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Youtube Video: I’m fat and nobody likes me
I found this one up and running at the eternally fabulous Big Fat Deal blog. While some question the motivations of the boys singing, I found it pretty hilarious and it seems to come from a place of knowing what it’s like.
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Sensa Update from Ruth
I have completed two months on Sensa and it feels a whole lot like nothing. According to my Wii fit, I’ve lost another couple of pounds. The problem with really slow systems is that you don’t get the consistent reinforcement of significant weight loss, so you begin to wonder if it works at… »
Plus size comedian Dawn French’s new book
Another fat girl with sass gets some publisher love – another memoir, from another outspoken woman.
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Youtube Post: the Body Positive plus size dance troupe
I love dance in all its forms, so I’m always thrilled to see other people remotely similar to me dancing. It’s such a natural and yet courageous way to celebrate being alive!
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Report from Minnesota: more on the contracting economy of plus
I just picked up this article from the Star Tribune, which seems to be a localized repetition of the “less plus size clothing” available story. Clearly the digging wasn’t too deep – probably a newswire of the panic over Ann Taylor’s the Loft and a phone call to Nordstrom’s or something. The image… »
Lifetime’s forthcoming: Drop Dead Diva, with plus size actress/character
On July 12, Lifetime is airing their new summer series Drop Dead Diva which is about a model who dies in an accident and comes back in the body of a plus size lawyer. It’s unclear what the lawyer did to deserve such a punishment, but hey, it’s Lifetime. The series will… »
And now for something completely different
You can catch the real Diana on Twitter.
As a few of you know from following my other blogs, every year since 2007 I’ve participated in Blog Like It’s the End of the World Day, a day where bloggers worldwide blog (fiction) as though their city is under attack by zombies. You can read the past… »
What to wear to a funeral for plus sizes or anyone, really
As some of you know from the meltdown posted on my blog on April, I had to attend my father’s funeral. It was a situation where I had expected to see my father in hospice and then turn around and come back for the funeral. I had a classic, square neck past-the-knee black… »
Catherine Schuler, plus size model, takes on ventures in New Orleans
The New Orleans Times Picayune has a story this month on former plus fashion model Catherine Schuler, and her contributions to the book Image Power.
“A former plus-size model and now an image consultant, Schuller, 55, is the Tim Gunn of the fuller-figured fashion scene. She speaks on TV morning shows, makes in-store appearances, consults with… »
It will be a blessed day for the world when Anna Wintour becomes irrelevant
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