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more about #weightyissues more comments → hughman: although, to be fair, chocolate itself isn't bad for you. it's the sugar and stuff (like milk fats) added that gives it all the fattening properties. ... more » badmutha: Dear Mr. Cavalli, While I understand that you are trying to say that you are divinely inspired, I need to remind you that leopards and tigers do not w... more » sensitivitycop: More Martha gems: ** "if you're short on funds, ask your broker for inside information - it's a good thing" ** "If the gate to your compound won'... more » SevenNationArmy: Isn't Dove owned by the same company that does Axe body spray? Yeah... more » PrairieGirl: As someone who often hears flippant and sarcastic remarks come out of her mouth before being able to stop them, I can now say that I actually have som... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Boo Martha. I love Living because most of the time it's one of the only mags that doesn't give a damn about diets. Boo. more » redqueenmeg: Sorry, Martha, even if I got down to 100 pounds (I'm 5'9"), there is no way any amount of dieting will make my breasts fit in that dress. Thanks once... more » BetteD: Just don't go on the Tab diet, unless you want streaming shit stains all over your Cavalli dress. Although, while we're on the comparison to animal h... more » Bunsen Honeydew: Is it wrong that I find her bumbling charming? I mean she's so magical a getting a stain out of everything and creating domestic perfection, that when... more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): If I wear one of her Prison Ponchos I don't need to go on a diet. more » sequined: I think, not that this makes it "okay," but I think she said that in a way that was meant to be both complimentary to him and acknowledging that most ... more » hydrogen_jukebox: How it Should Have Went: Cavalli: "I say all the time that God inspires me… I love the dresses that God created for tigers, for leopards…" Mart... more » clairedeloony: This is right up there with those magazines my mom buys with "Lose 20 Pounds of Belly Fat This Month!" on the cover below a giant picture of a cake. (... more » Jackiewsu: I'm glad she said it cause, who knew what to do when you can't fit into a dress? And it's super easy to lose weight on a diet of the starchy mess she ... more » WaltzingMatilda: I'm glad he didn't bring up the dresses that God made for "Cougars." Have you seen those things on reality TV? Terrible. more » -
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Martha Stewart Says If You're Too Fat For Roberto Cavalli Dresses, Lose Weight
Cavalli: "I say all the time that God inspires me… I love the dresses that God created for tigers, for leopards…" Martha: "Everybody who's not thin enough to wear the dresses: Go on a little diet." Immediately following this exchange? More » -
#weightyissues
"Real" Women Have Curves; Miuccia Prada Wants Models
Ardent feminist ex-communist designer Miuccia Prada is handling the costumes for the Met's upcoming production of Verdi's opera Attila. But according to an anonymous source on set, Prada has balked at dressing anyone who couldn't fit into a sample size.
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#mousetraps
Do Disney Princesses Provide "Thinspiration" For Little Girls?
A new study reports that when 121 girls, ages 3-6, were asked to pick the "real princess" from a photo collection of girls in ballerina costumes, 50 percent of the girls chose the thinnest ballerina. Is Disney to blame? More » -
#kidstoday
Age Of Innocence? 3-Year-Olds Think They're Fat
The other night, I was channel surfing. On TLC? Obese and Pregnant. One channel up, and I found a guy attempting to demolish an inhuman pile of fries on Man Versus Food. And we wonder why kids are weight-obsessed: More » -
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French Women Do Get Fat: Food, Fitness & Fad Diets
I've always been interested in the juggernaut that is the diet industry, but I never thought I'd find so much of it in France.
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#tvwatch
"If Celebrities Make You Feel Like A Loser, TV Fatties Make You Feel Like A Celebrity."
"…These shows traffic in human suffering — which means watching them is either exploitative or cathartic, depending on how tightly those Dockers hug your tummy."— Simon Dumenco, on "The Obsession With TV Fatties." [Details] -
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More To Love Finale: Luke Proposes; We Learn "Love Has No Shape Or Size"
At some point during last night's TWO HOUR finale of the show formerly known as The Fatchelor, I yelled at the screen, "JUST GET IT OVER WITH!" More » -
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Fat Vs. Fiction
Newsweek, currently hosting a series called "The Fat Wars," is featuring dueling op-eds today, one arguing that fatties need to put down the forks, the other that obesity is genetic. Neither one gets it quite right.
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#weightwatchers
More To Love: "I'm The First 300 Lb. Man You've Been With"
Last night, on the show formerly known as The Fatchelor,PukeLuke flipped the script by asking Malissa if his weight was okay with her. More » -
#weightwatchers
More To Love: "We'd Have Some Good-Looking Kids"
If you've been keeping an eye on The Fatchelor since the beginning, you've noticed that even though there were ladies crying about being fat, big or "plus-sized" at the start, the four remaining women are large-breasted, hourglass-shaped stunners. More » -
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More To Love: So Much Crying, So Much Crazy
Insanity on the show previously known as The Fatchelor last night, starting with Kristian. She was convinced that she was in love with Luke, and couldn't stop talking about how much she loved him. Even while crying after being eliminated. More » -
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Why Is There An "Appetite" For Plus-Size TV?
Today's Washington Post story about the popularity of plus-size TV shows actually begins, "Have a sandwich, Twiggy." More » -
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More To Love: The Good Wife, The Bad Wife & The Hot Tub
The more I watch the show previously known as the Fatchelor, the more I want the women to get the hell out of the house and away from Luke. Not to mention the show's producers. More » -
#leftovers
Five-Year-Old "Eating Herself To Death"; Gay Couple's Announcement Nixed By Paper
Doctors in India fear that Suman Khatun, a five-year-old girl who weighs 168 pounds — at three and half feet tall — is eating herself to death. More » -
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More To Love: Worst Prom Ever
More To Love, the show previously known as The Fatchelor continues to be a cringe-inducing, shudder-worthy and embarrassing experience, because its plus-size contestants are treated like "special" freaks of nature who need our pity. More » -
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New Author Speaks Up For The "Not Otherwise Specified"
"You can have an eating disorder at any weight, you can be overweight, underweight, average weight. It doesn't matter. It's not all about the weight." — Nicole Johns, author of a book on her experiences with ED. [MPR] -
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More Evidence Exercise Makes You Hungry, Not Thin
Time magazine's new cover story is titled "Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin." Eric Ravussin, an exercise researcher from Louisiana State University who studies diabetes and metabolism actually says: "In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless." Pardon?!?!?!
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#weightwatchers
More To Love: Puke, Booze & Swimsuits
There was lots of drama on the show previously known as The Fatchelor last night, as Luke went on three "dates." More » -
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More To Love: Coercion, Kisses & Heavy Heartbreak
Last night's premiere of More To Love was even more disturbing than anticipated, not because overweight women were being exploited, but because the star, Luke, is a jackass. More » -
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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]
