Just before the London Olympics were set to begin, harsh comments about Leisel Jone’s weight began to arise. Well… they were harsh if you are of one opinion. If you’re of the other, then they were fair comments. While I can guess which side of the fence Lip readers will be on, I am not…
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The Olympics are occurring as I type and what better way to comment on them than to make disparaging and sexist comments on the women athletes and their bodies! Why, that’s my favourite thing to do! We’ve all heard the speculation that was around before Leisel Jones, Australian Olympic swimmer, competed in the Games. Why,…
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Clementine Ford recently wrote an article about our obsession with plus sized role models over at Daily Life. She speaks about the “real woman” debate (we all know my feelings on that, repeat ad nauseum until I’m blue in the face) and the pitting of women against women. She makes mention of the fact that…
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As well as writing here, for Lip, I also write a fashion blog – Australian Fatshion. I focus mainly on fashion trends for each season, where to get them in plus sizes and how to wear them. I sometimes run competitions and talk about clothes I’ve bought myself or things I want to buy. I…
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It’s Fashion Week in Berlin and plus sized brand Navabi has pulled a stunt that will surely get them worldwide attention. I’m talking about it and I’m seeing people on Twitter talking about it. They sent a model, walking the streets of Berlin, not in their clothing, but nude. Like a fat Lady Godiva, without…
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Recently, I read this article, linked to me by the wonderful Jo, here at lip. It ties in what I was speaking about in my previous article – co-opting body positive speech and using my pet hate phrase, “real women.” I won’t rant any more about the phrase; I believe I covered it enough in…
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If the first rule of the internet is ‘Never read the comments; the second must surely be – ‘Once it’s out there, it’s out there. Ain’t no goin’ back.’ Recently, a friend of mine brought something icky to my attention. She was on the City Chic Facebook page when she noticed they’d put up one…
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Since last year, I’ve been a participant in a project with Dr Lauren Gurrieri and Issac Brown. Lauren is a marketing academic based in the Business school at Griffith University in Queensland and Issac is a photographer and lecturer at the Queensland College of Art also at Griffith University in Queensland. The project has involved…
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Other hemispheres are going into summer right now, which means, for them, swimsuit season. I’m sure they’re getting bombarded from all angles about having the “right” body to wear swimsuits. Luckily, fatshionista Gabi Gregg has given a giant middle finger to that rhetoric and posted a series of photographs of her fabulous fat self in a…
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For those of us who are at the larger end of the size spectrum, or at the smaller end, it can be incredibly difficult to buy clothing in your size in stores. Forget buy – it can be incredibly difficult to FIND clothing in your size in the stores. No wonder why so many of…
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Recently, a friend of mine, Kath, appeared in an article in the June issue of the Australian Women’s Weekly. I remember her talking about it when it was happening and how excited she was. I even got to see a sneak peek photograph of the shoot and it looked AMAZING. It is a largely positive…
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The other week I got to watch some Foxtel while I was housesitting for a friend. At home, I never get command of the television and it usually doesn’t bother me. I don’t really watch a lot of television ON television nowadays anyway. This time, however, I definitely got my fill. Four days’ worth of…
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I recently purchased my first bikini since god remembers when. I definitely haven’t worn one since I started developing boobs and hips. It is retro-fab, which lately is the only type of swim suit I own. My one-pieces (apart from the sturdy black racerback I wear swimming laps) are all along these lines. Think skirted,…
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I know scores of people are not comfortable with describing themselves or other people as fat. I understand why – fat is still considered a bad word. “But I don’t see you as fat!” isn’t mean to be a compliment so much as a rejection of the way society ascribes and describes fat on people….
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