Announcing: NOW Foundation's Love Your Body Day Blog Carnival on Wed., Oct. 19

Announcing: NOW Foundation's Love Your Body Day Blog Carnival on Wed., Oct. 19

chris christie and big fat american suckiness.

heard a similar story on the news this morning and was physically sick. of course, the "enlightened" journalists condemning the rest of the news media also seized the chance to have a five-minute lead-in with a compilation of all of the fat jokes comedians, talk shows, and even news anchors have made...

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/09/chris_christie_is_fat_so_what.html

i mean... of course find the prospect of him being elected horrific based on his POLITICS, but i'll crusade endlessly for his ability to run. like... for real? are we really saying that someone isn't a competent leader based on the size of their body? did that really happen?

also, let's just talk about the totally obvious-- there's no way a woman of that same size would be in a position of political power at all, let alone able to even think about running for president. ugh.

for women, "skinner figures can equal fatter paychecks"

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/07/study-for-women-skinnier-figures-can-equal-fatter-paychecks/

"Findings show that women who are 'very thin' make $22,000 more than their 'average weight' counterparts. And, at the other end of the scale, 'very heavy' women had a salary downwards of $19,000 compared to average weight workers."

I'd really love to know how they (I mean the man... the powers that be, determining women's salaries) *define* these weight categories...

American Apparel’s ‘Next Big Thing’ is a Big Fat Lie

American Apparel’s ‘Next Big Thing’ is a Big Fat Lie

well said.

no words in response to this halloween costume

http://jezebel.com/5842750/rickys-sells-then-pulls-anna-rexia-costume

Ricky’s Sells, Then Pulls "Anna Rexia" Costume

New iPhone App Helps Promote Positive Body Image in Women and Girls

New iPhone App Helps Promote Positive Body Image in Women and Girls

the HAES files: fat stigma – not fat – is the real enemy

http://healthateverysizeblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/the-haes-files-fat-stigma-not-fat-%E2%80%93-is-the-real-enemy/

there's a lot of really interesting stuff on this HAES blog!

also, http://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/public-health-is-not-public-thinness/