News

Which of these headlines will your rad fatty friends be talking about this week???

• Getting Skinny Is The Second Act Of A Fat Girl’s Tragedy — Don’t let the slightly confusing title throw you off.  Anyone who has experienced being an outsider in school, fat or thin, will relate to the power of this piece.
• Two Words: Fat And Obese — Obesity Timebomb talks about how “Depending on your perspective, ‘obese’ is either kindly or oppressive and ‘fat’ is shameful or liberating.”
• Designer: Is It Harder To Make Plus-Size Clothing, Period? No. — Anna North of Jezebel examines the b.s. of the argument that making clothes for fat people is so darn hard.
• In Which Lane Bryant Is Visited By The Woodshed — In case you missed Lane Bryant’s amazing PR SNAFU on twitter yesterday, Lesley at Fatshionista breaks it down for you.
• Conforming Is Not Beauty — With Definatalie — Rejecting The Notion Of The Flattering Outfit — I love this post so much I wish I’d written it.  Great post about how dressing “flatteringly” ain’t so great.