Wow. It’s very odd to see my name in a New York Times article, lemme tell you.
But the banner looks good, don’t you think?
Hi! I'm Marianne Kirby! I'm fat!
How are you?
I'm on a mission here to let you know that fat people are not your enemy. And skinny people aren't your enemy either.
Here, the body is a political one no matter its size or shape. We are going to unpack society's standards of beauty, the oppression of the dominant social paradigm when it comes to body conformity, and talk about clothes. Maybe even makeup. Because I do love makeup.
Here, I hope, we will come to a place of acceptance. Acceptance for our own bodies and for the bodies of others.
Got something to say? Contact me. All hate mail, particularly fat-phobic rants, is subject to mocking.
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I saw it this morning and was all “Oooooo!!!11!! That’s one of the blogs I read!!!”
Very sweet. Pretty good article overall, too.
I was telling Sargon the other day that writing for this blog is in fact a Very Big Deal, because right now there aren’t a lot of people blogging this stuff; we’re a small community. Which means that any given blogger is more important, proportionally, than they would be in a blogging sphere devoted to like, say, umm, some other really popular yet controversial thing. (I just got up. Give me a break.)
I’m mighty glad that one of these voices is yours.
And yeah, that’s a hellofa thing to live up to.
Thanks, car!
Naamah, you are totally right. I think it’s really odd to be in this position – in fact, it’s part of why it can be very overwhelming at times. That might be my fear of success talking, but it’s still a lot of responsibility, or at least it feels that way. In any event, I’m just glad to see a positive piece of journalism about Fat Acceptance. And I am totally glad you are writing here now. The more voices, the absolute better.
Echo that TR. I’m so glad that Roni Rabyn really took the time to understand the movement and the people behind it. Walter Willetts of the world: Beware! Your stranglehold on the national consciousness on weight may be tenuous.
Congrats, TR!! I am seriously stoked to see something truly fabulous trumpeted in the press, for once.
And the banner does look awesome.
Hi, M, nice to meet you! ; ) Congrats onthe NYT mention. . . .
Congratulations for the coverage! You should be proud of yourself.
Congrats on the recognition. I always considered this blog to be a cut above the rest!
Way kewl! I loved seeing the banner on the article
Yes, TR, you continue to rule! And how amazing that they used your masthead!
Oh, and BTW, Walter Willett is a nutbag who does not walk his talk. He thinks people should have a BMI of 18.5 to 21. His is 23.5. (And of course, the very idea that my boyfriend, whose BMI is 20.8, is on the borderline of being a fatass makes me want to weep more than it makes me want to laugh. If he lost 15 pounds, it would scare him to death.)
But Willett has a “Harvard” pedigree, so of course reporters can’t resist him. For now, anyway. Eventually people will say, “We listened to who for all those years, now? What were we smoking?”
It was a decent article. The only problem is that it didn’t make a connection between body hysteria and the weight loss industry.
Sidebar ad in that article:
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Can I just say…..your site header is fucking awesome. What a thrill to see it loud and proud on the NYT page!
Rock on, sister. =^_^=
My husband just brought home a copy of the actual print paper and I opened it up and the banners were spread large across the page and I JUST ABOUT DIED! It’s so cool. Morgan, I’m glad you like the tagline. *grin*
You were the cause of much girly squee-ing on our end. Morgan and I didn’t even know about the article until I saw it here and sent her a very “Eeeee!!!” email.
I’m going to echo the adoration of the tagline. Sa-weet.