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Spam, Heather and the UK

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Yesterday was Heather MacAllister's memorial service at the All Saints Church in Manhattan.  It was cold, I was Sunday brain-dead and it was my time of the month, but I wanted to honor her memory as she passes off into summerland.   She died young but left her mark on the world.

The ceremony was simple with hymns, prayers and eulogies.   It was lead by a kindly minister and rabbi accompanied by a wonderful organ player.   We were told that the mayor of San Francisco had put into law that Feb 25th would be Heather MacAllister day.   We should draw inspiration from her as someone who lived life the way she wanted.

The nicest part was after the ceremony when we gathered in the basement for food.  I listened to people talk about Heather and right before I left we all sang "Fat Bottom Girls."

I think an important lesson is life is too short and we should live it as best as we can.

Despite the coming together for Heather, fat prejudice still exists.  I learned of this story from the UK where they would like to take a fat kid away from his mother.   This kid is big, yes, but he is also almost as tall as his mother.   Instead of forcing him to go to doctors and nutritionists, get him into American Football or Rugby.   Are we becoming the food police?  Or just policing the fat kids?

Heather MacAllister and some lighter news

In sad news, Heather MacAllister aka as Reva Lucian of Big Burlesque and Fat Bottom Review plus a size, queer and anti-racism activist died of Ovarian cancer on Feb 13.   She help make fat sexy and cool.  She will be missed.

From the NOLOSE Site:
In lieu of flowers: Heather requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Heather's trust c/o Carole Cullum. Heather wishes to start a fund to help fat college students afford fabulous fashions! Please make checks out to "Cullum Law Trust - MacAllister Scholarship Account MacAllister" and mail to: Cullum Law Offices, 1390 Market St., Suite 818, San Francisco, CA 94102.

In brighter news
Fat is Contagious?  This delightful essay by Kimberly Brittingham looks into just that.

And in News of the weird and slightly off-topic.
If you want to find my book, look no further than the Senate floor.  "(Senator) Inhofe asked (EPA Adminstrator) Johnson if he knew that the EPA's libraries held titles including "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Fat Chicks Rule!: How to Survive in a Thin-Centric World," and the Dr. Seuss book, "The Lorax." Johnson smiled as each title was read, saying he was aware the EPA had those books."   No, my book isn't environmental (Although I am), it is in the library because I used to work in the EPA library in New York. I was laid off in late 2004 due to budget cuts.   The catalog record of my book clearly states "Lara Frater was a reference librarian in the Region 2 Library" which both Johnson and Inhofe neglected to notice.

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Fat Chicks Rule!!

The Good
Sisters of Size:  Scotlandville girls out to break stereotypes

The Bad
Beware of the fat lady, she has no head!  Here is a wonderful essay by Charlotte Cooper regarding the phenomen known as "Headless Fatties".  As you might know the woman on the cover of my book has no head.  It's because I am reclaiming the headless fatty as sexy!

The Ugly.
Despite being panned by the critics (The review in the New York Post wrote "Aside from many references to flatulence, the script is mostly excuse for an endless parade of jokes about fat people"), this week's number one movie is Norbit.   It seems that Eddie Murphy can't be funny any more unless he's wearing a fat suit.

On Sunday I saw a wonderful movie called "Who Killed the Electric Car."  It made 1.5 million at the Box Office.  Norbit made 34mil.  WTF??

Florida, Food, Report Cards and WLS

Back from Sunny Florida.  Walked all over the Magic Kingdom and MGM over three days and boy do my feet hurt.  I got a Yoda t-shirt that says "Size Matters Not" which was actually in my size. I have my issues with Disney but they do carry some items up to size 2x.   I also was able to fit on all the rides.   The plane ride was okay.  I took Jetblue and was able to fit in the seat without spilling over on my friend and I was even able to put the arm rest down.

I'm currently reading The Gospel of Food by Barry Glassner (who wrote the terrific book: Culture of Fear). It's proving to be a good read.  It pretty much turns everything we think about food upside down. I haven't gotten to the 'obesity' chapter yet but I know he quotes Paul Campos.  More on this when I finish the book.

Arkansas is thinking about ditching the "Obesity Report" cards, yeaha!  I always thought this was silly.  There seems to be an assumption that if  fat people/kids don't know they are fat.

But for every step forward, there are two steps back.   IMHO,  I think that any doctor who does weight loss surgery on a kid should lose their medical license. 

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