From: marty@world.std.com (Marty M HaleEvans)
Newsgroups: alt.support.big-folks
Subject: Rump Parliament (somewhat long)
Keywords: buttons, fat acceptance
Date: 20 Nov 92 01:36:41 GMT
Organization: Cicely Public Access UNIX, Cicely, AK

Hi, all --

Some of you wanted to see the material on Rump Parliament, so I've typed 
it up. It's one more source for us, anyway. (I can send copies of this
privately, too, if anyone wants me to.)


RUMP PARLIAMENT

This organization began as a Mensa SIG, and became a private company in
1991. It's run by Lee Martindale, who lives in Dallas and describes
herself as "Fat, 40+, and Fabulous". She is a freelance writer, singer and
songwriter in addition to running Rump Parliament. 

Rump Parliament Magazine -- "Dedicated to the many forms of Size Acceptance
Activism. By and for readers who believe that worth is not inversely
proportional to waistline."

Send name, address, and $15/yr (6 issues) to:

         Rump Parliament
         P.O. Box 181716                Allow 4-6 weeks
         Dallas, TX 75218                for delivery


Ms. Martindale also sells a number of buttons with slogans about size
positive activism and fat admirers. They are $1.50 each, plus shipping and
handling. (<$5.00 -- $3.00, $5.01-$10.00 -- $5.00, >$10.00 -- 25% of order)
Send check or money order to the same address. Include name, address, cat.
number, and quantity. Available buttons (with cat. number):

B001  Fat, Forty, and Fabulous!		B002  Fat, Fifty, and Fabulous!
B003  Diet Is a Four-Letter Word	B004  Dieting Can Be Hazardous to
B005  A Waist Is a Terrible Thing	          Your Health
           To Mind			B006  FAT is NOT a Four-Letter Word
B009  Fit				B010  Hire People of Size...We Don't
      Active					  Charge By the Pound
      Totally Female			B011  No Body Bigotry
B012  No Weight Discrimination		B013  No Dieting
B014  Beauty Comes In All Sizes		B015  Judge me by my work...not by
B016  Not All Good Things Come In		  My Waistline
           Small Packages		B017  Yes, I Know I'm FAT...SO???
B018  Ask Me About Size Acceptance	B019  Yes, I Know I Have Such a Pretty
B020  Thin is "In"...but so is 			  Face...It Goes with my 
     	   High Unemployment			  Pretty Body
B023  DeLuxe Edition			B025  Built For Comfort, Not For Speed
B026  No Fat Jokes 			B027  SIZE ACCEPTANCE ACTIVIST
B028  Life Is a Feast...		B029  Over Whose Weight?
           Why Be On a Diet?		B033  Not Just Another Pretty Face
B031  Deprivation			B032  Fit
      Impossible Goals			      Active
      Eventual Failure            	      Totally Male
      Torture				B034  All This and Brains, Too!
B036  SIZE POSITIVE			B037  Hips! Hips! Hooray!
B039  The only serious weight problem	B040  Good Things Come to Those
           I have is society's		          Of Weight
           problem with serious weight	B042  I'm Fat, Not Stupid
B041  I'm Not Pregnant, I'm Just Fat	B047  Fat and Fabulous!
B048  Life is More Than 		B051  "Sexy" is an Attitude...
           Height/Weight Charts 	          and I've Got an Attitude!
B052  Activism = Adrenaline		B053  One Passenger, One Plane Ticket
B007  If I Can't Get There, It's	B008  Storm The Barriers to
           NOT Equal Access			  Equal Access
B043  Hell On Wheels			B049  That which does not kill me
B021  Confirmed, Devout, & 			  better make DAMNED sure
    	   Practicing FA			  I don't get up!
B022  Closet FA				B024  No Bone Bruises
B030  Rubens was RIGHT!			B050  I (heart) FAs!
B035  Rubens Had GREAT Taste In Women


I got this information from a brochure I requested in the mail. I don't
have any link with this organization -- I don't even get the newsletter
yet! I just like their attitude, and want to spread the information. Enjoy!




Marty


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"Seems like there ought to be a way we could look each other in the eye
To see we're all in this together, and put all thoughts of victory aside.
Seems like there ought to be a way we could turn this fear into trust;
No matter what you say, there has to be a way --
Every living thing is counting on us."      

Marty Hale-Evans                                 M   @   *   O   %   8   U
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