I’ll try to resist the urge to throw in my slightly-feminist slant, and just tell you that Jill Scott has posed nude for Allure magazine.
This is supposed to be empowering because only thin people take their clothes off in magazines. We are supposed to look at her and say “wow, she is beautiful”

 
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I don’t like the word fat.
Maybe you’ve noticed that I hardly use the word if I use it at all.
It’s not that I have a problem with what it means, because hey, fat is fat. We all have fat. We need fat to live. But it’s just that the meaning has changed.
Now when you hear […]

I just got this note in my inbox.
From from April 10th – April 15th you can get 30% off the entire collection at Lane Bryant.
What a nice way to spend some of your tax refund…hopefully you’ve filed already or plan to soon.
There are some restrictions to the deal of course.
Not valid at Lane Bryant Outlet, […]

Who saw MTV’s True Life I’m Happy To Be Fat?
I’m sorry to say that I didn’t catch the whole show but from what I did see all I can say is WOW.
In case you missed it, the show was about 3 people who were happy with themselves in every way. These people were overweight, one […]

I was flicking around the TV this morning and I came across a segment on the Today Show. I only caught the end of it, but they were discussing something on iVillage that asked would women rather have brains or beauty.
The guest on the show mentioned how people were posting extremely hateful and inflammatory remarks […]