Krispy Kreme bacon cheddar cheeseburgersOriginally uploaded by ccaviness
Oh my god, Krispy Kreme cheeseburgers! I pondered this for a minute to answer the question asked in the title. I came up with “so wrong it’s right” because I would totally try one of these things. Of course at least one very articulate person in the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Krispy Kreme Cheeseburger: So Wrong It’s Right? Or Just Plain Wrong?”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/08/01/the-krispy-kreme-cheeseburger-so-wrong-its-right-or-just-plain-wrong/” });

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fat princessOriginally uploaded by mo pie
The furor over the game “Fat Princess” has finally hit the mainstream media, and its long past time I wrote about it here. After all, back in those halcyon days when I had spare time, I used to play video games; these days, my husband and one of my best [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Fat Princess”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/07/29/fat-princess/” });

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I read blogs daily, and bookmark a lot of links for you guys, but don’t always manage to write about everything. So this week I’m going to try a little links roundup… in case you missed it.
First up, Fatly Yours, about the idea that size-acceptance blogs are just “fat people sitting around making excuses”:
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Thanks to Lucinda, who sent in the following review! I didn’t see Wanted this weekend, but my students have told me it’s really good. Did you guys see it over the holiday weekend? Did you have the same reaction as Lucinda did?
I was psyched to see WANTED, the new summer blockbuster action flick — [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “A Fat Acceptance Activist’s take on “Wanted””, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/07/07/a-fat-acceptance-activists-take-on-wanted/” });

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The end is the best part. Go, Joy!
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Quiconque e-mailed me to alert me to a Subway commercial, which she blogged about, that implies that people who eat fast food get automatically fat and that, among other things, this means they smell bad. I know, I almost can’t believe it either. (As soon as I or anyone else finds the video, I’ll add [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ““Fat People Smell Bad,” Says Subway”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/06/09/fat-people-smell-bad-says-subway/” });

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It was only a matter of time before fat people were being blamed for people who are starving, as if we could send all our Big Macs and Oreo cookies directly to them.
UN food agency chief Jacques Diouf said today that billions of dollars are being wasted on feeding obese people in the West while [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Fat People Cause Famine”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/06/04/fat-people-cause-famine/” });

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Character: Hillary, played by Emily Nelson
Credits: It looks like she’s only been acting a few years, although she looks really familiar to me. Maybe I saw her on ER?
Plot points: She plays one of the bridesmaids in lead character Hannah’s wedding, along with Bitter Cousin Bridesmaid [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Wide Screen: Made of Honor”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/05/26/wide-screen-made-of-honor/” });

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Here’s your open thread, with a tidbit to kick off discussion:
One lovely girl whose weight was normal told us: “I don’t like my body shape because I think I look really fat”, and a lot of girls wanted to look like the most underweight child on the chart… Pointing to the picture of an [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Wednesday Open Thread”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/05/21/wednesday-open-thread/” });

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Or “overweight nude” as CNN calls it. The artist is Lucien Freud, and the painting was just sold for $33.6 million, making it the most expensive painting ever sold by a living artist. The model for the painting is Sue Tilley. (A picture of her can [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Record-Breaking Painting Features Fat Woman”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/05/14/record-breaking-painting-features-fat-woman/” });

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I’ve been carrying around People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful issue all week, having bought it because I thought it would be interesting to talk about, but it wasn’t until the weekend that I had time to crack it open and check it out. And oh my god, it was worse than I thought! I [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Guess What 99.5 Out Of 100 “Beautiful People” Have In Common?”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/05/11/guess-what-995-out-of-100-beautiful-people-have-in-common/” });

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I was out of town this weekend unexpectedly (and it was awesome) so I didn’t get a post together for today. Instead, I’ll recommend Weetabix’s post over at Elastic Waist about Halle Berry and Kirstie Alley:
Here’s a picture of Kirstie Alley exiting a restaurant, but what’s striking is the commentary: the anonymous writer has snarky [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Hallie Vs. Alley”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/04/28/hallie-vs-alley/” });

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Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian (I am really sad that I know who either of these people is) and The Evil (hint: a food), all together in one news tidbit. Apparently, on a Vegas radio show, Paris said of Kim:
“I would not want [Kim’s butt] — it’s gross! It reminds me of [the evil] [...]

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And now for the bad news. I’m posting a link to this article not to bring down the room, but to get the message out there yet again: demonizing fat and fat people is a BAD IDEA that can seriously skew our ideas about self-worth. Just ask the women who participated in the studies [...]

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First, a slight meta note: I’m having some back-end issues with the blog, so posting may be a little spotty this week as I try to clear it up. In the meantime, I’ve been sitting on this article that inky sent me while I was out of town; it’s by local writer Violet [...]

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At least according to John Ridley at the Huffington Post, who says it’s “insulting” to complain about weight-based discrimination:
I can’t change my race or my gender. Despite my best efforts and millions of dollars spent trying to locate the fountain of youth, I just keep getting older. Yet, same as millions of Americans I can [...]

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I’ve been going through my mailbox from when I was out of town, and here’s one of the stories that I missed: sixteen-year-old Chloe Marshall won the title of “Miss Surrey” and is the first plus-size girl to compete for the title of Miss England.
“Everybody thinks you have to be a tall, slim blonde and [...]

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Here’s Leah McClaren’s unique criticism of the show How To Look Good Naked, which we talked about a while back.
Each episode begins with a regular chubby gal, clad only in underwear, crying in front of a three-way full-length mirror as Kressley stands behind her, pointing out the positives. “Look at this gorgeous décolleté,” he’ll say. [...]

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Sometimes I feel that items for this blog are self-explanatory. Like the description of this Japanese video game.
A young woman who was once svelte and lovely has binged on too many sweets and pastries. As a result of extreme indulgence, her waistline has blossomed and her weight has surpassed 220lbs (100kg). When she reaches [...]

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Language is power. Which is why this Utne Reader story is so fascinating.
[T]he language we use to describe fat people smacks of race, class, and gender stereotypes. More euphemistic words for fat are used to describe those in higher-paying professions… [A] Google search for “portly” resulted in descriptions of doctors, lawyers, and professors, but rarely [...]

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Manolo for the Big Girl linked to an awesome snappy comeback story from Dancing Down the Moon that will warm the heart of any fat person who has found themselves in the embarrassing position of having someone say something mean about their size in public. That was kind of a convoluted sentence, but… well, [...]

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hyacinth hippo Originally uploaded by mo pie
Those of you out there who have seen Fantasia and who fondly remember the hippo ballet sequence might appreciate this rare glimpse into the history of Disney animation: photos of actress Hattie Noel, who was the live action reference [...]

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In the comments, Stacey Stardust asks: how do you know a guy is flirting with you?
This may sound like an incredibly dim-witted question, but I never got hit on a lot when I was a size 12-14 (my ’skinny time’ ;)) and I certainly don’t think I get hit on at all now. When a [...]

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big fat ad Originally uploaded by mo pie
A PETA protest as reported on Perez Hilton, sent in by Donna. (The larger size may be NSFW; hopefully this small version is okay.)
I have no words.
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big fat ad Originally uploaded by mo pie
I saw this poster in San Francisco over the weekend, put up by some public health initiative, I believe. Of course I thought of you, and snapped this picture!
The first dotted line says “STARTED GOING FOR WALKS DURING LUNCH [...]

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We all know there are people who bitch at their fat spouses for gaining weight, and gym owners who berate and shame fat people. And don’t forget random people on the street who yell things and throw garbage at the overweight and obese. In case that just isn’t motivating enough for you, we now [...]

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Two guys in Louisiana were overcharged for eating too much at an All You Can Eat buffet, insulted for being fat and then banned from the restaurant when they balked. The worst part of this whole kerfluffle is the fact that some Slashfood readers think the issue is justifiable due to the customers’ size rather [...]

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Melinda sends along this nicely depressing news: fat people are screwed when it comes to organ transplants.
Segev’s group found the wait to get a transplant increased along with the patient’s body mass index, a height-weight formula. Non-obese patients waited on average 39 months, the overweight waited 40 months, the obese waited 42 months, and the [...]

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Maybe we can declare this fat suit week at Big Fat Deal! We talked about J. Love in a fat suit (in the wake of Tom Cruise and Posh Spice fat suit news, oh god, is this a trend or what) and now, there’s more!
First of all, there’s a Santa in Scotland who is [...]

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How’s your wallet these days? Think back to your last pay raise. Did you get as much as you thought you would? How much of that was determined less by the size of your contribution to the company but more by the size of your ass? I’ve always had a suspicion that women in business [...]

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You may have heard about Dan Savage’s recent column about the man who has stopped being sexually attracted to his fat wife (perhaps you read The F Word’s take on it)? In case you haven’t, here is the question in question.
My wife’s skin is a mess, she has dietary issues that cause gnarly gas, she [...]

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Thanks to Kimberly and CoryGlen, I now know that (some) Australians are crazy. Not only are they trying to ban Santa’s “ho, ho, ho” catchphrase (for being frightening and “too close to ‘ho,’ a US slang term for prostitute”) now there’s a proposed fat tax on people flying on airplanes. To be fair, this is [...]

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Gawker posts a video of an allegedly thin, allegedly airheaded television host, who reports on the comparative intellgence levels of women with various waist-to-hip ratios. The comments, of course, are where it gets interesting.
“Stop saying curvy when you mean fat”:
Also, my personal pet peeve is people who use the word “curvy” to mean fat. [...]

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Rachel sends along this spoof of the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” called “I Want A Fat Babe.”

Of course the comments are predictable as ever. Fat girls are gross, blah blah blah. And of course the video involves the fat babe mostly eating, with lyrics like “Queen of the all-you-can-eat [...]

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Reader Chelsea alerts us to this horrifying commerical from the “anti-gym” guy we talked about before. Remember him? The impotent one? I know, I know. “We’re just giving him more attention!” But it’s not like anyone who reads this site will be dumb enough to join his gym, right? Feministing describes the commercial in detail:
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Reader Dina alerted us to this story about Disney increasing the weight capacity of some of their rides, most notably Pirates of the Caribbean and It’s A Small World. Check out the mean-spirited tone of this article, though:
Disney just reeks of America. You know what else reeks of America? Fat people. Mix the two together [...]

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birth of venus Originally uploaded by mo pie
In the comments, reader Lynette pointed me to this post from Diet Blog, about Florence Studios’ “Beautifully Big” collection.
If you follow the Diet Blog link, you’ll see the original David and Michaelangelo’s David side by side, which [...]

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I am so sad and pissed off that the amazing, inspirational Fat Girl on a Bike has had to put her blog on hiatus because people are assholes. (The previous link doesn’t work, and her photo has been pulled from the BMI project.) Sarah explains:
The last straw was a very lengthy discussion on another [...]

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I don’t watch Heroes, and I hadn’t heard anything about this, but the awesome Laurie does, and she sends in this report. (Spoilers from the October 8 episode, entitled “Kindred,” are included.)
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She lost her kids, she’s losing her dogs, she might be going bankrupt, she’s made a sex tape, her house was robbed, and TMZ and Chris Crocker each owe her one, big time. And it’s totally Taco Bell’s fault!
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Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a weird fixation with the Disney movie The Little Mermaid. Maybe it’s because I secretly feel like a fish out of water or maybe it’s because Ariel’s songs are perfectly in my register or maybe it’s because I’m fascinated with Ursula the Sea Witch.
You know, [...]

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I’ve been looking for the new trailer for The Heartbreak Kid online, ever since a friend told me about it. I was going to give up and try to describe it in words, but here it is online. It is the second video from the top, the one called “mother-in-law.” I think it [...]

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So there’s this guy sitting back and apparently trying to decide how he should personally police fat people. He’s come up with the idea of handing out some kind of ticket.
What we probably need is a stand[ard] letter ( fre[e]ly downloadable) you can give to fat people ( especially work mates, mates [...]

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Reader Jessica wanted to make sure we were all aware of this post from Manolo for the Big Girl. (Since I’ve been off getting married and stuff, and I just got home, it’s good to get caught up on what I missed.) So the deal is, Glamour magazine featured a cover with America [...]

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Thanks to Pop Culture Junk Mail, I discovered a very funny site dedicated to mocking sexist, illogical, badly drawn, and otherwise ridiculous Stupid Comics. I thought of you guys when I read this one, in which a woman loses 56 pounds in 5 weeks, then hooks up with the boss who ordered her to lose [...]

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It’s been quite a while since we’ve done a Wide Screen, but I just saw High School Musical 2 (of course I did) and I figured we should talk about Martha. You might remember her as “fat chick who secretly loves hip hop dancing” from the first film, and her role (and those of [...]

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Via EW comes this photo of, basically, an angle straight up Beth Ditto’s skirt. (Hence the NSFW tag.) The really depressing bit is in the comments. Exactly what you’d expect: very ugly fat-bashing talk. Feel like getting pissed off? Check it out.
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Does Facebook, favorite social networking site of college students everywhere, represent a microcosm of society? God, I kind of hope not.
Alerted by reader Valdine, I went to check out this group, called “You’re not ‘full figured,’ ‘plus sized,’ or ‘voluptious,’ YOU’RE FAT BITCH!” [sic]. The gang at 3 Fat Chicks is trying [...]

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“Mama” Cass Elliot didn’t die from choking on a sandwich. I never stopped to think about this story (so I guess I assumed it was true) and now I feel suckered. She was fat, so of course gluttony is what killed her, and her death deserves nothing better than to be turned into [...]

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Some dickhead named Michael Karolchyk is all up in arms about the possibility of a law protecting fat people from discrimination in Massachusetts.
His willingness to shock people has won extensive press for his business, which is called the Anti-Gym. It is, in fact, a gym. What makes it special is its founder’s zeal for weight [...]

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