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more about #kateharding more comments → Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Like several others here, I agree she seems very nice and am glad she's doing well writing her own stuff, but honestly I'd rather listen to elevator m... more » rw2264001: the pop stars mentioned in this article besides taylor swift are perfect examples of what can/will happen to her if her image of purity and niceness i... more » Sunshineyness: I'm not in Taylor Swift's demo in the least. I'm 26 now (and had to YouTube her because I had no idea who she was) and when I was 19 I was too busy we... more » Penny_Esq: I am 28, and firmly on Team Taylor. The points I'd make in her defense have already been made down thread by far more articulate commenters than I, so... more » caseofbase: I'm sorry, but I think this needs to be discussed: has anyone actually listened to the girl sing LIVE? Youtube that, and combine it with "She wears hi... more » Slim: Here's my opinion, as a fellow 19 yr. old: I have to say I don't care what she chooses for her "sexuality". If she chooses to roll around in a thong,... more » Dream Pantomime: I'm more a fan of Taylor herself than her music. She seems like a nice, genuine person truly humbled by her following and grateful for her success. Th... more » RousseMacabre: Not all of her songs are princess-y fairytale romances. Quite a bit are rather honest and on-the-nose songs about growing up and breaking up. Some of ... more » birdnerd: "It may be to Swift's benefit to play the princess for now,but eventually, she's going to want to leave that tower and find another path" Why? She or... more » The HZA.: I love and adore Taylor and I am weirdly protective of her. Also, she's growing up. I am convinced she has a Jagged Little Pill album in her. We just ... more » Cam/ron: What is it about niceness that offends so many people? Is it envy? Misanthrophy? Paranoia? (I'm lookin' at you, Hess) I have no issue with Swift deliv... more » SurferWomyn: I LOVE Taylor Swift. She annoyed me at first and then I realized that she seems really cool. Even though she comes off as wholesome, it seems fines ... more » Jenloveshercurves: Maybe we want her to be more adult. I don't like current country music because it's all bland and boring and nothing like Johnny Cash or even Pasty C... more » HPgirl: I'm kind of embarrassed by how much I know about Taylor Swift. But, here's the thing. She wrote 'White Horse" in response to "Love Story." Which basi... more » AgainWithFeeling: Okay, I just watched her video to the song about been fifteen or whatever (embedded on the Bitch website post linked to above) and I have to say, now ... more » -
#swiftthinking
Is Taylor Swift Being Set Up For A Fall?
Unlike seemingly everyone else in the universe, Taylor Swift is having an excellent year. 2009 has been remarkable for Swift, who has seen her career take off in a fairly astronomical fashion. But is she being set up to fail?
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#roevsworld
"Girl" Fight: PUMAs & Progressives Share Call To Abortion-Rights Action
The Stupak-Pitts Amendment is the health-care straw that broke the camel's back. After close to two years of compromising and waiting, progressive, pro-choice women are outraged - but for completely different reasons. Amy Siskind and Kate Harding square off post-jump. More » -
#rennkoans
"Lettuce With A Side Of Batshit" Less Lucrative Than Actual Food
'Now I'm able to tell people, "Avoid the diets, because you will gain it back, most likely, and you're just going to live in a hellish world while doing it."' Preach it, formerly-starving-now-plus-size-model-memoirist Crystal Renn:
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#welcomewagon
The Great Kate: Jez & The Amazing, Technicolor Dreamblogger
Another day, another amazing guest-blogger. Please welcome writer Kate Harding, proprietress of body-acceptance blog Shapely Prose, and author of/contributor to numerous books, including Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce With Your Body and Yes Means Yes. More » -
#tvwatch
More To Love Premieres Tonight; Two "Fat" Writers Weigh In
Kate Harding: "[The show] does does little to dispel the myth that fat people's lives are built around dessert and desperation." Marianne Kirby: "It's a one-two punch of acceptance followed by a knockout blow of shame." [Salon, The Daily Beast] -
#foodfights
Times Discovers Women Who Don't Diet
Today's New York Times "Thursday Styles" section has (another) article about how some people eschew dieting in favor of eating what they want — even if it doesn't make them thin. More » -
#weightyissues
Kate Harding Takes On The Body Mass Index
The always awesome Kate Harding has put together a slideshow to debunk the Body Mass Index, a flawed method of measuring obesity levels based solely on weight vs. height ratio, with no attention paid to actual muscle vs. body fat. More » -
#stylefile
Plus-Sized Clothing Line Faith 21: Huge Fail?
Forever21's "plus sized" line, the God-awfully named Faith21, debuted in stores and online Friday. Noted "fat" writer Kate Harding writes, "I give it 3 months." More » -
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#bitethis
Kate Harding Isn't Going To Take Shit Because She's Not A Size 4
The Chicago Tribune's Nara Schoenberg has a great profile of writer Kate Harding who, in addition to blogging at Salon, has her own fat-acceptance blog where she's happy to tell people to fuck off. More » -
#threeletterwords
Why We Shouldn't Be Afraid Of The Word "Fat"
Blogger Kate Harding wishes people would just call her fat — in an essay in Salon, she explains why. More »
