It’s time to announce the winner of the fat necklace giveaway! Firstly, I want to thank everyone who entered. Thank you for sharing your story. So much of the time in the fat-o-sphere, and indeed in general every day life, it feels like we are reacting to the pervasive and hurtful body policing that...
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What a weekend. I have laughed, cried, lost hope and managed to find it again. Australia held a federal election on Saturday, and today there’s still no clear result other than evidence of the Australian public’s deep disillusionment with our political system and the politicians that represent us. At this stage we are likely...
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I’ve seen images like this around for the past few days but it wasn’t until I visited Kent Rogowski‘s site that I understood that he’d actually made a series of combining different jigsaw puzzles. Apparently you can mix different puzzles within the same brand together because they’re cut using the same die… the more...
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Lately I’ve been feeling 90s fashion, probably because I follow Tavi’s Tumblr and she’s discovering all the awesome third wave/ riot girl stuff from last decade. I don’t know about you but I wore a lot of slip dresses, cardigans and boots in the 90s; I was a teenager and I didn’t have any...
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fancy |ˈfansē| adjective ( -cier , -ciest ) 1. elaborate in structure or decoration : the furniture was very fancy | a fancy computerized system. • designed to impress : converted fishing boats with fancy new names. • (esp. of foodstuffs) of high quality : fancy molasses. • (of flowers) of two or more...
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As you might have seen I finally got my hair cut, and I’ve been playing around with it to see just how many different ways I can style it. Having dead straight, fine hair I love the idea of having curls and it’s nice to be able to play with my hair and make...
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Following the Lane Bryant kerfuffle lots of people bought fat shirts in solidarity! How totally awesome! Some lovely people have shown me photos of them and their fat stuff, which is really cool because it proves that people are embracing the f word! If you’ve been one of those radical people and want to...
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HELLO CAKE. Be in my mouth, like right now! Smitten Kitchen is one of my absolute favourite food blogs, and having had the chance to make a few recipes from the site I can almost guarantee this Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake will be made of deliciousness. I would ultimately love an overgrown backyard full...
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Wednesday was an Ekka (the Royal Show) holiday for most Briswegians and I wanted to get out of the house for a little while because working at home is great and all but sometimes you want to do stuff outside! We went up to the top of Mt Coot-tha. That’s Brisbane! I wish you...
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