That high-pitched squeeing sound you hear coming from the direction of Florida is totally, 100% me. In one of the last Fatcast episodes, I joked with Lesley about I BELIEVE IN FATTIES – though I think I managed to avoid actually clapping for fear of how much that would mess up the recording. *grin*
Look what amazing illustrator Amanda Chronister did with that little joke:
RUFFLE PANTIES OKAY?
This came to my inbox after I’d come home with another amazing piece of art. *grin* See, there was this panel at Wiscon (called Fat Sex – it wasn’t a how-to) where we talked about what we wanted to see from fat characters in sci-fi and fantasy, specifically what we wanted out of their gender presentation and sexual identity (i.e., we’re over the sexless grandmothers). I kept coming back to this central idea: Why are there no fat butches in space?
Apparently, that very question came up on another panel as well – who knew it was a theme?
Nicole Lorenz, who doesn’t seem to have a website much to my dismay, was in my Wiscon writing workshop – she wrote a fantastic little chapter and I really really really want her to finish her story (yes, Nicole, I’m looking at you). But she’s also a great artist, as I found out the next night when she brought me this:
I am peer pressuring her into more. *grin* And she’s drawn more! Y’all have no idea. My plan is to scan this, frame it, and then play coloring book with a printed out version. Because check out her rolly body! And her swanky ray gun!
When Kate and I were writing the book, we tried to come up with examples of fat-positive art and popular culture to recommend for people. It was hard and we wound up with a really short list. I am a) tickled pink that my silliness resulted in these great images and b) thrilled that there are now two more pieces of awesome fatty-pos art in the world. That’s so important to me – and I am SO full of squee that these images exist.
Amanda and Nicole, you are some kickass women, I tell you what. Thank you.
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I am so in love with both of those pictures. In swoony swoony love!
Me, tooooooooo.
We’re short on wallspace in our house but I’m damn well finding a place for these, you can bet.
This is AMAZING. Both of them. RUFFLE PANTIES FTW
Those ruffle panties are just the perfect detail. So good.
Those pieces are both so, so awesome!!
As an artist, I’ve always really enjoyed portraying bodies of various sizes in my portrait work, and I’m really lucky to have had some amazing models. This makes me want to do more!!
I have always loved your portrait work.
OOOOOMMMMMMMMGGGGGGG I LOVE THAT FIRST PICTURE SO MUCH I CAN’T STOP YELLING
I texted Lesley in caps about it too. And then Julia. And then another friend. It just INSPIRES all caps.
holy crap. small world.
both of those are amazing.
Small world how?
They really are.
I know Nicole in RL so it was surprising (in a good way) to see her work here.
I love the fat butches in space. It should be a thing.
The “clap if you believe in fatties” line is one of my favorite things from the Fatcast! That picture sums it up perfectly!
It makes me want t-shirts that say that.
YES. I would totally wear a “I Believe in Fatties” shirt or button.
THIS.
This is what I came to post – that I NEED a t-shirt with this “I believe in fatties” image. Ruffle panties especially!
Where do I get it? Srsly!
Thosre are great. I love that the space lady has a big round lower belly and fat rolls. That’s my body type and I can’t think of a time I’ve seen it portrayed with positivity.
Both of those are amazing and I demand the top one be put on either a shirt or a pin so I CAN BUY IT RIGHT NOW.
THIS. Or prints! That would look FABULOUS in my shiny pink bathroom.
PRINTS! I have been looking and looking for artwork involving fatties to hang in my house. I can find Srs Artz for lots of moneys, which are fabulous but a bit out of my league price wise and also my house is more full of fun prints. But there is just nothing, nothing that suits my style that doesn’t involve stick ladies with bobble heads. Sigh.
And also a tshirt. And a mug. And ANYTHING ELSE I CAN CONSUME.
I’m a tweenie. One of my most devastating experinces lately was going into Cotton On and finding that they had ruffle panties in my size. OMG YOU GUYS. Their Xl is usually more like an M. I was so excited, I tried them on… they weren’t ruffled anymore. My lovely fat arse filled out all the ruffles.
I might have to make me some ruffle panties, just to show them. And also spam Amanda until she sells me a print of that fatty.
I am so in love with that astronaut. I would read the everloving crap out of a comic book based around that sketch.
I’m thinking sci-fi comedy space opera style with Our Hero being that sketch, the long-suffering captain of a renegade crew of misfits, the happy successor-in-spirit to Malcom Reynolds.
Loving the fatcasts, wish I hadn’t caught up so soon…now I must wait!
Love the artwork! And we totally need a Fattie Coloring Book! I would have it in my cafe and challenge any parent who wouldn’t let their kids color in it! Okay, I want ten coloring books now! Ha-ha!
Clap if You Believe in Fatties needs to be a t shirt, a bumper sticker, and a baseball cap pronto.
I want to read about that awesome butch fattie in space. She’s made of win. And she has a spiffy ray gun!
Seriously, t-shirts would be fabulous. Especially considering I just had a very frustrating email exchange with Thinkgeek that went sort of like:
Me: Your size chart says that your women’s t-shirts go up to size 18, but they have a 36” bust. 36” is a size 8. Why don’t you sell anything for women larger than a size 8?
Customer Service: But they stretch a LOT!!
Me: Nothing stretches that much.
Only the messages were much longer and involved me sending links of size charts and stuff and lots of ‘what clothes are made of and how size is measured’ fail on the part of the nice woman in customer service.
All I want is cool t-shirts sized for fat women. Why is that so hard?
There will eventually be a coloring book of fat ladies in spaaaaaace, I promise (with as many a’s in “space” as I can fit on the cover).
OMFG, that first picture! I started clapping when I saw it. So much happy in one image!
I, too, would read the crap out of a comic starring that awesome astro-fatty! She’s fantastic!
The “clap if you believe in fatties!” fairy is mine – I’m thrilled that so many of you like her! I love drawing ladies of the chubtastic persuasion (being one myself) so when I heard that line I just had to run with it. Someone mentioned a fattie coloring book in another comment – that is the best idea ever. EVER. And little fattie paper dolls.
I LOVE “I believe in fatties”. I want to make it an icon and use it all over the internet. With your permission of course?
Permission granted! Feel free to icon it up.
I have several awesome tattoos of fat ladies, and that little ruffle-pantied fatty would make a great one. Big pink bubble, words and all. I really love it.
The hero of my sci fi novel has a remarkably similar shape to the lovely astronaut illustration…
I hope it will hit the shelves in 2 – 3 years (need to find a buyer first). Oh yes, and she’s definitely sexual, not the sexless fat grandmother type, that is. I also have a very powerful, attractive, sexual, fat political leader of one of the first sovereign pioneer states in my book. She rocks
So needed to read your blog today! LOVE the photos….i need one that is colored in, lol, so it looks more like me!
And i would be the first in line to buy a “Clap if you…” t-shirt!
I am a fat grandmother, & definitely NOT sexless. And I DO want a t-shirt.
Here is the lovely Nicole’s blog. I’m proud to call her a friend even if we haven’t ever been face to face.
http://nicolelorenz.blogspot.com
OMG! You should make a fatandar! 12 months of rolly polly awesomeness!
Seriously I want a fat fairy framed in my bedroom!
I’m clapping! I’m clapping!
I’m STILL clapping! Love both of those pieces! And if anyone is on DeviantArt I’ve found an artist who does some amazing fat-positive art that I love! http://comethime.deviantart.com/
Or if the link doesn’t work; she’s comethime on deviantart and her work makes me squee as much as that ruffle-pantied lady and kick-ass looking space-hunter!!
I believe in fatties! I believe in fatties!
That was an awesome line from the last Fatcast. I do wish someone would come up with a great ending to the sentence, though. I believe in fatties doing what?
They are so wonderful!
For some obvious reason, that’s reminding me of Galaxion:
http://galaxioncomics.com/
I’ve been meaning to go find this picture/blog post on one of my new webcomics and post it as a comment on this entry, and I finally got around to doing it. A fat ninja!
http://www.brightestcomic.com/?p=470
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