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Dishing on food, fat and feminism

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Url:http://www.the-f-word.org/blog
Author(s):Rachel Richardson
Language:English
Tags:eating disorders, body image, food
Description:The-F-word is an eating disorders awareness and body acceptance site that promotes healthy relationships with food, weight and body image. Feminist issues, weight-based discrimination, the social history of food and food-related disorders, race and class issues and politics are also discussed. Serious stuff, but we manage to have some fun, too.
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Popularity:220 Followers

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Save me from baby shower hell!
Our family is throwing a baby shower for my brother and sister-in-law on Sunday and my mom keeps calling me with yet another mind-numbingly infantilizing game she’s found with names like R...more
2009-11-06
Kirstie Alley to get new weight loss reality show
Speaking of Jenny Craig spokescelebrities…  Oh, Kirstie.  Does your masochism know no end?The former Jenny Craig spokescelebrity and once-again fat actress has a new weight loss reality telev...more
2009-11-05
What’s wrong with this lineup?
So, there’s a lecture series called Smart Talk Connected Conversations and it’s coming to Cincinnati for the 12th year in January.  The celebrity-based spoken word series invites intrig...more
2009-11-05
New biz markets fashionable clothes for fat girls
While still sadly lagging in both range and affordability, plus-size clothing has come a long way from the shapeless elastic pants and sack-like tops usually reserved for fat teens and women (find ...more
2009-11-04
Fabulous fall soups!
We visited my niece and nephew for Halloween this weekend and my thoughtful sister-in-law made us a simmering pot of vegetarian cheesy potato soup.  I find myself craving soup more and more as the ...more
2009-11-02
On a lighter note… help name these kitties!
So, I mentioned that we were considering an abused Himalayan with behavioral issues.  I found that cat only after I had first inquired about two Siamese mix kitties and was told that another woman ...more
2009-10-30
Is bingeing in the eye of the beholder?
Matthew Tiemeyer, the about.com Guide to eating disorders, poses an interesting question about the definition of binge eating disorder and how it’s diagnosed.  He writes:Here’s somethin...more
2009-10-30
Ridiculously cute (and healthy!) Halloween treats
Someone from Disney FamilyFun magazine emailed me last week with the most cleverly fun — and healthy! — Halloween treats.  And bonus, they’re all vegetarian!  I wish I had an iota...more
2009-10-29
You can lead a woman to body-positive messages, but you can’t make her believe them.
I stopped into a consignment boutique near my downtown office this afternoon on my lunch break — it’s the same boutique I blogged about here.  The boutique offers consignment-quality us...more
2009-10-28
A note of thanks
Thank you all so much for the outpouring of support in the death of my cat. What felt like an unbearable weight of sadness is now beginning to lift and I’m able to remember Grayson and his many qu...more
2009-10-27

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Jennifer Marie BanksOct 5

Please follow my blog.... www.lifeaccordingtojb.blogspot.com
Thank you!
 

Rochelle AllenAug 6

As far as my business being the first of its kind in the DDA would be true, but she should know that if she read The Detroit News. This was a surprise to me at the time.
Let me not forget to say, how I open my store Fancy Lingerie Plus LLC. from customers that have know me working as a Manager at different Name Brand Companies and people that I have went to college with. I have no need to explain who I am to Valerie. She has never been a customer of Fancy Lingerie Plus, because if she was she would really know who I am. I went in front of the city of Redford recently to have a restriction removed from my store and was granted. I have lived up to everything I said my store would be. A Lingerie Store Created for Plus Size Woman and have stood by my every word.

Rochelle Allen
President of Fancy Lingerie Plus L.L.C.
"Created for Plus Size Women"
 

Rochelle AllenAug 6

I would have never thought that she would have betrayed me like she did. Yes I did tell Valerie Lockhart that my Rochelle Allen was part of my name which is true and maybe I shouldn’t have said that who is Rochelle Allen, but at that time I couldn’t believe what she had done. I never had a NOBODY run a background check on me unless I applied at for a job. What gives her the right? I wanted to shield the my personal life. I knew at that time she was desperate for a story. I have no reason to lie about something I don’t have. I have worked very hard to get here and I will never let someone like her take that away from me. She can say all she wants about having credible witnesses. The only thing her witnesses can say I have told them is I have a college degree and what type of business I ran.
 

Rochelle AllenAug 6

For some reason I was not able to post this comment to http://the-f-word.org/blog/index.php/2009/01/15/plus-size-entrepreneur-faces-stiff-opposition/

I would like to say to everyone that Valerie Lockhart is making a false Statement.
We never went to court together. I only went in front of the site committee with her one time which at the time and the site committee wanted to reschedule me.
I have no need to lie about my education witch I hold a college degree and that all she need to know. After fighting with the city of Redford about the building on Beech Daly I decided to move my store to a new location. The facts still remains that I was disrespect in so many ways at another Site committee meeting. Valerie Lockhart was never present for that meeting or any other meetings then the first one.
I think that her customers and friends should beware of Valerie Lockhart she pose as a friend and then stab you in the back by running background checks on you just to get a story.
 

Rachel RichardsonJan 8

Hi all -- I've created a Facebook cause group for the-F-Word.org here: http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/the_f_word_19571/
 

Rachel RichardsonDec 24, 2008

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
 

Facebook UserAug 28, 2008

:D i really like your blog, you're quite inspiring :) **
 

Facebook UserAug 22, 2008

Love your blog.
 

Facebook UserAug 6, 2008

I think Rachel is pretty damn awesome. =)
 
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