Is Dumbledore being gay really such a great thing?
I’ll admit it. When my friend Dahlia sent me a link to the CNN article about J. K. Rowling outing her character Albus Dumbledore as gay, I squeed a little. Who wouldn’t? Seven books, hundreds (I’m guessing?) of characters, and none of them were gay? It seemed a triumph, if only a little one.
But as […]
Fat and the Movement: What’s it all about?
This post was inspired by some comments I read on the “Dear Naafa” thread over at Shapely Prose. For reference, read the comments here, esp. starting with the user Kell. It’s also evolving, at least in part, from some discussions folks are having off-blog.
So I have some questions.
1. Should a fat rights movement be receptive […]
This just in: if you murder your wife and child, you get a three-hour television tribute!
Watching Inside Edition this morning (give me a break, I’m a grad student on summer vacation… at least I’m awake before noon), they shared that the wrestler Chris Benoit had murdered his wife and child, then took his own life. After Vince McMahon came out with the announcement, he condemned yet another incidence of brutal, […]
NAAFA (closing remarks)
In an email discussion I’ve been having, this morning I received a link to the schedule for NAAFA’s conference this summer. I don’t expect to make many more posts on the problems with NAAFA, since I think the conference this summer is a solid testament to the failures of NAAFA. There are a few workshops […]
It’s official: I’m a TV Personality
Or I will be on Monday, anyway.
KUSI, a “true independent television station” in San Diego, will have Esther Rothblum (a professor in my department, and the one whom I TA for) and I in for an interview about the New York times article this Monday. It’s expected to be pretty short, which is good because […]
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Serendipity, and mixed reviews
I have a couple of Google News alerts set up for things I’m interested in - terms like “fat studies” and “Marilyn Wann” among them. Unable to sleep, I opened Al (my laptop) to check on ticket prices for flights home this winter, and checked my email while waiting for the search to go through. […]
Skinny: fat-positive?
So the big buzz on Fatshionista, which has also made the round at the BFB forums, is the video “Skinny” by Lo-Rider. The video’s not 100% work safe, so it’s under a cut at the end of the post.
I agree that it’s nice to see something different in the way of sexuality - the […]
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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