All posts for the month October, 2009

Will Chris Christie’s Fat Frankness Turn the Tide?

Chris Christie, Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, has been at the center of a controversy which has propelled him from the favorite to win to merely sitting on the knife’s edge of public opinion. What was the propellant? His opponent’s focus on his fat (see Rachel’s excellent post on the subject). But there are [...]

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by bigliberty on October 30, 2009  •  Permalink
Posted in Dangerous Waters, Fat Bias, Healthism, Mainstream Media, Moral Crusades, Moral Panics, Politics, War on Obesity

Posted by bigliberty on October 30, 2009

http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/10/30/chris-christi/

Quick Hit: Mika Brzezinski Thinks Americans too Fat, Answer – Higher Taxes

Here’s a quick hit (h/t NewsBusters.org): Food Fight: MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Advocates Tax on Meat, Soft Drinks, and People Who Consume Them SCARBOROUGH: Now when we say ‘sugar,’ do you mean coke, cocaine, or is that code for sugar with Paterson, or is it actual sugar? BRZEZINSKI: [ignoring Joe, continuing to read] “In view of [...]

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by bigliberty on October 26, 2009  •  Permalink
Posted in Criminalizing Weight, Dangerous Waters, Fat Hate, Mainstream Media, Obesity Epidemic, Universal Healthcare, War on Obesity

Posted by bigliberty on October 26, 2009

http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/10/26/quick-hit-mika-brzezinski-thinks-americans-too-fat-answer-higher-taxes/

Refusing to be Weighed

I’ve decided that, as a political statement and a measure of self-protection, I will refuse to be weighed from now on. Entirely. Completely. As a show of solidarity, my thinnish husband said that he won’t let himself be weighed, either. Political, in that: * health information may become potentially much less private with the advent [...]

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by bigliberty on October 22, 2009  •  Permalink
Posted in Politics

Posted by bigliberty on October 22, 2009

http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/10/22/refusing-to-be-weighed/

De-segregation of plus sizes at Fashion Bug

This post is inspired by Unapologetically Fat’s post on Fashion Bug, please read it, it’s great! It was a late summer’s day, and my mother was down to visit. I hadn’t seen her since the wedding (so since May), so it was fantastic to have a visit. We usually go clothes shopping when she’s down [...]

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by bigliberty on October 2, 2009  •  Permalink
Posted in Fat Acceptance, Fat Capitalism, Fat Shopping

Posted by bigliberty on October 2, 2009

http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/10/02/de-segregation-of-plus-sizes-at-fashion-bug/

STUDY: About those middle age fat chicks

There has been released recently a widely pressed study — another Nurse’s data dredge — showing that middle age women have increasingly greater chances of not making it to “healthy” old age (health is defined including certain levels of mobility, as well as the not having any diseases) if they are overweight or obese, compared [...]

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by bigliberty on October 2, 2009  •  Permalink
Posted in Dangerous Waters, Fat Bias, Fatphobia in Medicine/Health, Healthism, Mainstream Media, Moral Crusades

Posted by bigliberty on October 2, 2009

http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/10/02/for-the-children-and-those-middle-age-fat-chicks/

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