Stacy Bias: Press

FatGirl Speaks

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Stacy Bias, the founding designer of DykeTees.Com, the Web guru behind TechnoDyke.Com, the tireless tester of Pussy Pucker Pots lip balms and the voice of FatGirl Speaks, the nation's largest fat activist event, has been a queer activist for six years and a fat activist for three.

"I became an activist in the areas I need the most help and support in," Bias says. "If I need it, probably others do, too. We are taught from the earliest age to be dissatisfied with our bodies. Baby fat, right? And this is enforced and reinforced every single day by the media, by pharmaceutical companies who sponsor medical studies, whose skewed results are then sensationalized by the media, which in turn gives the diet industry ... the perfect platform from which to torment the public into self-loathing. The 'war on obesity' is very lucrative. Self-loathing is very lucrative."

As Cupcake, her monthly dance party for fat women and their allies in Portland, Ore., sashays past its four month anniversary, Bias is already working on her next project. She is planning a book, tentatively titled FatGirl Speaks, which tackles the issues of body image.

"The goal of the book is ... to look at the ways that people perceive themselves. To speak the truths we feel are so shameful -- the dirty secrets that we think are unique to us, but which truly are the most common experiences for all of us. Because the only platform for positive change emotionally is security in the knowledge that we deserve it."

If you are interested in being interviewed for Bias' book, drop her a note at stacy (at) fatpdx (dot) com.

Stacy Bias & the Ham Slappers

I recently saw one of my favorite people on earth, who’s also a dear friend, Stacy Bias perform with her band Fatty and the Ham Slappers (God, I lover her). It was her surprise birthday party and I was elated to find out that she would not only be shocked to learn of the party, but shocked to learn she was gonna sing.

Yeah, I screamed. I was thrilled because I had heard the diva sing before. Several years ago, at the first ever Fat Girl Speaks Conference (www.fatgirlspeaks.com), she brought the house to a standing ovation. Her voice is killer and she is one of my heroes. If you don't know who Stacy is, she's also the creative storm behind Technodyke (technodyke.com), as well as a whole host of other things like the famed Pussy Pucker Pots. She's also writing a book tentatively titled Fat Girl Speaks and is getting ready to push of on her world tour where she'll be interviewing fat women from all over the globe about their experiences. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled because it's gonna be great book once it hits the shelves. Go Stacy! You're a rock star!

XO
Lipstick

PS: Amy Pederson is on the drums and some cute dyke, who's name I don't know, is on the guitar.