Lynne Murray says: When I started to explore this topic I was going to discuss the CBS prime time comedy Mike & Molly, about a fat couple. I can’t recall another show where both partners are fat since Roseanne, 1988-1997. I laughed at Roseanne, but Mike & Molly did not make me laugh. In fact [...]

Debbie says: I owe an apology to MedCure for sitting on their response to my post about their policies for so long; the reasons have to do with me and my situation, and not with Body Impolitic or their response. Valere at MedCure sent a long email a day or two after I posted, most [...]

Debbie says: Lidia Yuknavitch has a marvelous post on The Rumpus on the decision she and her female publisher made to put a woman’s breast on the cover of her new book, The Chronology of Water. (cover photograph by Andy Mingo) It’s a boob. With full frontal nip. What happened next of course is that [...]

Marlene says: You may have noticed that I haven’t posted in a while. I’m back from my hiatus and will be as semi-regular as ever. So Adam Sandler told a stupid transphobic joke. Like the title says, no surprise. I don’t want to dignify it by talking about it, but here I am. I definitely [...]

Laurie and Debbie say: As the battle for women’s reproductive rights heats up to even more insane levels, certain right-wing anti-abortion fanatics are comparing the rights of fetuses to the rights of slaves. (Never mind that some of these same people also want to repeal the 14th Amendment, which freed the slaves. We’re not going [...]

Laurie says: I seem to be looking at portraits lately.  I saw this one of the actress and activist Ruby Dee and really liked it.  I’ve always admired her and this shows her at time I hadn’t seen before. … .. This was taken when she worked at the Western Electric Company’s Kearny Works during [...]

Lynne Murray says: Sorry not to have posted in awhile. I’ve been wandering about the internet in an obsessive state contemplating book covers, what goes on them, and what works. I’m not even graphically gifted enough to understand a lot of the art on book covers, but as a reader I know they influence whether [...]

Debbie says: (If reading about dead bodies is hard for you, skip this one.) For reasons that are neither especially morbid nor related to my current health, I was looking last night at a service called MedCure, which arranges autopsies, uses cadavers for medical research, and cremates after they’re done, all for free. (Frequent commenter [...]