Seriously, how has this woman not been fired?

I'm sure at this point, everyone has heard about the Marie Claire situation.

This article basically explains the whole situation, and here is a link to the original post. The original has since been updated with an apology that pretty much screams "Yeah, I'm sorry or whatever, but do you guys really HAVE to be so fat?"

And to top it all off, the magazine TOTALLY backs her. Pretty fuckin' hypocritical if you ask me. How a magazine could try to appeal to bigger women by running photos of “real size” models and a column called “big girl in a skinny world” only to follow it up by that OUTRAGEOUS article is completely beyond me. Way to take 2 steps forward and about 64,569 back, Marie Claire.

So, I personally am boycotting this publication until they come to their senses and fire this woman. I have a degree in psychology and am in the process of getting my masters...I KNOW that this writer feels this way towards fat people because she is anorexic (anorexia is an addiction like any other, and just because you no longer act on it, you still THINK like an anorexic because it is ingrained in the brain to be the natural setting that a recovering anorexic battles daily)...but GUESS WHAT...if she has a problem, she has to admit it, not use it to justify hate. And if the magazine had any sort of sense, they'd fire her ass and say "Listen here, this shit is YOUR problem, not ours, and we've worked too hard embracing the plus-size community for your disease to fuck it all up for us now."

Thoughts?

BARBIE...is TOO FAT?!

Another video I just ran across, it's from last year but some major food for thought regarding fatshion vs. the fashion industry.

Fat Rant

LOVE this! I saw it a while back, and just ran into it again.

Faith 21 is changing it's name?

to Forever 21 Plus Sizes. Wow. Cutting Edge stuff right there.

On one hand, I guess it's a nice idea because it shows that plus size and straight size girls are on the same level, so they should be under the same brand...

BUT...

If that's the case, shouldn't it just be Forever 21, available in size 0-3x? If you're going to try to homogenize it so that big girls lose their identity, do it properly.

I personally am a little more than just irked by the impending name change, especially considering that the straight sizes have several brands to themselves (Heritage 1981, Love 21, Twelve by Twelve, and of course, Forever 21), and we can't even get one stinkin' brand to ourselves.

Thoughts?

Faith 21 hits the runways

I'm excited for what it represents (the idea of bringing plus size models to the mainstream), but I really don't know what to expect...I hope there's some place where we'll be able to see the show, or at least some of it.

Petition to encourage Target to make more plus size clothes!

 From Styleitonline.com:


Have you ever walked into Target and browsed through the designer collaborations? Do you remember the excitement of being able to take home pieces from Jean Paul Gaultier, Zac Posen, and Erin Fetherston because you could actually afford to own a piece created by these fashion industry talents? Only some of you reading this post can say "yes", and only because these collaborations were produced in your size. Why has Target not collaborated with a designer for an exclusive plus size collection, or better yet, extended their current collaborations into larger sizes?

Please join Patrice from Afrobella, Marie Denee from The Curvy Fashionista and I in our public plea to Target to embrace the plus size community (already a current customer) with their designer collaborations. We've created an online petition to gather signatures of potential customers and supporters, so that Target can take notice and understand that there is a viable customer base for these pieces.

To: Target Corporation
Dear Target, Each season, you skillfully and beautifully execute exclusive designer collaborations and partnerships with leading fashion designers. As plus size women, we are oft neglected, overlooked and always sized out of your collections. 

Why? 

We have money to spend as much as our straight sized sisters do. We love to look just as fabulous as the other Fashionistas, yet you neglect to even think of us in the equation. We fawn over the Zac Posen for Target, and strategically finagle through the cuts that could pass on our curves; salaciously we look as each fantastic and highly coveted collaboration passes us along- due to you ignoring our thirst and hunger for fashion. 

Why? 

Therefore, I, Marie Denee of The Curvy Fashionista, Patrice of Afrobella, and Sarah of Style It Online have come together with our followers and the fa(t)shionistas within the plus size community to request, demand, and call for an inclusion of and/or special designer collaborations for the plus size fa(t)shionistas. 

Sincerely, The Undersigned

I'm signature 1324! Please sign!