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Spring Fashion: Business Casual 2008-02-28 15:33:05 There was a time when I considered wearing casual clothes to the office to be an unforgivable offense. I have usually worked in very corporate environments and I loved wearing all my “dry clean only” suits and silk blouses. Not that I had a lot of money - I was very fond of the [...] Read more:Business
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Phat Poetry 2008-02-21 10:55:41 I just received in the mail my very first publishing contract. I am so happy!
I opened the envelope and held in my hands a real contract – with my name on it – and now my signature. The contract is for the first ever book of poetry devoted entirely to the experience of [...] Read more:Poetry
Why I Delete Comments 2008-02-19 14:26:03 I really thought that I made the comment policy clear here and here but I have had a run of unasked for advice and scathing opinions so it seems that I may need to post a permanent heading. Until then…here we go again.
This is my house and if I ask you to leave then [...] Read more:Comments
My Blog is All Dressed Up with Someplace to Go! 2008-02-12 14:27:54 Oh hell yeah! If there was a runway for blogs this bitch would be workin it right now…sashay and strut and pose and turn.
My thanks to the incomparable Izzy who can be found at her blog, Izzymom. Please check out her design portfolio at Izzy Design and Graphics. I met her at [...] Read more:Dressed
Lee Lee’s Valise Mentioned in Time Out New York 2008-02-01 13:49:00 “Brooklyn - This plus-size boutique fills a need for stores catering to larger ladies. Bedecked with three chandeliers, the quaint parlor carries trendy garb from a slew of companies including Tadashi, Donna Ricco and B&Lu—all in sizes from 12 to 24.
Full-figured lasses can pluck flattering lingerie from Spanks, Prima Donna and Hanky Panky. 368 [...] Read more:New York
Big Shout Out: My Pal Roberta is a Blogging Star! 2008-01-31 08:44:00 Have you been watching Mad Men on AMC? No? Well my friend my friend Roberta thinks you oughta. The writing is smart, the characters are sharp, the plots are interesting and they are winning awards like crazy.The official Mad Men website has featured Roberta and her sister Deborah’s blog as the Mad Men [...] Read more:Blogging
Big Sale at Kiyonna 2008-01-30 13:45:00 Two promotions at Kiyonna have just been sent to me by the lovely and talented Yvonne. They are so good I have to give them their own mention.
New Coupon Code and Discount on your next purchase through February 29th:
With your purchase of $150 or more, receive a coupon for $50 off your next [...]
Good For the Planet and Good For Me 2008-01-17 16:10:00 My husband and I watched An Inconvenient Truth and were horrified to discover the damage done to Mother Earth every time we exhale. Then John Stossel on Nightline gave equal time to scientists who disagree with the Global Warming theories and they told us that we could once again breathe without guilt.
So with our [...]
Troll Rant…sort of 2008-01-10 16:41:00 A Funny Thing About Troll
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Tell me, please, how thin is thin enough? Will your hatred be tempered by an acceptable BMI or do you require that I stand perfectly still while you run an imaginary tape measure around my hips, thighs and upper arms all the while tut-tutting about my jiggly body?
I have gone [...]
Pierce Brosnan’s Wife Looking Hot on the Beach 2008-03-10 17:31:20 Keely Shaye Smith the beautiful full figured wife of Pierce
Brosnan on a beach in Hawaii wearing a little bikini. Wow. I think she looks fabulous.
If you follow the above link you will read gems of insight such as, “Snide remarks on the blogosphere demonstrate that weight is one of the last arenas [...] Read more:Beach
Lisa Marie Presly Attacked For Baby Weight 2008-03-10 11:08:02 In another example of the media placing preposterous importance on a woman’s weight remaining consistently thin, Reuters reported over the weekend that Marie
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Presly is suing the Daily Mail for an article they wrote, gleefully attacking her for “piling on the pounds,” when in fact she is pregnant.
“Once they got a glimpse of [...] Read more:Attacked
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Mo Pie and The Rotund have spooky mind reading skillz 2008-03-14 14:20:45 Oh yes it is absolutely true. Mo Pie and The Rotund are reading my mind.
I post an image of an early 1900’s advertising poster about The Tape Worm “diet” on the same day that the lovely and talented Mo Pie posts about The Tape Worm “diet” and crazy weight loss fads including (god help [...]
Respectfully tell the Ladies “Get Plump” 2008-03-14 10:08:09 I came across the first advertising poster on BFDBlog last year so when I found the second one I thought it would be fun to post them together for a bit of nostalgia.
Remember when ladies were encouraged to gain weight in order to improve both their health and their attractiveness? Remember those nights [...] Read more:Plump
I Didn’t Get The Memo 2008-03-18 13:17:42 I put this blog on the World Wide Webernet (Perhaps you’ve heard of it? It’s very famous you know.) and asked people to come and chat with me about plus size fashion (it’s very “in” right now) and feeling good about your body, and Health at Every Size.
Some people stopped by and left [...]
The New Miss Surrey A Beautiful Size 16 Girl 2008-03-21 11:27:45 Yesterday 16 year-old Chloe Marshall beat many other slimmer hopefuls to be crowned Miss Surrey. She is on her way to the Miss England competition.
The full article in the Daily Mail states that the teenager, who has been signed up by the Models Plus agency, said most of her rivals were size eight or [...] Read more:Beautiful
I am in Spain 2008-04-19 19:23:16 How many times did I sit at the computer thinking of how I wanted to tell you about the incredible writing workshop that I would be attending? Many times. But somehow something always came up and I never actually posted on this site any information about where I would be and when I would [...] Read more:Spain
Some random thoughts from Barcelona 2008-04-21 13:23:23 Today is Monday and I want to give you a taste of my time here in Barcelona
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I arrived Saturday. It was supposed to rain this week but it has been glorious. It is absolutely beautiful here. I got to my friend’s Luis and Samantha’s place at around 1:00 p.m. and they had an amazing [...] Read more:thoughts
Prayers for my friend’s lovely child 2008-06-22 22:06:32 I received this e-mail Sunday evening from my very dear friend
Roberta. I think some of my regular readers will recognize her name from previous mentions here, and some of you might now be regular readers of her blog.
Hello friends,
My sister and I are reaching out to people with blogs or websites (great or [...] Read more:child
Orien Rose is on the mend. 2008-07-06 17:26:32 My friends’ daughter is on her way to 100%. She is healing faster than even the best predictions could have imagined. If you missed the post on Orien Rose and her surgery read this.
A big fat thank you to everyone who thought about this brave little girl during her surgery last week.
BlogHer08 Totally Rocks 2008-07-19 11:46:04 San Francisco is beautiful and this event is awesome. I’m having a great time here. My roomie is Kristen who writes Slacker-Moms-R-Us (she’s no slacker my friends!) is a lot of fun and for the record - she does not snore.
I spent some time (too little!) with the beautiful and talented Jennette Fulda whose [...] Read more:Rocks
COFRA — Show Your Face videos 2008-07-14 20:58:38 I have a secret crush. How much do I love Paul McAleer? A lot, that’s how much. Now that it’s not a secret anymore I can tell you that I quote his witty and smart viewpoints on Big Fat Blog to my husband so often (”Oh my god! Paul said something brilliant! Isn’t he [...] Read more:videos
EastEnder says “I’m sick of being thin…,” and a Spice Girl loved her pregnancy curves. 2008-07-07 06:14:54 I want this dress. Oh lord how I want this dress. Where on earth did she get that dress? I bet she got it from one of those cute London boutiques. Not one of the inexpensive places where I buy clothes like Top Shop or H&M. I want that dress and I want her [...] Read more:loved
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Sale on New “Island Fever” Line at Kiyonna! 2008-08-01 06:17:07 It’s very rare to see a fashion retailer offer a discount on a new line of clothing so if you love Kiyonna, you’ll want to take advantage of this sale.
Says Kiyonna’s founder Kim Camarella-Khanbeigi, “At Kiyonna, we sell a feeling, not a product.”
Kiyonna wants you to feel good about the skin you’re in [...] Read more:Fever
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BlogHer Babes: The MILF factor - Mom’s I Like as Friends 2008-07-30 10:55:47 Oh you poor deluded fools who found this blog post searching for something decidedly different. Just move on to the next page in your search. Just move on.
My mommy-tastic roommate at BlogHer 2008, Kristie, is very beautiful, outgoing and a lot of fun. She even came with me to do a charity food giveaway [...] Read more:Babes
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My Wifey Spidey Senses are Tingling 2008-07-25 16:56:56 Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.
–James Thurber
Things I have repeatedly said to my husband:
1. Honey please don’t grab my ass/boobs in public.
2. Honey please don’t grab my ass/boobs while I’m cooking.
3. Honey please don’t grab my ass/boobs while I’m gardening.
4. Honey please don’t grab my [...] Read more:Senses
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BlogHer Babes: Mo Pie, Weetabix, and Anne 2008-07-24 06:08:44 I met the glorious Weetabix (she with the impish 1920’s flapper hairdo) at BlogHer 2007. No that isn’t her in the picture but I do think it captures her nearly-naked inner starlet. Clark Gable would have loved to ruin you! Taking you for midnight steak and martinis at the Stork Club, buying you [...] Read more:Babes
BlogHer Babes Stephanie Klein and Heather Armstrong 2008-07-22 20:33:30 served by picapp.com
I promised to tell you more about the women that I met at BlogHer and now that I’ve had a day to sleep and recover from my Sunday walking tour of the city, I’m ready to start talking. Oh man those San Francisco hills are steep! I walked around Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden [...] Read more:Armstrong
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Can fat make you thin? 2008-08-20 23:02:36 Today Harvard Medical School researchers announced that brown fat can make you lose weight.
It seems that there are two different types of adipose tissue: white fat and brown fat. The white fat sits around because it is very lazy and stuffing itself on triglycerides. But brown fat! Oh my goodness! Brown fat [...]
Guest Post: Lindsay of Babble 2008-08-18 22:10:09 I am thrilled to have Lindsay
of the beautifully written blog Babble
bits as guest post du jour. Please note that Lindsay intentionally writes the first-person “I” in lower case.
After Corinna’s post about having stuck her foot in her mouth, i immediately remembered something that happened to me in high school. At the [...] Read more:Guest
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