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Link: Take The Cake: A Fat Feminist Watches 'I Feel Pretty'

Link: Take The Cake: A Fat Feminist Watches ‘I Feel Pretty’

Friends, I have been very busy over the past year being fat characters, which has not left me much time to write about fat characters.  Which has been amazing for me, even if I could ideally keep both plates spinning at the same time.  (I blame capitalism.  And less-than-stellar time management skills.  But mostly capitalism.)

Regardless, I wanted to share a link to the amazing Virgie Tovar’s cri…

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John Waters’ Female Trouble(1974)

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part of the reality of being a fat woman is that your body is treated like public property, and we have no right to complain because we “let ourselves go”

it’s okay to take pictures of us without our consent and post them on the internet to mock us 

it’s okay to treat our bodies like an epidemic that needs to be solved 

it’s okay for thin women to complain about their “fat” days while simultaneously being allowed to openly enjoy food

it’s okay for the evening news showcase some bullshit expert who calls for the eradication of our bodies

everyone else has a say on our bodies except for us, because we aren’t allowed to exist publicly 

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Producer Alysia Allen has obtained the film rights to Jill Watts’ biography “Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood” and will produce with Aaron Magnani. The producers are currently searching for the right screenwriter to adapt the book for the screen.

McDaniel — who was the youngest daughter of freed slaves — began her career as an acclaimed Vaudeville performer and one of the first black women on radio. She appeared in countless 1930s films but is best known for her performance as Mammy in Gone With the Wind, for which she won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1940. After years of playing stereotypical characters and during a time of near-insurmountable obstacles for black actors, McDaniel is credited for opening Hollywood’s eyes to creating more multidimensional roles for African-Americans. The rest of the article here [x].

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Thin person privilege is being able to cosplay as your favorite characters, or wear costumes at all without struggling to find a costume that fits or risking ridicule. Looking at you, Big Bang Theory and your “fat sailor moon” joke.

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Young Mae West

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“Inevitability”A very bitter comic by me.

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My best friend: Lady Bird (2017, dir. Greta Gerwig)

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut doesn’t bring anything new to the cinematic table in terms of story or visual technique; what makes it exciting is her outstanding attention to detail.  Having also been a Catholic high school senior in 2002, I knew I was in for something that was going to hit me where I live when I saw the image of Lady Bird’s titular protagonist (Saoirse Ronan) standing in the…

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The Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation: FAQ

What is it?

a nine-day, non-denominational ritual honoring transgender individuals who have passed on

an act of solidarity with the lineage of transgender ancestors who have come before us and paved the way, as well as with the descendents who will come after us when we are gone

a chance to share tenderness and kindness with the restless spirits of transgender people who lost their lives to violence

an opportunity for living transgender folks, including those who have lost trans loved ones, to grieve, mourn, and pray

a labor of love from a multiracial group of trans spirit workers, each at various stages of study in ancestor veneration practices, who have been putting on this ritual since 2014

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From 1940′s gag film about a plump woman bowling …

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The Maltese Falcon | John Huston | 1941

Sydney Greenstreet

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Saw this last night, wonderfully creepy performance from Laird Cregar.

The Lodger (1944) dir by John Brahm

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Orson Welles

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Fat girls and fat boys are honestly worth so much more than y'all give em credit for

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embroidery april 2014

quote from Ollie Renee Schminkey