I’m not a fanatic like some people, but a holiday that involves candy and dressing up is going to go on my “it’s a goodness” list. One thing for many fat people, though, is the dressing up part. Most of the packaged Halloween costumes are not going to fit us. I am glad that some…
My first job-job was at a fat lady clothing store called Nancy’s Place. I say, my first “job-job” because before that I had made some TV commercials for Nancy’s Place, but I was paid in clothing, not $$$. Which was fine with me, because I wanted clothes more than I wanted $$$. When Nancy’s Place…
Has anyone heard of theCurvyCon before? I sure hadn’t, until I was working on the NAAFA Newsletter Roundup – and it was mentioned in an article talking about NY Fashion Week. I was intrigued. I visited their website. theCurvyCon.com theCurvyCon takes place the same week as NY Fashion Week and provides a safe place for…
When I was first approached about being in Bottom’s Up (the long running Vegas style revue), I was told that I would be the “fat girl” in the show; and asked if that would be a problem. Nope. No problem. I’m fat and female. Qualifications met. But when I joined the group, I was given…
In the “No-Duh” department, a recent study found that kids (who were “at risk” of becoming fat) who experienced weight-based teasing ended up gaining more weight (33% greater gain in BMI) and body fat (91% gain) than their peers who did not experience weight-based teasing. Study article re study So for all you folks who…
When I was in second grade, I would constantly get in trouble. Not for talking in class. Not for passing notes. Not for any of the usual misdemeanors perpetrated by second graders. I got in trouble for having a messy desk. Not the outside – the inside. And the reason my desk was always chaos…
There has been some hoopla in the fatshion world about Universal Standard offering extended sizes (up to size 40) in many of their clothing options – including jeans. I have heard that Universal Standard really went all out in trying to get input for their jeans, including hiring models that could actually wear the sizes…
Spending many years in theater, I think I developed a more lax view of modesty than some. I mean, given certain natural variations, we all have the same basic equipment, right? I used to go to a gay (disco) bar (yes – disco, that’s how old this fat old lady is) after performing in a…
I went for almost 2 years without a haircut. I hate to admit it, but this isn’t all that unusual for me. When it comes to my hair, I’m not much of a girly-girl. I don’t know what to do with it, so I want it in a style that I can get by…
(No, this is not me in my new dress – I can’t send pictures of me to my e-mail with my phone, and my husband is out for a walk, and I just don’t feel like waiting before I post this.) As all fat people know, finding cute and stylish clothing is a problem. But…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 