Superstar
My 15 minutes extended: a friend and fellow Smith alum posted in her livejournal this morning, “sheana! I’m doing my reading for my class this afternoon, and what should I open my course packet to see but an article where the first sentence begins with…you.” Do I feel like a rockstar or what! Plus, since […]
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Fatty. Fat fat? Fat fat fatterson.
Fat fat fatty. Fat faterson fatted fat fat fattest fat McFat. Fat fat fat fat? Fat! Fat, fat fat fat fat fat fattish; fat fat fatification fat fat fattylicious. Fat fat? Fat.
I think that’s an accurate summary of these past two weeks. Fat in the paper. Fat on TV. And oh, so very much fat […]
Thick
I just had a sudden, terrifying flashback to the day Esther and I went on KUSI to do the interview.
First, there was the interview with Susan Lennon, whose gold sequined top made me feel vaguely like we should break out in a tap-dancing number. She was nice enough to me, but she sort of […]
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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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Fifteen minutes
I’m still kind of wowed by the response I’ve gotten to the Times article. I was under the impression that it would only be read by fat activists and people who were bored and decided to skim the article, but people all over the place have been getting in touch with me to talk about […]
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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. […]
Fat on Film
Specifically, fat on television.
Tuesday night I’ll be giving a brief presentation on my term paper, which will discuss fat women (and the absence of fat women) on prime time television. Some of the characters and shows I’m focusing on include Sookie St. James Bellevile (Gilmore Girls), Isabelle Hodes and Heylia James (Weeds), and Callie (snerk) […]
Bun in the oven
Last night we stayed up late baking bread and worrying over whether it had risen enough. This year, the loaves will be a little denser than last year’s, but we made them on our own and that makes them taste even better.
I’m thankful for my partner, my friends, feminism, and learning how to look […]
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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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