Huzzah! Glorify: Basecamp for the Fat Acceptance Web is now live. And it’s pretty awesome.
It has blog posts, a forum, fatshion resources, science research, and more. One of my posts, Are Fatshionistas Pioneering a Deep Economy of Fashion?, is cross-posted there, and I’ll be writing new posts for them soon.
Check it out, poke around, revel in the badass fattassery!
Getting into the pink mood a day early…oh wait, when did I ever need Valentine’s Day as an excuse to wear pink? 😉
I love love love this necklace, which I got on clearance at So Good years ago. I hardly ever wear it, and I don’t know why–I should make an effort to wear it more often.
This woman’s style is amazing. I hope I’m half this fabulous when I’m 83!
GORGEOUS.
Why wear one tutu when you can wear two tutus? (AKA the most ridiculously unwieldy, but also fun and colorful, outfit ever.)
Both tutus are from Sisters of the Moon, my go-to tutu supplier.
Some days are just brighter when you have ponies on your face…
I’ve decided to put my blogroll on a separate page so it won’t clutter up my homepage. Check it out here!
This outfit has all sorts of significance.
I got the dress at Re/Dress NYC (RIP), which was an amazing place.
The leggings are my “gateway leggings”: back during the very cold winter of ’07-’08, I wasn’t into leggings, but I was into not freezing my ass off. I bought two pairs to wear under my pants on particularly frigid days, and the rest is history.
The Hello Kitty watch was a gift from a fellow contra dancer, who found it at a yard sale for 10 cents. I love when people find cute things and think of me.
And hey look, it’s a VBO! I’ve always worn colorful, funky things, but I wouldn’t have worn a stomach-hugging dress like this before I found the fat acceptance movement.
Speaking of which, guess which book matches this outfit perfectly?
It’s true, I’m that strange breed of fatshion nerd who really enjoys matching books and outfits.
If you haven’t read Lessons From the Fat-O-Sphere yet, do it now. It’s pretty much the fat acceptance bible.
I just came across this post about a podcast, Quit!, that helps people leave unfulfilling jobs and try new things.
The author of the post, J. Eddie Smith, IV, notes that:
A lot of people who call into the show are 18 to 25, and they sound trapped. Truly trapped. These are people with no kids. They aren’t married. They really have no responsibility to anyone but themselves—and they have the voice of a burned-out 45-year-old with four kids, a resetting mortgage on an upside-down home, two car payments, and a deck of maxed-out credit cards.
Why are these people, barely out of childhood, already so afraid of change and so unable to take any kind of risk?
He argues that it’s because schools and the media push traditional career paths, and therefore kids grow up without entrepreneurial role models.
That may be true, but I doubt it’s the real reason that so many young people feel trapped.
You know why we’re afraid to take risks?
Because we need health insurance. We need to pay off our student loans. We graduated into an incredibly uncertain economy, with a historic amount of debt, and we’re just trying to stay afloat.
It’s hard to take risks when there aren’t enough jobs to go around, and leaving one means you might not be able to get another.
It’s hard to take risks when you’re exhausted from just trying to get by.
I agree that entrepreneurship is a good thing, that it has the potential to create the jobs we so desperately need. I agree that we, as a society, need to encourage new ideas and non-traditional paths.
But I don’t think it’s particularly surprising that so many young people are afraid to leap when we have no safety net.
Gabi’s post on chokers inspired me to dig out my old studded choker from high school. It doesn’t fit anymore, but I fixed that with some strategically placed string.
SO MUCH SNOW.
I took a walk around the neighborhood to check out the scene…
Where’s my ball? ….I think it’s under three feet of snow…
…and saw many frolicking dogs!
I’m staying warm and cozy inside while Nemo–yes, this storm is seriously called Nemo–rages outside.
So far the snow’s pretty light, but it’s supposed to get blizzard-y soon…
Tutus And Tiny Hats 