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Calculating the Curvature | Pop Culture, Fat, and Feminism (and all that's in between)
Calculating the Curvature
Pop Culture, Fat, and Feminism (and all that's in between)
“Huge” Hit: A Brief Overview of TV’s Hottest New Fat Camp Drama
•July 18, 2010 • 3 Comments
When I first heard a few months ago that ABC Family was planning to create a series about overweight teenagers and their trials and tribulations at fat camp, I was honestly intrigued. While I was wary of how easily a show like that might dip into stereotypes, I also remained excited by the prospect of television’s first all-plus-size cast. It could offer audiences not just the single episode weight-related B-storyline of the token fat friend, but a breadth of narrative possibilities to showcase heavy people as human beings and not just “fatties.” Heck, I was even considering sending in an audition tape. Sure, the title leaves something to be desired – (Huge isn’t exactly endearing in this context) – I reasoned to myself that it’s probably also a reference to “huge” self-esteem or some other bull shit.
Continue reading ‘“Huge” Hit: A Brief Overview of TV’s Hottest New Fat Camp Drama’
Posted in ABC Family, Fat, Fat Camp, Fat Feminism, Feminism, Huge, Nikki Blonsky
Back! (With a Big, Fat Vengeance!)
•July 16, 2010 • 1 Comment
Hello Dear Readers,
After a three year hiatus, Calculating the Curvature (formerly known only as Fat Feminism) is back to continue taking on body image, weight, and womanhood in the pop cultural zeitgeist. I’ve had three years to grow up, reevaluate my perspective of body image, and understand my own feminism, and now I’m ready to set my sites on the current fluctuations of weight consciousness in media. In the next coming weeks I am going to tackle the recent attention the fashion world has been paying to plus-size modeling (including the controversy surrounding model Crystal Renn), television’s new focus on fat (from weight-loss reality shows to the new teen drama Huge), and spotlighting full-figured celebrities and their roles in Fighting the Good Fight. I look forward to renewing this challenge and engaging in some dialogue with all of you out there soon! In the meantime, check out my new Twitter page, CalculatingCurv.
Much love,
Robyn
Posted in Fashion, Fat, Fat Bloggers, Fat Camp, Fat Community, Fat Community Online, Fat Feminism, Feminism, Plus-Size, Plus-Size Clothing Industry, Plus-Size Fashion, Plus-Size Model
Why I Love Beth Ditto, Vol. #2
•May 30, 2007 • 42 Comments
Um, because she’s fab.
Well, besides that, of course.
So here’s reason number two in my ongoing series about Beth Ditto and the reasons why I adore her:
She is this month’s NME Magazine’s cover girl.
So, did I mention she’s naked on this cover?
Beth has got chutzpah!
Continue reading ‘Why I Love Beth Ditto, Vol. #2’
Posted in "Why I Love Beth Ditto", "You Go, Beth Ditto, Celebrities, Celebrity Gossip Blogs, Fat, Fat Chicks, Girl!", Music, NME Magazine, Perez Hilton, Plus-Size
American Idle?
•May 25, 2007 • 30 Comments
Jordin Sparks is NOT obese, thank you very much.
This clip I found courtesy of The Superficial makes me absolutely sick with disgust.
Now, it is usually The Superificial that pushes my buttons, but this time, they’re right on the money. The blog reads:
“Fox News brought in the most batshit crazy woman in the world to call the American Idol winner Jordan Sparks obese. I’m all for making fun of people but this bitch is out of her mind. I defy you to sit through this without wanting to punch the woman in the throat.”
I must say, I agree! Views this segment, entitled “Skinny Over Singing? – Should Physicial Size Factor into Who Wins ‘American Idol’?”: Continue reading ‘American Idle?’
Posted in "War Against Fat", "What This Teaches Our Children", American Idol, Celebrities, Celebrity Gossip Blogs, Curvaceous, Fat, Fat Chicks, Fox News, Full-Figured, Jordin Sparks, Music, National Action Against Obesity, Obesity, Role Model, Sizism, Television, The Superficial, WTF Moment
Courtney’s Lovely Lady Lumps (or Lack Thereof)
•May 23, 2007 • 5 Comments
Courtney Love used to be fat.
And to be honest, she looked great in my opinion. I mean, she didn’t always wear the most body-appropriate clothing when she was heavy, but she still looked much healthier than she did before. She’s a very beautiful woman (I don’t care what people have to say about her antics, beauty is beauty) and the extra weight on her figure added to her good looks. Before she put on the weight, she was heavily into drugs, making her look emaciated and strung-out. Continue reading ‘Courtney’s Lovely Lady Lumps (or Lack Thereof)’
Posted in "No one wants a bone but a dog", America Ferrera, Big Fat Deal, Celebrities, Celebrity Gossip Blogs, Celebrity Weight Loss, Courtney Love, Fat, Fat Bloggers, Fat Chicks, Full-Figured, Healthy, Perez Hilton, Ricki Lake, Sarah Rue, Thin People
Why I Love Beth Ditto, Vol. #1
•May 20, 2007 • 14 Comments
This shall be the first post in an ongoing series about Beth Ditto, or namely, the reasons why I love her.
Beth Ditto, if you are unaware, is the lead singer of the band indie queercore band, The Gossip. She is a talented singer, an advocate for gay rights, and an atypical sex symbol. The woman is just fab.
So, reason #1:
Because she does stuff like this. Continue reading ‘Why I Love Beth Ditto, Vol. #1’
Posted in "Why I Love Beth Ditto", BBW, Beth Ditto, Big Beautiful Women, Celebrities, Fat, Fat Chicks, Feminazi, Hot Women, Music, Obesity, Queercore, Sex Symbol, The Gossip, The Sun
Lily Allen’s Cry for Help
•May 14, 2007 • 85 Comments
Breaking news courtesy of my man Perez.
According to this blog entry she posted this past weekend on her official MySpace page, it seems as though Miss Allen is in desperate need of help.
She writes:
Saturday, May 12, 2007
fat, ugly and shitter than winehouse
that is all i am, im on my own in america again. I used to pride myself on being strong minded and not being some stupid girl obsessed with the way I look. I felt like it didnt matter if I was a bit chubby cause, im not a model, I’m a singer. Im afraid I am not strong and have fallen victim to the evil machine. I write to you in a sea of tears from my hotel bed in Seattle, I have spent the past hour researching gastric bypass surgery, and laser lipo suction. Continue reading ‘Lily Allen’s Cry for Help’
Posted in "Love Your Fat Self", Amy Winehouse, Body Image Advertising, Celebrities, Celebrity Gossip Blogs, Curves, Fat, Healthy, Hot Women, Lily Allen, Media Standards, MySpace, Negative Body Image, Perez Hilton, Real Women Have Curves, Role Model, Self-Esteem Advertising, Thin People
Spock Does Fat
•May 13, 2007 • 117 Comments
Thanks to Ajaramillo of Girlpower + 1 for pointing out this interesting New York Times article to me about Leonard Nimoy’s
new photography collection featuring fat women posing nude.
Nimoy’s “Full Body Project” presents a little over a dozen black-and-white photographs of plus-size women prancing about in the nude (and one of them wearing sexy corsets.) It’s a tad exploitative (I mean, using any group of people for art like this is technically exploiting them for their “interesting features”), though it’s not nearly as extreme as Gaultier’s fat faux pas last October considering that the motivations behind this endeavor were so much more benevolent than the fashion designer’s.
And to be honest, I’m not even really offended by the fatsploitation. More power to it, I say! These photos are just too beautiful to take any sort of umbrage with. Take a look: Continue reading ‘Spock Does Fat’
Posted in "Full Body Project", "Love Your Fat Self", Art, Fat, Fat Acceptence Movement, Fat Chicks, Fat Community, Fat Sisterhood, Fatsploitation, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Leonard Nimoy, New York Times, Northampton, Pioneer Valley, Plus-Size, Spock, Thin People, Western Massachussetts
Old Navy, Old Schmavy
•May 11, 2007 • 14 Comments 
As many of you may have heard, Old Navy recently decided to stop carrying its Women’s Plus line in stores, instead opting to make it only available online. (Scroll down the link page for story.)
So, what to make of this?
Well, the first thing I thought was, “Ugh. That’s annoying.”
What I didn’t think, however, was that this was some defeat for the underdogs in the “War Against Fat”, or whatever certain members of Fat Acceptence movement are calling it.
In fact, I really don’t think this has anything to do with fat acceptance or fat discrimination or sizism as all.
I think it’s about, like all else in the world, money. Continue reading ‘Old Navy, Old Schmavy’
Posted in "Follow The Money Trail", "War Against Fat", Elegant Plus Magazine, Fashion, Fat Acceptence Movement, Fat Chicks, Fat Community Online, Fat Discrimination, Kohl's, Marshall's, New York & Company, Old Navy, Online Shopping, Plus-Size Clothing Industry, Plus-Size Fashion, Sizism, Social Networking, T.J. Maxx, Target
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