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Company-sponsored diet mania
2008-01-31 23:15:00 As a mobile journalist, I have the freedom to work from home (or the coffeeshop), which means by the time Brandon comes home, I’m suffering from a case of cabin-fever at the same time he just wants to sit back and relax. But sometimes, working from home isn’t such a bad thing. The company I ... More About: Diets , Diet , Company , Sponsored , Mania
Quick news hits
2008-01-31 15:19:00 All hail the Denton Record-Chronicle’s Lucinda Breeding for, you know, getting it. Check out her article on the rise of the fatosphere here. It doesn?t take too much time spent lurking on the blogs to see why they liken their struggles to a fight for civil rights. In fact, they are fighting for our civility. …The ... More About: News , Fashion , Quick , Hits
Thanks, M & J Show!
2008-01-30 16:07:00 It’s been quite the whirlwind week. Last night I slept for 13 hours, which means I am all the more behind in my graduate work now. But the experience of raising the debate to a national forefront was entirely worth it. I would encourage everyone to send a note to the Morning Show with ... More About: Personal
Backstage greenroom discussion posted
2008-01-29 18:03:00 In case you didn’t see the updated link in my previous post, I’ve uploaded photos of Mo and I here. The show has also posted the backstage discussion in the greenroom here. Does anyone know how to get this on YouTube? Oh, and show host Juliet maintains a day-by-day blog on the people featured ... More About: Pop Culture , Backstage , Discussion
Potatoes bad, alcohol good
2008-01-29 05:39:00 UPDATED WITH PHOTOS We just got into town and I still have to process everything. Right now, we just want to sleep. I have never been so proud of myself in my entire life. I think my 23-year-old brother (who knows nothing about fat acceptance or my blog) summed it up best when he said ... More About: Alcohol , Potatoes , Good
And, off we go?.
2008-01-28 12:59:00 Catch myself and Monique from Big Fat Deal on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet at 9 a.m. EST. Topic of discussion: Can you be fat and healthy? UPDATE The show went really well - Monique and I rocked it as best we could. Be sure to check the show’s website for our greenroom ...
Update on Morning Show appearance
2008-01-27 02:40:00 The camera crew from the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet came today and spent more than two hours filming what will ultimately be a 2-minute clip. It amazes me how much behind-the-scenes work goes into these things. A crew of three men first set up an interview format, in ... More About: Personal , Pop Culture , Update
One hell of a birthday gift
2008-01-25 05:13:00 The-F-Word turns one year old today - hurrah! I meant to celebrate the anniversary with a video shot on my brand spankin’ new MiniDV, but to be honest, I had no clue what the date was today until just a few hours ago. So, no video blogs, at least, not just yet. ... More About: Personal , Gift , Birthday , Hell
Chocolate cake girl revealed!
2008-01-24 15:48:00 The New York Times article on the fatosphere has generated a lot of buzz over both the idea of fat acceptance and for this site in particular. Sadly, it has done little to clear up the many stereotypes about fat and body image for some obstinate people (which I will address in a follow-up ... More About: Pop Culture , Girl , Cake , Chocolate
The Skinny Sweepstakes
2008-01-23 17:20:00 Studies have long shown that women bond over ?fat talk,? that is, discussions of dieting, weight-loss and self-hating comments of our bodies. So, it should come as no surprise that dieting has become a competitive sport of sorts now amongst adolescent and teenage girls, with the gold medal going to the girl who triumphs ... More About: Diets , Skinny , Sweepstakes , Sweep
Congrats, Kate!
2008-01-22 22:33:00 Our very own Kate Harding will be on NBC’s The Today Show tomorrow! I told Kate just last week or so that she has my vote to become spokeswoman of COFRA - she’s highly articulate, quick on her feet and very personable. Way to go Kate! Knock ‘em dead! Update It appears as if ... More About: Pop Culture
Fat acceptance bloggers featured in New York Times
2008-01-22 07:19:00 Welcome readers of the New York Times . The-F-Word has been featured in a story about the growing movement of fat acceptance bloggers, popularly known as the Fatosphere. If you’re new to fat acceptance or dubious that one can be fat, fit and healthy, I encourage you to read a primer written by ... More About: New York Times , Bloggers
How to support someone with an eating disorder?
2008-01-21 16:47:00 A Glamour magazine story featured on MSNBC has raised a question not often discussed here: How do you best support someone who has an eating disorder? When Tom Cramer’s wife Meg developed anorexia nervosa as an adult mother of two young sons, Cramer admits he didn’t know how to handle her illness. My arrogance also ... More About: Eating Disorders , Support , Eating
Vern Yip shows his true colors
2008-01-20 03:46:00 I love me some Vern Yip, but neither the husband nor I have been able to get into his new HGTV show Deserving Design. The half-hour show’s premise is as its title suggests: Vern rewards an inspirational or “deserving” family with makeovers of two rooms in their house. Such deserving homeowners have included ... More About: Colors , True
If you write it, they will read it
2008-01-18 16:34:00 Food, fat and feminism can be weighty topics, no pun intended. So, I’m always glad when I stumble across the rare nugget of positive news to share. The increasingly strident anti-obesity rhetoric I see regurgitated in news out of Australia has been disturbing, but it appears not all Aussies have bought into the ... More About: Write , Read , Eating Disorders
And another one bites the dust?
2008-01-17 19:44:00 As reported on Junkfood Science, the company formerly known as LA Weight Loss Centers have shut the doors on its 400 corporate centers nationwide, citing “market conditions beyond our control.? According to JFS blogger extraordinaire Sandy Szwarc, U.S. Bankruptcy Court documents in Philadelphia reportedly show the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Friday, listing ... More About: Health , Diets
Aspiring size zeros become diet heros
2008-01-16 16:19:00 When I first heard about the BBC documentary “Super Skinny Me,” in which two journalists embark on extreme diets in efforts to whittle their bodies down to a catwalk size 0, I knew the show would eventually become pro-ana fodder for girls and women seeking out the recipe for a ready-made eating disorder. Now ... More About: Diet , Eating Disorders , Heros , Size
Blonsky shines; Queen-Sized disappoints
2008-01-15 18:27:00 I know I shouldn?t expect much from Lifetime television, I really shouldn?t. But with the launch of the surprisingly body-affirmative show How to Look Good Naked and the hyped-up Lifetime premiere of Queen -Sized, starring the non-fat-suit-wearing Hairspray darling Nikki Blonsky, I thought the station might be moving in a more positive direction. And after reading ... More About: Eating Disorders
Followup on eating disorders research project
2008-01-15 16:45:00 I received an email from Louise Pratt, communications officer of the King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, about my mention of the institute’s new eating disorders awareness site at www.eatingresearch.com. I had mentioned some of the institute’s eating disorder research projects and Pratt was kind enough to clarify that the projects are open to ... More About: Research , Project , Eating Disorders , Disorders , Eating
Radio producer needs some help
2008-01-11 21:01:00 I received the following request via an email discussion list I am a part of. It sounds like an interesting project and I’m reposting the request here in case anyone is interested in participating. Send submissions and/or questions to Sarah at sarahryahm at yahoo dot com Hello all. I’m a radio ... More About: Radio , Producer , Needs
The world in weight: The weekly round-up
2008-01-11 16:59:00 A weekly round-up of weight-related topics in the news: The Daily Mail reported last week on the rising numbers of eating disorders across Great Britain. Official statistics show eating disorders there have become so widespread - stats show a 40 percent increase in anorexia since 1990 - they are putting serious strains on hospital services ... More About: Health , World , Weight , Round Up , Nutrition
My Secret Police
2008-01-09 16:48:00 ?Then I was reminded of the proprietor of a Vietnamese restaurant in Quebec who used to be head of the secret police in Da Nang - and it occurred to me I was thinking about all this stuff to keep from thinking about something else… Isn’t that just what secret police are all about? ?Get Up ... More About: Police , Eating Disorders , Secret
Make Me a Supermodel: A ?Model? show?
2008-01-07 17:22:00 Fans of America?s Next Top Model will see a few twists with Bravo?s new reality show Make Me a Supermodel, premiering Jan. 10. Hoping to set itself apart from the competition, the show, hosted by supermodels Tyson Beckford and Niki Taylor, includes both male and female models and lets viewers decide who wins the ... More About: Fashion , Show , Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders: Eating 101
2008-01-04 16:58:00 One Jewish Dyke has posted a very personal and honest blog entry about her recent experiences battling ED-NOS that you should go read. She has already taken what may be the most difficult step for many with an eating disorder to make: the decision to seek out help for her problem. Yet like ... More About: Eating Disorders , Disorders , Eating
Dear Abby: Your prejudice is showing
2008-01-02 21:12:00 I don?t know why I continue to read advice columnists like Ask Amy or Dear Abby , I really don?t. It could be the voyeur in me or maybe reading the problems of others reassures me that my life can be much worse. All I can offer in defense is that they?re good for ... More About: Prejudice , Dear Abby
New Year?s Resolution: Change the world, not my body
2007-12-29 23:03:00 In just a few days, thousands of people everywhere are about to make their New Year ’s resolutions. A New Year?s resolution is a noteworthy concept ? start the year off with a change for the better. So how did the tradition evolve into a subconscious exercise in self-flagellation? Lindsay over at Babble ... More About: Body , World , Change , The World
The Skinny on Starbucks
2007-12-28 21:00:00 Ordering coffee at Starbucks can be challenging, what with the gazillion of choices available ? a tall non-fat double-shot vanilla latte with whip, anyone? Now the brewing baron is making ordering easier for perplexed patrons with its new ?Skinny ? platform. The new lingo ? the word ?skinny? ? saves you from having to say nonfat Latte ...
I am blogger, hear me roar
2007-12-28 18:49:00 So, while I was on holiday hiatus, I was “roared” at by Harriet at the blog Feed Me! Many thanks, Harriet. Roar etiquette directs me to do two things: list three things I believe are necessary for powerful writing, and then send roars out to another five of my favorite and fearless writers. ... More About: Blogger , Book Reviews , Hear
Belated holiday greetings
2007-12-27 17:16:00 And a very belated Merry Christmas to readers of The-F-Word! The husband and I took a delicious several days off work and the world generally, hence the gap in usually routine posting madness. I hope everyone had a wonderful and stress-free holiday. Christmas, for me, is a time to literally shower those I love with gifts, ... More About: Holiday , Book Reviews , Administrative , Holiday Greetings
The real elephant in the room
More articles from this author:2007-12-21 19:28:00 If Paul Campos were running for president, I?d consider backing him. Seriously. If Campos used an ounce of the methodical reporting, rational examination of the numbers and plain ole? common sense he uses to deconstruct stereotypes and discrimination against fat people towards, say, the American economy, the nation would be much better for it. In his ... More About: Real , Room , Elephant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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