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The fat TV ghetto

There’s some new TV show on ABC Family called “Huge” or “Big Fat Girl” or “Wide Load” or something like that. It looks to be about a weight loss camp in which the overweight star doesn’t want to lose weight. My size 16 self , and my thinking female brain are not happy about this.

Apparently if [...]

Music, identity and Erykah Badu: Haters, please!

#NowPlaying in my iTunes rotation:  the entire Erykah Badu musical oeuvre, Tyrone and all.  Why?  First of all, her new album dropped today and like the good fan that I am, I pre-ordered that shit last week and downloaded it as soon as it was available.  Second, she’s a little strange and unpredictable and undefinable, and [...]

Armchair Therapist: Celebrity Fit Club, Shar Jackson Edition

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One of the benefits of long-term therapy is being able to see yourself very clearly.  Another benefit is seeing others as they are, and I must say that I’m getting really good at spotting the mote in my brother’s eye, so to speak.  But I don’t judge;  I just call it [...]

Silence is deadly

As generally happens when a celebrity dies suddenly, the vultures (read: tabloid speculators) have begun circling over Brittany Murphy (again, the right way to spell her name, look it up).  The latest fodder for gossip is her use of prescription drugs, among them Klonopin, Atavan, Fluoxetine, Vicoprofen and Propranolol.  When you rattle off a bunch of [...]

All I want for Christmas is self-esteem

But pointy shoulder blades, protruding elbow joints and thighs the same size as your calves don’t say, “I’m eating healthy now,” they say “I have an eating disorder.” [...]