A brief review of fat hatred in contemporary movies and literature
Misery, by Stephen King
The fat woman as hysterical, insane, killer. Various scenes where she is shoveling food into her mouth mindlessly whilst making a horrible mess. Obsessed with entrapping a man since of course anyone as fat as she is couldn’t attract one by normal [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Musings on Fat Hatred
January 29, 2008A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words…
January 25, 2008A video can sometimes do even more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tluogv9EGTQ
I recommend both for the beautiful music and for the powerful images within. Safe for work if you are allowed to surf the net or listen to music.
I can so relate to this.
January 15, 2008http://nymag.com/family/features/42814/index2.html
Iron My Shirts
January 8, 2008Yeah well, I can’t say I’m surprised, but I’m disappointed. It doesn’t matter how impeccably perfect her political record is, a female is not seen as a human being and will not be allowed to take charge of anything in this country. People were mainly okay with pretending she was just one of [...]
