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Oil on canvas, painted in 1963
Accession Number WAG6192
Kidner was over thirty before he thought seriously of making a career as a painter. After five years in the Canadian army he enrolled at Goldsmiths' College, but left because he disliked the teaching methods. He worked as a theatre designer in the early 1950s before starting to paint full-time in 1953. He was influenced by the American abstract expressionist painters.
For Kidner the canvas remains "a sort of laboratory", the emphasis placed on colour over line. In this painting there is a strong sense of movement as the vibrant colours vie for space and the horizontal bands become increasingly segmented as they reach the centre. What begins as quite flat at the bottom of the canvas expands and becomes fluent as the strips of colour move to the right towards the top.
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I'm turning 18 tomorrow. I've been waiting for this for a very long time, I really just want to get a tattoo. I want it to be about atheism because it's one of the few things in my life that I know wont change. I'm really starting with nothing here, I have nothing particular in mind, so I'm open to all suggestions. I don't even know if I'm getting a quote, artwork, or otherwise. I'd also like to see others atheist tattoos if you have any.
That picture is of an amazing tattoo, but I think its a bit much for me, especially for my first tattoo.
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In my opinion, it doesn't come from a need, more of a desire. I, for one, have tattoos that aren't able to be covered. The way the world is shaping up, there's no need to fear discrimination. Fortunately for me, I work in a field where it's accepted entirely to be tattooed. I look forward to the day that it's socially acceptable to be tattooed in the workplace, and obviously offensive material need not apply. There's no need for hatred to be displayed, ever.
But to clarify what I mean by desire for me personally, I'm not too big on material possessions. I carry what is most important to me on my skin, and quite frankly, they tend to work in my favor. It's a great way to weed out individuals I'd rather not associate with to begin with.
I agree, I don't feel a need, but rather I feel a desire or a wanting. I don't know what started my love of tattoos, but since I was like 12 or 13 I just have always dreamed of the tattoos I would get when I turn of age, I can't even remember half of them, but I know they were dumb and I would definitely regret them if I had gotten them. I want to display the things that are important to me. I don't want any meaningless tattoos. There are a few things I know I want to get tattoos for, and it's some of the things that are instilled in me, things that I want to carry to the grave.
I'm quite a fan of this one:http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv4yhlhxGq1qklxlqo1_500.jpg possibly going to get it or yes, the scarlet A.
I really like that, "praise reason". I feel like it would make people think when they see it. What are some of the reactions you've gotten with that?
I had the same dilemma when I decided to get a tattoo. Finally I decided on Darwin's Tree of Life with his signature underneath, which is science-y if you're into that. It was a good choice for a first tattoo, though, because it's really simple and it only took about 15-20 minutes to do.
My second tattoo is a quote from Thomas Jefferson. I've decided I prefer quotes as tattoos, they seem a bit more meaningful. But that's just me, obviously.
I attached a picture of each one.
I love your tattoos. I also really love quotes as tattoos too. But I'm thinking I'm going to get a quote with whatever tattoo I decide to (finally) get.
I love this one.
I love this! It's so creative, and I don't think everyone that sees it would automatically know what the tattoo is for. I want something I would be able to pull off as something else when I need to. The only time I would do that is around my boyfriends grandma. She's a doll, she is so sweet, but she is just a little too religious.
I have the IPU on my right calf. Love it
If I were to get a tattoo I'd get this. But I'm not really into the idea of tattoos for myself right now maybe someday. I do however love seeing what other people chose and the reasons behind it so when you do finally make a choice you gotta show us a picture.
I definitely will be sharing a picture when I finally get it done(:


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Linkin Park has announced they've added a few guest stars for their upcoming benefit concert, Music for Relief Presents: Concert for the Philippines, which takes place at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is now on the bill, along with Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart and The Filharmonic , a Filipino a cappella group featured on the current season of NBC's The Sing-Off . The artists join previously-announced performers The Offspring and Bad Religion .
While more than 300 tickets have already been allocated, there's still time to score a ticket to the event by raising a minimum of $250 for Linkin Park's Music for Relief charity. Visit MusicForRelief.org for all the details.
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Born into privilege; second son of a famous musician; still grieving after the death of his girlfriend who was raped and murdered a year ago; community believes he is guilty of his girfriend's death; feels abandoned; becomes an outcast; grows horns; able to get people to tell their secrets; determined to find his girlfriend's killer.


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This is my second pregnancy-- I am 36 weeks. My first pregnancy ended at 35 weeks with mild PE. I had a nightmarish labour and delivery which ended after 27 hrs with a C-section and nerve damage (I was unable to walk for 2 months). In the recovery room, I had my first blood pressure spike and mag-sulf. Things stabilized until later that week when my pressure rose again and I was also diagnosed with HELLP. I never did have complete renal failure, but all I can remember from that period was the noise of ICU, not being able to be with my baby, and feeling like I was dying.
We were blessed to have a perfectly healthy little girl.
It took 5 years for us to have the courage to try again.
My BP is up in this pregnancy but so far no protein. My OB is amazing-- follows us closely and has prepped a team of specialists to be available if things worsen. He'll probably deliver at 37.5 weeks.
Here's the issue. I'm terrified. I was so sick the last time and now I have a 5 yr old to worry about too. I know that the chances are that things won't be as bad this time, but they might be even worse and I can't let go of that. Although I do love the baby that I am carrying, I am finding myself wishing that we hadn't gotten pregnant in the first place.


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I found this incredibly beautiful; a realistic love story, and a true appreciation of fleeting life:
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When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me - it still sometimes happens - and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again.
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Thanks for the invite Cara!
i posted it twice on the discussion board because I was instructed not to on the blog. Neither was posted to discussions. I hope they don't look at it as being too close to home but instead a subject that needs breaching. I know I'm not that literate on the computer, but the methods I used in the past worked for postings.
Coleen, of all the people that I've encountered on Think Atheist, you and one other person seem like reasonable and sensible human beings. I submitted this article on the discussion board and so far was meant with silence. I think this subject needs to be addressed just like male chauvinism within the atheist community. Again, I find it hard to believe that the supposed best and brightest of our culture can't engage in a topic that will benefit us all. It just goes to show that racism trumps intelligence. And you can tell them all an extensive vocabulary and reliance on a racist education does not bode well with enlightenment. And ALL atheist seem to claim to be such.
Besties! ;)
Yeah, not so much musicians, but people who make video's. Like DarkMatter2525 (Dark Antics) and others... Maybe I'll make atheist music video's? I'd love to take a shot at some of your poetry and add it to music. Let me know!
Yay, maybe I'll give it a try. Just have to brainstorm on a topic. I'd love to do music Atheism style, I'm just not comfortable with lyrics yet. I do make video's with music - check out this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcyh8y5yjRU - I did it for my friend who's on American Idol. Now I just have to figure out a "voice" so to speak within the Atheist community. Not so easy, there are plenty doing great stuff on youtube. Help me brainstorm?
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Everything to do with space technology, exploration travel and cosmological research and discovery »
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has received a record number of submissions for its Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition »
The discovery of two planets orbiting our closest red-dwarf neighbour, Kapteyn's star, within the habitable zone, has been told through the eyes of a sentient drone in a sci-fi short story »
A 14-hour exposure captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows one of the clearest ever cross-sections of the Universe »
For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a ring system surrounding an asteroid »
BICEP2 has observed ripples in the background of space that were caused by the cosmos' rapid expansion as it suddenly erupted into existence »
Telescopes all over the world are turning to our galaxy's center for a front-row look at a supermassive black hole consuming a gas cloud »
The world's largest fully autonomous robotic optical telescope has provided the best look to date at magnetic fields at the heart of gamma-ray bursts »
Astronomers across the world have been surprised by the resilience of the comet ISON, some part of which appears to have survived its encounter with the Sun intact »
Using sophisticated models, astronomers at Caltech have simulated the creation of a pair of black holes from a single collapsing star »
These spectacular images of our Universe beat out thousands of others from photographers across world in the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 competition »
The European Space Agency has completed the second of two instruments it is contributing to the next great orbiting observatory »
Astronomers have detected a lava world that orbits its star every 8.5 hours -- one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected »
Astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to build up a detailed picture of how galaxies have evolved over most of the history of the Universe. And they find not much has changed »
12 August is said to be the peak night for 2013, so get yourself into a big, open, and most importantly, dark place and settle down for a night of wish-making »
Amateur astronomers in the northern hemisphere are taking advantage of the warm summer nights to watch the build-up of the year's best known meteor shower, the Perseids »
Nasa's Swift spacecraft, launched into orbit in 2004, has detected the signal, a gamma ray burst originating from one of the Universe's earliest galaxies »
For the first time, a "kilonova" associated with short-duration gamma-ray bursts has been observed by the Hubble Space Telescope in infrared light. »
A team based at Durham University in the UK has made a breakthrough in supermassive black hole research by finding a new way to measure how fast they spin »
Two private companies are teaming up to attempt the first-ever mission to the moon's south pole in order to place a telescope atop a lunar mountain. »
A new moon has been discovered orbiting the gas giant Neptune using images from Nasa's Hubble Telescope »
If recent measurements of cosmic ray particles are correct, then we may have the first evidence that the universe as we know it is really a giant computer simulation »
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"Championship is not over" – Mancini believes City can defend EPL title
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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is rallying his troops after recording a 2-2 draw with Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. The Italian boss of Eastlands believes his side is still capable of defending their English Premier League crown against archrivals Manchester United.
After the Liverpool game, Roberto Mancini came out with renewed ambition to win the league. The former Inter Milan manager claims if Manchester City is able to win the rest of their games, they could become the English Premier League champions once again.
Manchester City are nine points adrift from league leaders Manchester United. Last season, Manchester City won their first English Premier League title in 44 years. Manchester City had to record a similar comeback in order to win the title from Manchester United.
"The championship is not over," Roberto Mancini said. "Absolutely not. [Whether the gap is] seven or nine points doesn't change it, I think we can recover it.
"Probably now we need to win all the games. If not all, 11 or 12. This is football. This can happen sometimes. Last year we recovered eight points in six games. I don't know why this can't happen this year. The season is long. [There are] three months [to go] and we are confident."
Roberto Mancini reminisced about Chelsea's comeback in 2010, when they came from behind to destroy Manchester United's hopes of becoming the English Premier League champions in 2010.
"Chelsea were nine points behind and after they came to play at Old Trafford, three games from the end only two or three points behind. In two games the championship can be reopened," Roberto Mancini said.
"We have 15 games and they [United] have to play in FA Cup and the Champions League so the season is long - three months - and we are confident. It is enough to recover three or four points in three games.
"For us it is important to play the derby (at Old Trafford on April 6) two or three points behind and we have time to recover these points. Today we didn't play like we had in the last month but we are confident."
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Warning issued following 7.7 magnitude quake off Canada
A tsunami warning has been issued for all Hawaiian Islands just after 7 p.m. Saturday following a 7.7 magnitude quake off of the west coast of Canada.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that the first impact could be seen as soon as 10:28 p.m.
The warning was issued as a result of a large 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck off of Canada's west coast near British Columbia Saturday evening at 5:04 p.m.
The quake struck on the Queen Charlotte Islands Region of British Columbia, 452 miles northwest of Vancouver and 164 miles south of Alaska. Inundation zones HERE
A tsunami warning was immediately implemented for the entire western seaboard of the United States and Canada, stretching from Alaska to the California/Mexico border. That was reduced to a regional warning to areas immediately surrounding the earthquake.
The Hawaii alert was issued at 7:09 p.m. after further buoy readings indicated that Hawaii could be impacted.
Initial reports indicate that a wave of around three feet is anticipated with Kahului likely to be impacted by a larger wave, possibly up to six feet.
Urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property and to evacuate from coastline or low lying areas.
The preliminary 7.7 magnitude quake was followed by another 5.8 magnitude quake in the same area roughly 10 minutes later. Another 4.8 magnitude quake struck just before 6 p.m. HST.
We will post more information as it becomes available.
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Steel of West Virginia saw its product shipments increase by 2.7 percent last year and by 4 percent over 2011, according to its parent company's annual report.
The Huntington-based steel mill shipped 309,868 tons of product in 2013, up from 301,730 in 2012 and 297,902 in 2011.
Steel of West Virginia is an operating company of Steel Dynamics, which is based in Fort Wayne, Ind. Steel of West Virginia primarily sells merchant beams, channels and specialty structural steel sections.
The Huntington mill produces and fabricates specialty steel sections and custom-finished products, that are placed directly into customers' assembly lines. Many of its are produced in small quantities for low-volume end uses. Customers are primarily manufacturers producing truck trailers, industrial lift trucks, merchant products, guardrail posts, manufactured housing, mining, and off-highway construction equipment. The largest customers are in the truck trailer and industrial lift truck industries.
During 2013 and 2012, Steel of West Virginia exported 10 percent and 9 percent, respectively, of its sales.


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Today, Deseret Book is launching a comedy web series called "Pretty Darn Funny."
Here's the link to the trailer to get a feel for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHADjmhHpa8&feature=youtu.be
The first episode will air later today (Monday) at 5 p.m.
There will be seven episodes in the series and they'll be released every Monday.
All the music is originally written for the series, and the series is produced by Jeff Parkin and Jared Cardon, the same guys who produced "The Book of Jer3miah."
Here is info from Deseret Book:
Why are we doing it?
Good question ... It seems good clean entertainment is difficult to come by these days. Our mission is to bring light and knowledge unto hundreds of millions of people. It's a big mission but we're committed to it.
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A log truck has flipped over on its side on Hwy 110 near loop 323.
A truck owned by Mauldin Trucking was traveling southbound on 110 near the loop when it went around a curve, causing the logs to shift.
The shift in the heavy load caused the truck to flip over on its side, dumping logs onto the roadway and shoulder.
The driver of the truck and his passenger were transported by ambulance to ETMC in Tyler with non-life-threatening injuries.
No other injuries or damage to vehicles was reported.
TxDOT is on the scene assessing damage to the asphalt. Authorities advise drivers to avoid the area, as it may take several hours for a new truck to come remove the logs from the roadway.
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The University of Utah says its investigation into an ex-convict fertility clinic worker has hit some speedbumps, chief among those being an absence of records from a private employer tied to the U.
The employee is Thomas Lippert, convicted of conspiracy in a high-profile 1975 Minnesota kidnapping case, and the clinic is Reproductive Medical Technologies Inc. (RMTI), closed since 1998.
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Lippert, who died in 1999, is accused by a Texas couple of switching his semen with the husband's to father their now-21-year-old daughter.
As of midday Tuesday, 17 people had called a hotline (801-587-5852) set up by the U. to field concerns from other RMTI clients, but of those only one had merited follow-up investigation, said University spokeswoman Kathy Wilets on Tuesday. Those with suspicions can also try to reach the Texas couple through a dedicated independent website, "Was Your Child Fathered by Thomas Lippert?"
San Antonio resident Pamela Branum told The Tribune on Friday that she suspects Lippert used his position at the clinic to father other children besides her daughter, Annie, whose relation to Lippert they determined through DNA testing.
An updated statement from the U. Tuesday afternoon said, "It appears that questions surrounding this case may never be definitively answered."
The U. says it has been investigating Lippert since April and denies Branum's claim that they have been "stonewalling." Rather, they say, there's simply not much to go on. The man who ran the clinic, Ronald Urry, is long dead, and U. investigators haven't been able to track down any documents related to his work at RMTI.
Lippert was on the U.'s payroll as a part-time employee from 1988 until 1993, but he never worked on campus, Wilets said. He reported to work as a medical technologist — including preparation of semen samples — for the University's Community Laboratory adjacent to RMTI at 1121 E. 3900 South, at Millcreek's St. Mark's Hospital. The U.'s statement says that while the U. now performs criminal background checks on all employees involved in patient care, "those practices were not in place" at the time.
Accounts vary for the time frame of Lippert's employment at RMTI. His widow Jean says he was there for about nine years until the clinic's closure in 1998, but the Branums and genealogy blogger CeCe Moore reported that a Lippert cousin dated his tenure a few years earlier.
Due to the absence of records, Wilets said, the U. doesn't even know the exact nature of the school's contract with RMTI — part-owned by three U. faculty and staff members. Surviving RMTI administrators have declined requests for comment from The Tribune. Wilets stated that couples who attempted to artificially inseminate at the University Hospital have nothing to fear because those samples were prepared on-site.
The U. says it can neither confirm nor deny Branum's statement that a University employee told her Lippert — a fairly unattractive man and a felon — had been a "popular" sperm donor. "It is a standard practice nationwide to protect the privacy and identity of donors," the release said.
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday, but they told The Associated Press that it didn't begin regulating human tissue until the early 2000s.
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Flooding is still a concern across much of the Tennessee Valley as high water levels threaten to impact the standard summer hot spots.
At last check, the Paint Rock River in Jackson County is around 14 feet in Woodville, about two feet shy of flood stage.
Flooding could also be an issue in Marshall County over the weekend. TVA officials are reminding boaters who visit Lake Guntersville to stay away from the dams due to water levels being so high.
In the Shoals, McFarland Park in Florence is so flooded that the city has postponed the annual 5K Run for St. Jude. The park has been closed since last weekend, and will remain closed throughout this weekend. The 5K will be held July 27.
The river there crested at 21.6 feet Friday morning. By mid-afternoon, the level had dropped to 20.8 feet. Depending on this weekend's rainfall, officials said the levels could potentially rise back to 21 feet but then to slowly recede over the next few days to about 18 feet by Monday.
If the weather stays dry, park officials hope they can reopen the park by the beginning of next week. However, they said that after every flood, crews have their work cut out for them, cleaning up the mess left behind. "We find everything from logs to dead fish. You never know what you're going to find," said Fred Boughner with Florence Parks & Recreation.
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how to dress a templar is the same thing as how to undress a templar. i need this on my blog for all time. very important reference. and shiny bootses.
Useful ref for artist and fic writers.
I'm gonna be honest: this is the sexiest gif I've ever seen.
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little-eggie asked: Do you ever use references for the clothes you draw your characters in?
aelnova asked: Where do you find those glorious fashion pieces Teddy wears? Do you create them yourself?
So I held off on answering eggie's question forever because it is a BIG ANSWER. BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
Okay first of all, for the outfits that actually appear in the comic, I try really hard to make them up from scratch. I don't feel right about using someone else's styling or design in something I want to make a book out of and sell eventually (unless they were cool with it or asked me to… so if any stylists out there want to hit me up…)
BUT I do need to look at a lot of references for basic ideas and also for sketches and stuff posted on this tumblr (I just see that as fan art…) and I use a ton of references. Here we go:
Lookbook: lookbook is my lifesaver when it comes to looking for certain outfits, especially since you can filter by gender (wow that sounds awful but… it's just nice to look at just men's fashion when most of my characters are boys!) Obviously though, it's a big site, and here are some of my random favorites:
Little Fashionisto (♥!), Bernard P, Denny Wenny, Curtis Yu, Nigel Lew, Vardaan Arora, Iceberg Yong
Noir-Facade: a really comprehensive collection of professional fashion photo shoots, from all the big magazines!
Style.com: archives of all the new major runway shows, and those from a couple years back. Incidentally, the site I use to stay up-to-date with trends.
Harper's Bazaar: The only fashion magazine I really read (yeah, I get it in print) they have a lot of great pages of their picks by trend, age group, and other categories; I just really like it.
Various Style/Fashion/Clothing-related Tumblrs: I Rock Boy's Clothing, Grazing Fashion (♥!), Lookbook Guys, Draw This Dress, Men in this Town, Korean Fashion, Moon Age Fashion, Postmann, Guys With Glasses, Hijabi Street Style,
Oh, you. You sure know how to make a girl blush.
I'm using this conversation as an excuse to repost this! And once again sing Bold Riley's praises. If you haven't already read it, well, pop over to the site here — you're in for a treat. If you have and you undoubtedly loved it as much as I did, good news! A little bird tells me the print edition will be out soon. :D
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the word sumptuous comes to mind.
I am going there this summer you can't stop meeeeeeeee
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Please click-through this post for the context of this picture! Bumskee offers a lot of helpful tips in his write-up!
I wish this was a little less stylized, but still - what a wealth of information!
OH GOSH! This is one of the most useful things I have ever come across since I always, ALWAYS draw in seams * O*
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I've been reading up on body language and stuff trying to make my comics less stiff. I put my notes into reference sheet form so other people can use them. I actually took a while making this, so I hope you guys find it interesting!
Also, this font didn't have apostrophes or quotes so a lot of things seem awkward!? Sorry about that.
reblogging this one again because it's one of my favorites
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Fat acceptance movement
|Theoretical distinctions
|Human rights
|Rights by claimant
|Other groups of rights
The fat acceptance movement (also known as the size acceptance, fat liberation, fat activism, fativism, or fat power movement) is a social movement seeking to change anti-fat bias in social attitudes. The movement grew out of the various identity politics of the 1960s and campaigns for the rights of fat people to be treated equally both socially and legally. Areas of contention include the aesthetic, legal and medical approaches to people whose bodies are larger than the social norm.
Besides its political role, the fat acceptance movement also constitutes a subculture[1] that acts as a social group for its members. Activities include conferences, fashion and arts events, shopping, swimming and other sports clubs.
Campaigning themes[edit]
The fat acceptance movement argues that fat people are targets of hatred and discrimination.[2] In particular, that obese women are subjected to more social pressure than obese men.[3] The movement argues that these attitudes comprise a fat phobic entrenched societal norm, evident in many social institutions, including the mass media; where fat people are often ridiculed[4][5] or held up as objects of pity.[6] Discrimination includes lack of equal access to transportation and employment.[7] Members of the fat acceptance movement perceive negative societal attitudes as persistent, and as being based on the presumption that fatness reflects negatively on a person's character.[8][9] Fat activists continue to strive for change in societal, personal, and medical attitudes toward fat people. Fat acceptance organisations engage in public education about what they describe as myths concerning fat people.[10]
Fat activists argue that anti-fat stigma and aggressive diet promotion have led to an increase in psychological and physiological problems among fat people.[3] Diet critics cite the supposedly high failure rate of permanent weight loss attempts, and the dangers of "yo-yo" weight fluctuations[11] and weight loss surgeries.[12] Since Louderback's seminal work on the subject was published in 1970,[13] several books have been published challenging the standard medical model that fat produces ill health, and highlighting instances of weight-based discrimination experienced by fat people from both medical professionals and society at large. The position of the fat acceptance movement is supported by authors such as Sandy Szwarc and law professor Paul Campos who, in his book The Diet Myth reviewed research he believed brought into question the link between obesity and mortality.[14] Fat activists argue that the health issues of obesity and being overweight have been exaggerated or misrepresented, and used as a cover for cultural and aesthetic prejudices against fat.
Proponents of fat acceptance maintain that people of all shapes and sizes can strive for fitness and physical health.[15][16][17] They believe health to be independent of body weight. Informed by this approach, medical professionals who were unhappy with the treatment of fat people in the medical world initiated the Health at Every Size movement. It has five basic tenets: 1. Enhancing health, 2. Size and self-acceptance, 3. The pleasure of eating well, 4. The joy of movement, and 5. An end to weight bias.[18]
In addition to fat acceptance movement campaigns on the theme of health at any size, there has been a surge in studies both for and against the concept in scientific journals.[citation needed] For instance, one study found that fat acceptance and 'intuitive eating' (i.e., when hungry) resulted in both better health and better weight loss for chronic overweight female dieters than for a dieting control group.[19]
Fat women[edit]
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The issues faced by fat women in society have been a central theme of the fat acceptance movement since its inception. Although the first organisation, NAAFA, and the first book, Fat Power (1970), were both created by men, in each case they were responses to weight discrimination experienced by their wives. Women soon started campaigning on their own behalf with the first feminist group, 'The Fat Underground', being formed in 1973. Issues addressed regarding women have included body image, and in particular The Thin Ideal and its effect on women.
Fat men[edit]
The fat acceptance movement has primarily focused on a feminist model of patriarchal oppression of fat women, most clearly represented by the encouragement of women to diet. However, Sander L. Gilman argues that, until the 20th century, dieting has historically been a man's activity. He continues, "Obesity eats away at the idealised image of the masculine just as surely as it does the idealised image of the feminine."[20] William Banting, a man, was the author of an 1863 booklet called Letter On Corpulence which modern diets have used as a model. Men respond to being overweight differently, (i.e., having a Body Mass Index of 25 or more), being half as likely as women to diet, a quarter as likely to undergo weightloss surgery and only a fifth as likely to report feeling shame about their weight.[21] Irmgard Tischner identifies this behaviour as rooted in notions of masculinity that require a disregard for healthcare: "Men do not have to care about their size or health, as they have women to care about those things for them".[22]
Some gay men have moved beyond disregard for size to fat acceptance and fat activism with movements like the chub culture, which started as Mirth & Girth clubs in San Francisco in 1976[23] and the bear culture which fetishises big, hairy men. Ganapati Durgadas argues that fat bisexual and gay men "are reminders of the feminine stigma with which heterosexism still tars queer men".[24] In a comparison of queer fat positive zines, the lesbian-produced Fat Girl was found to have political debate content absent from gay male orientated zines such as Bulk Male and Big Ad. Joel Barraquiel Tan comments: "If fat is a feminist issue, then fat or heft is a fetishised one for gay men. Gay men have a tendency to sexualise difference, where lesbians have historically politicised it."[25]
A fat heterosexual man is known as a "Big Handsome Man", in counterpart to a Big Beautiful Woman. Like gay men, BHMs have sexualized their difference and receive validation of this identity from BBWs or from straight women known as "Female Fat Admirers".[26]
In the 1980s fat people in the United States began seeking legal redress for discrimination on the basis of weight, primarily in the workplace but also for being denied access to, or treated differently in regards to, services or entertainment. The results of these cases has varied considerably, although in some instances the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been successfully used to argue cases of discrimination against fat people.[27] Roth and Solovay argue that, as with transgender people, a major cause for the variation in success is the extent to which litigants are apologetic for their size:
What is the difference between a million-dollar weight case award and a losing case? Like the difference between many winning and losing transgender cases, it's all about the attitude. Does the claimant's attitude and experience about weight/gender reinforce or challenge dominant stereotypes? Winning cases generally adopt a legal posture that reinforces social prejudices. Cases that challenge societal prejudices generally lose.[28]
The ADA act continues to be used as there is no USA federal law against weight discrimination however the state of Michigan has passed a law against weight discrimination. The cities of Washington D.C., San Francisco (2000), Santa Cruz, Binghamton, Urbana (1990s) and Madison (1970s) have also passed laws prohibiting weight discrimination.[29] In the cities that have a weight discrimination law it is rare for more than 1 case a year to be brought, except for San Francisco which may have as many as 6. Opinions amongst city enforcement workers vary as to why the prosecution numbers are so low, although they all suggested that both overweight people and employers were unaware of the protective legislation and it was also noted that the cities with weight discrimination laws tended to be liberal college towns.[30]
However, not all legal changes have protected the rights of fat people. Despite recommendations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to the contrary, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has decided that fat people will only qualify as disabled if it can be proved that their weight is caused by an underlying condition, supporting the concept that being obese is not inherently a disability.[28]
Other countries besides the United States have considered legislation to protect the rights of fat people. In the UK an All Party Parliamentary Group published a report in 2012 called Reflections on Body Image that found that 1 in 5 British people had been victimised because of their weight. The report recommended that Members of Parliament Investigated putting "appearance-based discrimination" under the same legal basis as sexual or racial discrimination via the Equality Act 2010 which makes it illegal to harass, victimise or discriminate against anyone on the basis of a number of named categories.[31] As of Dec 3 2012, Iceland's Senate is considering proposed legislation to make it illegal to discriminate against others on the basis of their body weight as part of its new constitution. Areas the proposed legislation could affect include the workplace, education and medical environments.
Fat studies[edit]
There has also been an emerging body of academic studies with a fat activist agenda. Marilyn Wann argues that fat studies moved beyond being an individual endeavour to being a field of study with the 2004 conference Fat Attitudes: An Examination of an American Subculture and the Representation of the Female Body[1] The American Popular Culture Association regularly includes panels on the subject. In a number of colleges, student groups with a fat activist agenda have emerged, including Hampshire, Smith, and Antioch. Fat studies is now available as an interdisciplinary course of study at some colleges, taking a similar approach to other identity studies such as women's studies, queer studies and African American studies.[32] As of 2011, there were 2 Australian courses and 10 American courses that were primarily focussed on fat studies or on health at any size, and numerous other courses that had some fat acceptance content.[33] Taylor & Francis publish an online Fat Studies journal.[34] In the UK, the first national Fat Studies seminar was held at York in May 2008, leading to the 2009 publication Fat Studies in the UK, edited by Corinna Tomrley and Ann Kalosky Naylor.[35]
Debates within the movement[edit]
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One point of contention in the movement is found between those fat people who are attempting to lose weight and those who are not.[36] Some fat activists define fat acceptance as fighting for equal rights and opportunities, and freedom from social stigma, whilst remaining open to the pursuit of a reduction in a person's body mass index. Other fat activists define fat acceptance more strictly, applying that phrase only to fat people who are not trying to lose weight or diet. This form of "fat activism" requires active opposition to the concept of weight-loss. The acronym of the movement, "FA" (Fat Acceptance), may also be interpreted to encompass "Fat Appreciation", which says that fat is beautiful.
Since the 2011 amendment by Congress to the ADA to extend workplace discrimination protection to people 100% or more above the healthy body mass index range of weight for their height, the fat acceptance movement has been divided in its response to the legislation defining morbidly obese people as disabled. NAAFA board member Peggy Howell says: "There's a lot of conflict in the size acceptance community over this. I don't consider myself disabled, and some people don't like 'fat' being considered a disability."[37] An example of the positive perspective of obesity being classified as a disability on wider society is noted by one researcher: "She makes a point to tell me how impressed she is with the way many do make quite and polite accommodations for her."[38]
Another common division in the fat acceptance community is the differing attitudes towards general society, specifically thin people. The fat acceptance community generally divides into two categories. One is those who feel discrimination towards thin people hinders the fat acceptance cause. The other side views thin people as at least a partial cause of their social stigma; some cater to this group with mockery of thin people.[citation needed]
Eating disorders are another issue that divide opinions within the fat acceptance movement. A one-time "member" of the fat acceptance movement, Lily-Rygh Glen, wrote an article about the difficulties in discussing eating disorders in the movement and how isolated that made her feel as a long-time movement member with an eating disorder. She further stated her belief that, despite the risks of its opponents using the information against them, the fat acceptance movement would benefit from acknowledging the presence of people with eating disorders among its members. Within the article she reports being advised to change her phone number and leave town if she published the article. An update on the article notes that she no longer sees herself as a member of the fat acceptance movement as a result of the backlash to the article.[39]
Women are particularly active within the fat acceptance movement and membership of fat acceptance organizations is dominated by middle-class women in the heaviest 1–2% of the population.[40] Some men in the movement argue that the movement excludes the issues and perspectives of fat men whilst privileging those of women. William of the blog 'Fat Like Us' comments: "Fat acceptance will always be more of a social club than a social activist movement until its mission statement goes beyond 'fat women are hot and sexy'".[41]
Sociologist Charlotte Cooper has argued that the history of the fat activist movement is best understood in waves, similar to the feminist movement, with which she believes it is closely tied. Cooper believes that fat activists have suffered similar waves of activism followed by burnout, with activists in a following wave often unaware of the history of the movement, resulting in a lack of continuity.[42]
First wave[edit]
First wave activities consisted of isolated activists drawing attention to the dominant model of obesity and challenging it as only one of a number of possible models.
A "fat-in" was staged by 500 in New York's Central Park in 1967, called by radio personality Steve Post.[43]
In 1967, Lew Louderback wrote an article in the Saturday Evening Post called "More People Should be FAT" in response to discrimination against his wife. The article led to a meeting between Louderback and William Fabrey, who went on to found the first organisation for fat people and their supporters, originally named the 'National Association to Aid Fat Americans' and currently called NAAFA ('National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance'), in America, in 1969. In 1973 the feminist group The Fat Underground was formed. It began as a radical chapter of NAAFA and spun off to become independent when NAAFA expressed concerns about its promotion of a stronger activist philosophy.[44] In the UK The London Fat Women's Group was formed, the first British fat activist group, and was active between approximately 1985 and 1989.[45]
In 1979 Carole Shaw coins the term Big Beautiful Woman and launched a fashion and lifestyle magazine of the same name aimed at plus-sized women.[46] The original print magazine closed in the late 1990s but the term BBW has become widely used to refer to any fat woman. Other first wave activities included the productions of zines such as Figure 8 and Fat!So?, by Marilyn Wann which later became a book of the same name.
The second wave[edit]
In the second wave, the fat acceptance movement became more widespread in the USA and started to spread to other countries. Ideas from the movement began to appear in the mainstream. Publishers became more willing to publish fat acceptance themed literature.
By the 1990s, input from the fat acceptance movement began to be incorporated into research papers by some members of the medical professions such as new anti-dieting programs and models of obesity management.[3]
The 1980s witnessed an increase in activist organizations, publications, and conferences. This wave also saw the rise to influence of the fat blogs. In 2009 Kate Harding of the blog 'Shapely Prose' and Marianne Kirby of 'Fatshionista' compiled themes from the fat activist bloggers into a book entitled Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere.[47]
In 1989 a group of people including actress Anne Zamberlan formed the first French organisation for fat acceptance, Allegro fortissimo.[48]
Third wave[edit]
The fat acceptance movement has seen a diversification of projects during the third wave. Activities have addressed issues of both fat and race, class, sexuality and other issues. The individual blogs of the second wave have mainly been overtaken by larger scale social networking sites such as PeopleOfSize.com[49] Whilst several websites have sprung up to help connect fat people with fat-friendly service providers and products, such as fatshionista.[50] Size discrimination has been increasingly addressed in the arts, as well. Performance art groups such as Pretty Porky & Pissed Off, The Padded Lilies and its touring show the Fat Bottom Revue, among others, intentionally feature fat people in their shows.
The fat acceptance movement has been criticised from a number of perspectives. Primarily there has been a conflict over the medicalisation of fat and health professionals have criticised proponents of fat acceptance for ignoring health issues that some studies have shown to be linked to obesity. Fat acceptance has also been challenged from a moral perspective and finally the movement has been criticised for being out of touch with the mainstream. Fat activism remains a marginal movement in that, according to one activist in 2008, "this movement Is just now gaining real momentum"[51] Organizations such as the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) and the International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) have relatively low memberships, and people interested in the movement tend to be clustered in larger cities and spread across medium- to small-sized web communities.
Medical criticism[edit]
The fat acceptance movement has been criticized for not adding value to the debate over human health, with some critics accusing the movement of "promoting a lifestyle that can have dire health consequences".[52][53][54] In response, proponents of fat acceptance claim that being fat in and of itself is not a health problem and that long-term weight-loss is unsuccessful in the majority of cases.[55] Barry Franklin Ph. D. director of a cardio rehab facility states: "I don't want to take on any specific organisation but... A social movement that would suggest health at any size in many respects can be misleading".[56] Fat Acceptance campaigners also argue that current approaches constitute fat-shaming which, rather than leading to weight loss, results in psychological issues like eating disorders and more often functions counter-productively, resulting in weight gain.[57][58] However, scholar Daniel Callahan sees fat shaming, or "discrimination-lite" as he terms it, as a potential cure for obesity, expecting it to reduce obesity in the same way as being socially sanctioned for smoking eventually led to his smoking cessation.[59]
Dr. Arya Sharma, a Canadian obesity specialist, has accused fat acceptance advocates of using bad science tactics – of the kind previously used by the tobacco industry to promote denial of the health risks of smoking – to suggest that there is no such thing as an obesity epidemic, or that being overweight is completely health neutral.[60] Contrarily, fat acceptance campaigners raise concerns that modern culture's concern with weight loss may not have a foundation in scientific research, but instead is an example of using science as a means to control deviance, as a part of society's attempt to deal with something that it finds disturbing.[61][62]
See also[edit]
- Anti-fat bias
- Fat Phobia Scale
- Fat tax
- Hanne Blank
- Health at every size
- I'm Happy to be Fat
- International Size Acceptance Association
- National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
- Obesity paradox
- Obesophobia
- Sizeism
- Weightism
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Other publications
- "Fat Pride World Wide: The growing movement for avoirdupois acceptance". Reason Magazine. Reason Foundation. October 23, 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- (A) Medical Practitioners' Guide to Benefits of Adapting Environments for the Obese, Michigan State University study by Angela Berg MD and Joyce Burke MD, MSU.edu
- fat acceptance==External links==
- What's Fat Activism? History of fat activism from a UK perspective.
- Fat Acceptance at DMOZ


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