Dear Savannah Dooley,
Please put me on your TV show.
I will sit in the back and do jumping jacks.
I do not even care.
Love, Joy Nash
The new trailer for my webseries is up!
As you can see, I play the Mystery Woman who may or may not be responsible for the deaths of Merlinda Stallion and various and sundry associates.
Tell all your friends about STALLIONS… DE AMOR!!!
Some ootds…
hummingbird dress: eShakti —still available in blue and black!
bolero: Torrid
belt: Target
shoes: thrifted
earrings: Koi in Pasadena
I’ve been wearing this dress non-stop since it came in the mail a week or 2 ago. I need to take some more pictures because this past weekend my mom altered it for me– no more saggy waist and baggy nipples! For now though, all I got are pics of the belt and bolero combo disguise.
Fatties on Ice:
http://www.fattiesonice.com/
These two are smart and funny and easy on the ears… and they talk funny. Especially when they say things like “against” and “house”.
Fatcast:
http://fatcast.twowholecakes.com/
More of the smart, funny variety. Really really good if you’re wondering what the whole “fat acceptance” thing is all about.
This American Life:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives
I’ve been working my way through from the beginning… I’m only in 1997, but it’s awesome. Really really awesome. I can’t believe they make this stuff available for free!!
What I wish I was listening to:
http://shutuplittleman.com/
Dear Santa, please send me the complete recordings.
My friend Michaela is looking for participants for the study she’s doing as part of her doctorate degree- I’m happy to extend the call here:
Call for Participants
Hi, my name is Michaela A. Null, and I am a doctoral student in Sociology at Purdue University. I am doing a study about the embodiment of size-accepting fat women, with attention to the ways in which gender, race, sexual orientation, and body size intersect.
I am currently looking for individuals who are interested in volunteering to participate in my study. If you are interested in volunteering to participate in an interview, I ask that take an electronic informational survey, which will take approximately 5 minutes. Please go here
http://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_etvIKJ1LFV0gFNi
and complete the informational survey. After all survey data has been collected, participants will be selected for interviews, which will be conducted in-person, by phone, or via internet chat, and will last between an hour and an hour and a half.Participation is voluntary and participants must be at least 18 years old.
This project has been approved by my university’s Institutional Review Board, which protects human subjects of research. I will provide confidentiality to all volunteers and participants will be referred to by a pseudonym in all research documents.
If you have any questions regarding this study, you can contact me at mnull@purdue.edu. For more information on me, you can access my university profile here http://www.cla.purdue.edu/sociology/directory/?p=Michaela_Null.
You can also contact Professor Eugene Jackson, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue University, at jacksone@purdue.edu.Sincerely,
Michaela A. Null, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, Purdue University
Help her out if you can!
Vote for my friend Chenese!!
You may remember her from her glorious performance in Fat Rant 3, among other things. 
If anybody needs her own show, it’s this one!
Watch her audition and vote: http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=6924&promo_id=1
Thank You!
Couple weeks ago I got caught in the snowpocalypse in NYC- my flights were cancelled twice and finally I took a Greyhound to Philadelphia to be closer to the US Airways hub and increase my chances of actually getting a flight back to LA. I was so toast..
ANYWAY.. This is what I wore for the last legs of that trip:
This dress actually comes to a pretty scandalous V neck in the front, so I wore it front side out to a Valentines in Hell party, and then backwards like this when it came time to head through the full-body scanner.
dress: re/dress
red tights: LB
sweater & grey tights: F21 -ripped to shreds because they are not for fats, but LB has (sold out of) something similar
http://www.lanebryant.com/apparel-accessories/accessories/hosiery/floral-embellished-fishnet-tights/4018c4041c342p60271/index.pro
vest: torrid
scarf: jerusalem street vendor
boots: thrifted
big black coat: Macy’s – with buttons replaced.
Then my Ines order from shoptranslated.com came through.. I know a lot of people have been getting mixed service from them.. I’m not sure what’s going on with that- they actually sent me this stuff to review, so while it did take me a while to get my order- I didn’t pay for it, so I don’t feel I have any room to complain in that arena.
Anyway, I got 2 tops and a dress and after a little surgery on one of them, I am way way way into them.
First I got the Bird Calling Top
I really wish I was smiling in this pic. I was kind of confused when I first put this on, there were some random ties hanging off the front, but once I’d gone back to the site to look at the product photo and figured that they were supposed to be tied in front, I toootally dug it. I really really like all the detailing- ruched sleeves, elasticized empire waist, the button front and even that bow. I think all the fussiness is really fun and can’t wait to wear this on a date.
then I got the Puff Sleeve Dress in Green and Navy
Opening the package, I thought the print was a little bizarre.. kinda early 90′s scarfy weirdness, but I LOVED the fit of this dress and after wearing it for 2 days, I’m kind of crazy about it. The fabric is a really lightweight poly with a teeny triangle pattern textured throughout. I love the length and I really like how the hem has a wider fusing that makes the bottom hem a little heavier and gives a nice drape. I think this dress is intended to be worn off the shoulder, and it looks fine like that, but I like it even better up on the shoulder in that peasanty silhouette that I am berserk for.
And finally I got the Wrap Top in Cherry Sky.
I love this print (as you can see) and the top fit beautifully, but the sleeves were a little long for me.. I rolled them up for the picture, but then I just chopped off about 3.5" and hemmed them there. Hopefully one of these days I’ll post an After picture.
All in all, I was really pleased with my order- in my experience, Ines always has really comfortable, good quality stuff.
5’8", 245, 49-42-51, 18/20
x-posted here and there.
Salma knows what’s up.
Is it appropriation if it’s your own heritage?
I’m not trying to be flippant and I definitely wouldnt’ wear someone else’s ethnic costume, (not that I haven’t in the past, but that’s a whole nother sordid story), but is one generation removed one generation too far?
I don’t think I want to wear an actual national costume dirndl necessarily, just something with the basic shape and a shitload of embroidery. Does that ease the sting of an American of German descent wearing something dirndl-esque? Is there a sting in the first place?
This is what I’ve been wearing in the meanwhile:
vest: torrid
skirt: re/dress
shoes: forever 21
shirt: hand me down.. maybe gap?
headband: urban outfitters
So.
I rant the random number generator twice and got….
For the Deco Dress: Candice
and For the Meridian Dress: Azure
making
Candice and Azure the winners!
Congratulations you two!!
I’ll be putting you in touch with the folks at INES.
Thank you thank you to everyone for entering, hopefully I’ll have some more giveaways for you all soon!
So, that Printed Cobalt dress I wore in the 3rd Fat Rant:
It’s from INES, a clothing line run by some friends of mine who have decided to hooook us UP, Internet. Let me tell you.
They’re giving me 2 pieces to raffle off to YOU, dear readers. All you’ve got to do is comment below, and on Dec. 4th I’ll use one of those handy random number generators like Gabi does to pick a winner!
The pieces up for grabs are the Deco Print Wrap Dress seen above and the Meridian Print Dress.
AND, they’ve hooked me up with a 40% off sales code for you too:
ineslovesjoynash
Spread it far and wide! , personally- I’m really into this Peacock print top: .
I’ll let you know what it’s like when it comes in… 
