Fat Girl
Subtitle: a zine for fat dykes and the women who want them
By: edited by Twyla & Lara
Publisher: Fat Girl Publishing
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Overweight women; Social aspects; Body image in women; Lesbians; Fat-acceptance movement; Zines; Gender identity; Erotica; Female Homosexuality; Femmes en surpoids; Aspect social; Image du corps chez la femme; Lesbiennes
Other titles: FatGirl
Description: "Fat Girl is a zine for and about fat dykes. Fat Girl seeks to create a broad-based dialogue that both challenges and informs our notions of fat dyke identity. We enoucrage dialogue based on our lived experince as fat dykes, recognizing that our lives are various and multifaceted. Fat Girl is produced by an eclectic collective of fat dykes. We come in all shapes and sizes; from diverse ethnic cultures and different class backgrounds."
Table of contents: title: features -- fiction:; title: Delayed Response  -- Mary Frances Platt; title: The language of the fat womon  -- Elana Dykewomon; title: Butch Crush  -- Devra Polack -- paperdolls:; title: this issue--Twyla and Bertha!  -- Mary Anderson -- photos:; title: Things to remember... Regina & Nicole  -- by Heather Urban; title: Special Delivery Devra & Annette  -- by Laura Johnston; title: She has a thing for shoes Annette, April, Blade, Charlene, Kebo, Lara, Lisa, Ribs, Sondra, & Twyla  -- by Lynn Stone; title: Screw the roses, give me the thorns  -- Cath & Bear; title: What a fine pig!  -- Jodei & Gertie -- roundtable:; title: it's a butch thing / Annette, Judith, Margo, & Twyla -- -- departments; title: Editorial  -- Twyla & Lara; title: Letters --; title: Fat Watch --; title: Statistics --; title: Book Reviews  -- Nevada-Maria; title: Zine reviews/Special Events --; title: Organaizations, Events, and Resources --; title: Personals --; title: Contributors -- -- and other stuff; title: We tried, we fucked up, we aplogize  -- letters between Mary Frances Platt and Fat Girl; title: Fat Girl Calendar of Events --; title: Upcoming Issues --; title: Fat Girl Wish List --; title: Fat Gala Review -- Cynthia J. Newcomer