Sometimes I get so distracted by the other stuff that I neglect to mention the things that are going on in my own part of the venn diagram of life. Here are two things that you should know about.
Re/Dress
Brooklyn's own Deb Malkin has just opened a shop called Re/Dress, selling plus-sized vintage gear. Shopping and fat liberation are a funny kind of mixture (anyone want to offer a Marxist critique?!) but I'm down with Re/Dress for a number of reasons: a) Second hand clothes make ecological and economical sense, and they are beautiful too; b) fat folks rarely get to indulge in vintage fashion because, for many reasons, it's hard to find; c) fat fashion is potentially emancipatory; d) Re/Dress is at the heart of queer fat community in the US, Deb and her cohorts are politically engaged folks and are involved with a load of exciting things; e) Deb is also one of the many movers and shakers behind the Fat Girl Flea which, incidentally, is happening again soon, check the website for deets; f) fat culture is a lovely thing, it exists through stuff like this, and it needs supporting.
http://www.redressnyc.com
Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study
Lee Monaghan's book was published last year and enjoyed an official launch in December. It's a great piece of work, a rare exploration of the impact of obesity rhetoric on men, meticulously written and researched. Lee captures the madness of diet-think and unpacks it patiently, he is compassionate towards the men he is studying, and generous in his theorising. This is an academic work, I hope it will become a benchmark for fellow researchers, god knows the ker-azy world of obesity-mongering needs as sane and thoughtful a response as this.
Men and the War on Obesity
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