11-14-2008 03:22 PM
10 Budget Wardrobe Essentials
Full Figure Plus
Originally posted on: Full Figure Plus 10 Budget Wardrobe Essentials What if there was a bailout for the shopping industry?  If you had to break your wardrobe down to a few essential pieces what would it be?  Im sure that you have your favorites but I ...  
Published: 11-14-2008 02:53 PM
Food fascists and the revolution
Health At Every Size
Paul Campos has another great column in today's Rocky Mountain News. This one's on food fascism.One of my favorite bits is where Paul points out that "the center of the government's current response to the panic over 'childhood ...  
Published: 11-19-2008 05:40 PM
November 17, 2008 Health At Every Size radio show -- Food, Pleasure & The Eating Season
Health At Every Size
Today's Fat & Happy Music: "Freedom" (Suchi Waters Benjamin), "Dorothy & Eve" (Cosy Sheridan), "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House" (Cab Callaway), "Big Rock Candy Mountain" (Harry McLintock), ...  
Published: 11-17-2008 01:22 PM
Posole-gate
Junkfood Science
It’s already being called Posole-gate. “The more we look to the government to protect us, the more freedoms we lose,” said one resident. This became a reality today when government health officials went after an 84-year old tradition and told ...  
Last Updated: 11-19-2008 05:49 PM
Null Series: B vitamins for preventing mental decline as we age
Junkfood Science
Remember that mischievous little African bee and the epidemiological study that recently claimed to show that low vitamin B12 levels were associated with brain atrophy? As we uncovered, the study had actually found no tenable correlations between the B ...  
Last Updated: 11-18-2008 11:02 PM
Reflections on today’s news — from the food for thought file…
Junkfood Science
This news story isn’t about food or weight, chronic diseases of aging or pharmaceuticals, or which unsound initiative our healthcare resources will be squandered on next. This is a story being followed by Uyghur Human Rights Project in China, and ...  
Last Updated: 11-18-2008 08:59 AM
Null Series — Vitamins and wholegrains for heart disease prevention
Junkfood Science
[Null Series Part One here.] Beliefs and ideologies can be stronger than the science, especially when it comes to our diets. Sadly, so can our fears. Millions of Americans take vitamins and worry about what they eat, fearing that if they fail to eat ...  
Last Updated: 11-17-2008 07:09 AM
The Null Series — Vitamins for cancer prevention
Junkfood Science
Good news — that isn’t trying to scare us into doing something, buying something, or eating something — means there’s nothing to sell us. That may explain why good news is considered bad news and studies showing there’s nothing to worry about ...  
Last Updated: 11-15-2008 10:02 AM
Can we trust the published results of clinical trials?
Junkfood Science
News coverage of the long-awaited session of this week’s American Heart Association’s scientific meetings that had promised to constructively address uncomfortable issues surrounding recent statin clinical trials is virtually nowhere to be found. ...  
Last Updated: 11-14-2008 11:03 AM
Questions the media didn’t ask
Junkfood Science
You’ve no doubt heard about a study presented this week at the American Heart Association conference in New Orleans that's being reported as finding “striking evidence” that children who are fat or with ‘high’ cholesterol have early signs of ...  
Last Updated: 11-15-2008 11:18 AM
Cid Pearlman/California Touring Project Dance in LA
Body Impolitic
Laurie says: Cid Pearlman’s dance work “Fire Sale” will be in the Los Angeles premiere  of the California Touring Project this weekend. As many of you know, Cid is my daughter. I was struggling to describe her work and realized that ...  
Published: 11-19-2008 02:13 AM
Unexplored Territory: Body Language and Gesture
Body Impolitic
Laurie and Debbie say: Debbie went today to a dance performance by Nina Haft and Company (along with Pappas and Dancers, and the Al-Juthoor Palestinian Dabkeh Dance Troupe). The whole performance was excellent, but what caught Debbie’s imagination ...  
Published: 11-17-2008 07:12 AM
Tee Corinne Exhibition/Celebration
Body Impolitic
Laurie says: I’m thrilled that there is a Tee Corinne Exhibition/Celebration at the University of Oregon Libraries in Eugene. As readers know, Tee was along time close friend with whom I worked closely on her exhibition and art in the months before ...  
Published: 11-16-2008 06:33 AM
waging happiness
'a 'a i ka hula
I was just reminded by elusis of the sweetness that is Improv Everywhere. Good times! ...  
Published: 11-19-2008 07:12 PM
Want: London Car Coat from Kiyonna
The Pretty Pear
I loooove this coat from Kiyonna. It's unique but not so super trendy that it will be out of style by next winter. You can see the ruffle detail much better if you click through to the product page. It also comes in black but I really love the plaid. It's ...  
Last Updated: 11-20-2008 04:30 AM
I come bearing coupons
The Pretty Pear
My inbox and mailbox have been stuffed to the gills with coupons and sales fliers this week. I guess it's time to accept that this holiday shopping season is going to be even crazier than usual. This does work out very well if you need new clothes, though. ...  
Last Updated: 11-14-2008 04:39 AM
Brrr!
The Pretty Pear
I guess it's time to start thinking about sweaters, boots and coats. To ease us into the long winter ahead, here are some of my picks for the new season. Maxi down coatSometimes you need a super warm, puffy coat that covers your butt. That's just how life ...  
Last Updated: 11-19-2008 03:58 PM
Yes means Yes: New Book
Red No. 3
This may be tangentally related to Fat Acceptance, but I was reminded this evening of the forthcoming book activist Jaclyn Friedman co-edited, "Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape". Edited with Feministing's Jessica ...  
Last Updated: 11-17-2008 01:24 AM
talk story
beautiful women and lanzones
I forget the value of just being with people and talking story. It stimulates me and makes me want to go at my work with a vengeance. Yesterday I had the opportunity to have lunch with my IPIA clan. Here we are:Standing behind me are Mikey (sporting his ...  
Last Updated: 11-18-2008 11:44 AM
it's a(nother) new day
beautiful women and lanzones
If you look at my last post, I entitled it "a new day." Well, lo and behold, Mr. Will.I.Am of B.E.P. fame wrote a new song with the same exact title. Seems he and I are on the same wavelength.(Ahem. For the record, despite the whole debacle about that one ...  
Last Updated: 11-13-2008 01:41 PM