Over the summer, ABC aired a series called Huge. It was a revolutionary show, portraying teenage characters at a fat camp. Despite that potentially problematic setting (and, in fact, perhaps because of it), the show was a progressive and subversive look at teenagers who do not fit the mold of what bodies are “supposed” to...
I wanted to you let you know about a very exciting event is taking place for women of color this year in New Orleans. The Femme of Color Symposium is an event created by women of color for women of color who self-identify as FEMME. FEMME of Color Symposium March 26th – March 28th NEW...
In case you haven’t noticed in your Internet travels, Scarleteen is getting towards the end of their big end-of-year fundraising drive. This drive is crucially important for Scarleteen as an organization and for Heather Corinna as its executive director and lone full-time staffer. I haven’t blogged about it here yet, because I was holding out...
Hey, y’all. My best friend is going through a Master’s program in therapy right now, and they’ve been tasked with bringing in additional resources around areas that they feel are underserved. My best friend—a skinny, white, Jewish, gay dude—wants to bring in some resources around size issues. I’m the first to admit that I’m not...
