Fatphobic covering of the MA size discrimination bill in the Chicago Tribune
You had to know the article wasn’t going to be exactly unbiased when it started like this:
In an overwhelmingly overweight nation that worships thinness, many describe prejudice against the obese as one of the last socially acceptable biases. Advocates for the plus-sized, particularly activists in the “fat acceptance” movement, want obesity to become a […]
A letter to my students
Dear My Students,
I have something to tell you. It’s a confession I’m mildly to moderately ashamed of, but hey, I’m only giving you one more lecture so I might as well tell you, right? Here goes.
I have totally Facebooked/Myspaced you. In fact, I do it pretty regularly. When I’m thinking, ooh, she emailed me today […]
Three things
1. I’ve been a big fan of Claire Robertson and Loobylu for years now, so I was tickled to be able to snag one of the prints of “Lily in the Garden” when she sold them on her Etsy last week. Since we’re moving in August it won’t get framed/hung until we’re in The Midwest, […]
Fat comics anybody?
I asked you all a few days ago what movies featured great fat women characters, and there was a flood of people suggesting movies I’d a) never thought of as fat-pos or b) never heard of, period. In light of how successful that was, I thought I’d toss this out and see what comes back. […]
Shame on you, Amanda Marcotte
I had been a regular reader of both BFP and Pandagon, and unlike a few of the other Pandagon readers who’ve posted, I can’t say I much like or respect Amanda Marcotte after this.
For those who aren’t aware, you can read the story here and here and here and here: long story short, Amanda […]
Technical Issues
…Meaning I hope there aren’t any here at Seeworthy. I’m upgrading the Wordpress installation today, so please be patient if things look wonky here at the site. We should be all done soon!
Did I mention it’s near Canada?
I’ve been fairly mum about my most recent round of grad school applications, in the off chance that someone from an admissions committee somewhere decided they wanted to Google me; it’s not a giant leap from inputting my full name in Google to here, so better safe than sorry, right?
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago […]
Fat women in the movies?
A friend of mine recently asked me if I could recommend some movies with positive fat women, and I realized I could only come up with 4-5 that I could reasonably recommend. The obvious ones are Hairspray, Real Women Have Curves, and Phat Girlz.
Here’s the thing: there are plenty of movies with fat women […]
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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