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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 »"Real" Women Have Curves; Miuccia Prada Wants Models
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 »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 »French Women Do Get Fat: Food, Fitness & Fad Diets
"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]More To Love Finale: Luke Proposes; We Learn "Love Has No Shape Or Size"
Fat Vs. Fiction
More To Love: "I'm The First 300 Lb. Man You've Been With"
PukeLuke flipped the script by asking Malissa if his weight was okay with her. More »More To Love: "We'd Have Some Good-Looking Kids"
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 »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 »More To Love: The Good Wife, The Bad Wife & The Hot Tub
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 »More To Love: Worst Prom Ever
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]More Evidence Exercise Makes You Hungry, Not Thin
More To Love: Puke, Booze & Swimsuits
More To Love: Coercion, Kisses & Heavy Heartbreak
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]More To Love: The Pros & Cons