Marilyn Wann needs your help!
UPDATE: Just got the following from Marilyn: They’ve moved the hearing date back to September. I’ll post more when I hear about a specific date, but for now, no lining up for June 13th (though please still email your reps!).
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Marilyn’s looking for folks […]
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Ellen hating on the fatties?
Sort of. Given the choice between finishing Twilight Princess (I’m not ready!) and watching daytime television, I opted for the latter, and ended up settling the Ellen show. Today one of her guests is Jordin Sparks, the most recent American Idol winner (for those who don’t follow the show). After asking the obligatory “is it […]
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Mika’s “Big Girls” - Affirming or Offensive?
There was an interesting post over at too fat for fashion about Mika releasing a new single, “Big Girls” - apparently a celebration of fat women. This was posted about back in April over on Fatshionista, as well as in the forums at Big Fat Blog (registration required), but to summarize - there are some […]
The Conference Circuit
I haven’t talk about it much, but the trip to New England was exactly what I needed to recharge my batteries, academic and otherwise. It was wonderful to see family and friends, to be able to back and visit some of my very favorite people at Smith, and of course to present my porn paper […]
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Fat on Marketplace?
Of all the places I expected my Google News Alert to let me know Marilyn Wann’s name had appeared, I confess Marketplace wasn’t one of them. I only get to listen to NPR early in the mornings while driving with the spousal unit, so when she mentioned that Marketplace had done a piece on obesity […]
Massachusetts H. 1844
It’s been interesting to watch, as the news about H. 1844 has slowly eked around fat communities, how both the main NAAFA site and the ISAA sites haven’t mentioned anything about the bill. Sure, I did receive an email from Jeanne Toombs letting me know to pass the word around (which I’ve done, as best […]
Dreaming of the Fat Hub
The recent revamping over at Big Fat Blog has had me thinking about fat (cyber) communities, or the lack thereof.
I remember when I came out back in 2000 and found TechnoDyke, and I thought it was the lesbian community portal to beat all portals; it had regularly posted articles, an active forum, and content from […]
Heather MacAllister passes
Sorry to be breaking a two-weeks-long silence with sad news, but I wanted to post for anyone visiting who might not have known; activist, writer, performer and all-around extraordinary fattie Heather MacAllister, of Big Burlesque and Fat-Bottom Revue, passed away yesterday after a long battle with ovarian cancer. I only saw her perform once, at […]
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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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