How to Get Shit Done
I made a zine called How to Get Shit Done. It's for the avoiders and procrastinators, the non-finishers, the inert, the moribund, and the people who dwell on fear and anxiety.
It's a sweary, punk, queer, critical and DIY take on self-help. It's not specifically about fat activism, but many fat activists would probably find it useful.
The first print run of How to Get Shit Done has nearly sold out and I don't know when or if I will get it re-printed. Better act now if you want a copy.
More information about the zine, and how to order it: How to Get Shit Done
Hipsters flogging fat hate in San Francisco
I saw this mentioned on BoingBoing.net: Santa the Hutt: grotesque photo-op Santa. I don't know where the boxed text comes from, it's not on any of the links included in the article, perhaps it's a press release that BoingBoing has cut and pasted (oh, hello Churnalism). The fat Santa is referred to as grotesque, vile, gorged, too obese to move, slovenly, groaning, sweaty, a danger to elves! People are warned against getting too close to him and advised to disinfect and take penicillin afterwards.
Apparently the shop is trying to use disgusting deathfat to make an important and serious statement about overconsumption. Yeah chinstrokers, retailers on the make with cheap hate-gags know all about greed and overconsumption. If you find any of their fatphobic stereotyping offensive then you obviously have no sense of humour.
I'm wondering if there are any Bay Area fat activists who'd like to head over to this store, Betabrand on Valencia, and tell them where to shove their fat hatred.
By the way, for all the critical reporting they do about science, no-nonsense coverage of digital justice, and general championing of activism and weirdness, it's a shame that BoingBoing has never really got it together in their treatment of fat. You'd think they'd be gagging for a subject that frequently exposes shitty science, corporate greed, life-hacking and oddball subcultures. Sad.
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