Table of Contents
Introduction Virgie Tovar 1
Part 1 Life
Shiny, Sparkly Things Erin Kilpatrick 13
Fat at the Gym Emily Anderson 20
Public Stretch Mark Announcement Emma Corbert-Ashby (Goldie Dartmouth) 25
Take off the Damn Shoe! Deah Schwartz 32
To be Seen Kat Urice 37
Truce Abby Weintraub 42
I Came to Femme through Fat and Black Sydney Lewis 48
Fat Histories, Fat Futures Amithyst Fist Genne Murphy 52
Hey Sisters, Welcome to My World Charlotte Cooper 65
Big Yoga Student Kimberly Dark 71
Like a Tiara Laura Spafford 75
Elephants Never Forget Terri Elders 82
No Really, It isn't Me. It's you Marcy Cruz 88
Part 2 Love
The Fat Queen of Speed Dating Golda Poretsky 96
BBW Party Tigress Osborn 101
2Fat2Fuck Rachel Kacenjar 109
Dear Sweet Body Alysia Angel 118
Voluptuous Life April Flores 121
Women with Big Bellies Ashley Young 126
Journeying into a Fat, Fleshy Vulva Shawna Peters 132
Fat on the Beach: A Mother's Battle Cry Christa Trueman 138
Fat Sex Works! Kitty Stryker 144
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Fat Jennifer Zarichnyj 152
Inside Out Tasha Fierce 160
Pecan Pie, Sex, and Other Revolutionary Things Virgie Tovar 167
Part 3 Fashion
Blue Pants Jessica Judd 180
On Dressing Up: A Story of Fashion Resistance Kirsty Fife 189
Who Wears Short Shorts? Margitte Kristjansson 195
Something Fabulous to Wear Margaret Howie 202
Flagrantly Fat and Fucking Fabulous Lexi Biermann 208
10 Tips from a New York Fatshionista Deb Malkin Virgie Tovar 213
Epilogue 228