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Thoughts on Being “Othered”.
A few days ago I was writing an email to a friend of mine about fat, fashion and marginalisation, and while I was doing so, quite a few things kind of went “Ping!” in my head, and I realised I wanted...
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Outside the Margins – Fatshion and Fashion
Hasn’t this week been a big one for the discussion of what has happened to fatshion? This discussion is a very good thing, and mostly it has actually been discussion, rather than drama. That said,...
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Stares, Sneers and Snickers
If you follow me on my Fat Heffalump Facebook page, you may have seen this article I posted yesterday. Photographer Haley Morris-Cafiero has documented the reactions of people around her, a fat woman,...
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Public Fat Shaming is not Good Marketing
Well hello! I haven’t forgotten or abandoned you all, I promise. Life has been intensely busy and I made a promise to myself at the beginning of this year that I would pace myself better and not work...
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How to… Lose the Body Judgement
I don’t know if you have seen it yet, but Bethany over at My Arched Eyebrow has written an excellent piece on the amount of body snark, judgement and fashion/wardrobe policing that goes on in the...
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How to Give a Compliment Without Being Douchey
Following on from my previous post – on how to lose the body judgement for your own sake as well as others, it seems I need to write another… how to give a compliment without loading it with body...
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Fat and Ugly? Maybe. Fabulous? You Better Believe It!
*eyeroll* In the past 24 hours, there has been a metric shitload of trolling coming in my direction, all of it telling me that I’m fat and ugly, hideous, gross, and a bunch of other variants on the...
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Sell Us the Clothes – Don’t Judge Us On Them
Ugh, when are these plus-size retailers going to get it? Check out these screen shots I took from a post Autograph Fashion made today: Now I *LOVE* Autograph. I really do. They’re one of the few...
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Unapologetically Ugly
Every day, when I open my email, there are a plethora of emails detailing how ugly I am. Every day, someone leaves a comment here on this blog, or sends me an email, or trolls my Tumblr, deeply intent...
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Unruly Bodies
Ever since I was born, my body has been unruly. It has never done what bodies are “supposed” to do. From a newborn, my body has always rebelled against the world around it. From allergies to...
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