All the trimmings may, in fact, be the only thing we have.
Did you know it takes four to five days to thaw a twenty pound turkey in the refrigerator? Yes? WELL GEE, THANKS FOR TELLING ME. I’m a grad student, what do I know? Oh right, just how to be a Linda Williams fangirl. But as far as I know, none of what Williams has written […]
Fat in the Classroom: What would you teach?
This is the (Right?)Bodies week in my class, and tomorrow we’re going over fat. I’ve given this lecture many times over the past year so I already have my plans made for tomorrow, but I thought in light of how active the fat blogging community has become in recent months I’d throw this out […]
Search Engine Roundup
Ever since the fateful day that I posted about Beth Ditto’s nude shoot for NME, I’ve been getting some… interesting hits from Google. I thought I’d highlight some of the more amusing and… interesting ones:
dumbledore being gay - And no, I didn’t think it was such a great thing.
find arrested person in el cajon - […]
Why the Dove Commercials are a Crock of Shit
I was perusing some of the missed entries on Livejournal’s Feminist community, when I found this little beauty:
Is Dove trying to do something they think is good? Maybe. But they’re still selling a product. And since they’re owned by a multinational conglomerate that also pushes body oppression, misogyny and violence against women via their other […]
Fat activists are not perfect
There’s been quite a bit of drama going on amongst the fat blogs lately, and thanks to C I finally figured out what the commotion was all about today. I’m not going to link to any of it because, hey, you probably already know what’s going on, and if you don’t that’s less drama in […]
The criticisms of my students would serve as a good warning to visitors of Seeworthy: she talks too fast, she's too hard on us, she assigns too much work, and you have to be a dyke to get a good grade.
In other words, I'm a big, fat, queer, feminist meanie, and I am totally out to get you. Graaagh!
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