Though once thought of exclusively for sad tweens with mean parents, fat camps have become increasingly de rigueur among children and adults alike. Now, with pet obesity rates on the rise, the fitness camp trend has spread to our canine companions, with doggie fat camps opening up all over the country. At these…
What happened when 25-year-old Savannah Dooley — writer of ABC Family's weight-loss camp drama, Huge, and the daughter of My So-Called Life's Winnie Holzman — emailed us to say that Jezebel was her favorite blog?
Last night, the finale of Huge — the fat camp show from My So Called Life's Winnie Holzman and her daughter, Savannah Dooley — tackled eating disordered behavior, popularity, and what really happens when you lose weight.
Last night's episode of Huge — the fat camp drama from My So-Called Life's Winnie Holzman — dealt with Parents' Day, giving us a chance to see painfully embarrassing parents, and how weight plays a part in the family dynamic.
Last night on Huge — the ABC Family show set at a fat camp, from the creator of My So-Called Life — we found out that the camp director is recovering from an eating disorder.
Last night on Huge — a show from the creator of My So-Called Life — Camp Victory held a weigh-in. The face of each camper stepping on the scale told a different story: Anxious, terrified, excited, nervous, pessimistic, hopeful.
Even though last night's episode of Huge (created by My So-Called Life's Winnie Holzman and her daughter, Savannah Dooley) was one of the weakest yet, it still managed to be insightful, funny and really heartwarming.
Last night's episode of Huge (created by My So-Called Life's Winnie Holzman and her daughter) included some heartbreaking moments of teen angst unrelated to being set at a fat camp: Embarrassment, jealousy, shattered confidence, rebellion, manipulation, body odor and LARPing.
The second episode of fat-camp show Huge — created by My So Called Life's Winnie Holzman and her daughter, Savannah Dooley — included a scene right after our women's mag-mocking hearts.
ABC Family's Huge premiered last night. Written by My So-Called Life creator Winnie Holzman — and her 24-year-old daughter, Savannah Dooley — the show introduced us to Camp Victory, where weight loss is the focus.
When we first heard about Huge — the ABC Family show set at a fat camp — we were intrigued. Camp! Non-skinny actresses getting work! Body image issues! Now, in a new interview, star Nikki Blonsky keeps us interested:
Hairspray's Nikki Blonsky and Hayley Hasselhoff have been cast in an ABC Family TV series called Huge. This show just might be great, and here's why:
Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas costs $6,250 a month, which means staying there a year costs more than a year at Harvard, according to the Washington Post. Wellspring is a "highly structured therapeutic boarding school for rapid weight loss and intensive behavior therapy." It's fat camp meets boarding school, and…
Last year, MTV aired what's possibly one of my favorite documentaries of all time, Fat Camp — a two-hour glimpse into the lives of adolescent campers trying to lose weight at a facility in the Poconos. The greatly anticipated (or at least by me) Return to Fat Camp aired this weekend, following a whole new set of…
