Fa(t)shion
–Ready to Stare releases their new “Let Them Eat Cheesecake” collection.
–11 awesome brands for plus size workout clothes.
-Fat Babes of LA is hosting their first annual clothing swap.
-Two upcoming events in the South: Love Letters Benefit Fashion Show in Huntsville, AL, and The Fashion Playhouse in Atlanta.
–Feeling myself: Katie’s new bod.
–I know the rules–I just don’t care.
-I love the spring florals in Tess Holliday’s first shoot with Torrid.
–Gudrun Sjoden’s 40 years in fashion.
-Through poking around on Gudrun Sjoden’s site, I found another wonderful Swedish designer, Gunilla Ponten. Her online shop only sells children’s clothing, and doesn’t have an English-language version anyway, but I love looking through the pictures of her creations.
–Mixing prints for beginners.
–Dress shapes for bodies in flux.
–An interview with Magaela, who makes gorgeous flower crowns.
–The first day: I was joining the ranks of fearless women before me, and lip gloss was my way in.
Fat Acceptance
–New horrifying medical device for weight loss: the Full Sense device.
–Why I won’t get WLS.
-If you can, help fat activist Juicy D. Light, who is in the hospital and unable to work–and signal-boost!
–The one with all the fat jokes, or how Fat Monica on “Friends” stuck with me all these years.
-Abundia 2015 has put out a call for speakers.
–We remember Kayla Moore: a black trans woman who was killed by police, who then tried to blame her death on her size.
–Tough love for born-again thin people. Continue reading