The Curvy Nerd

So AskMen.com, in an effort to aid men in Being Awesome and Having Hot Girlfriends, has published an interesting top ten list. Top 10: Subtle Ways To Tell Her She’s Getting Fat.” … Amazingly, unlike with most journalism nowadays, this isn’t just the case of an incendiary headline + mundane article. AskMen.com reaches truly new [...]

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A lovely person has decided to go on a comment spree on my blog about how much he loves large ladies. That aside, he also linked to a blog piece which pretty aptly demonstrates, in one sentence, why I don’t like chubby chasers: When I was a young man I was attracted to thin demure [...]

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While there aren’t literally 101 Ways (at least not in this post), I’ve seen some pretty creative, eye-roll inducing and damn frustrating ways that men on dating sites specify “no fatties.” They’re worth looking at, and maybe laughing a little. Beats crying, right? This post is for the LULZ — read on, enjoy, and let’s [...]

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Recently I received a comment from a guy who read my original eHarmony fat hating post from Mavenity, and it inspired me to respond on the topic of self-identification of size in online dating. It’s a multi-faceted and nuanced issue, with which I have myself struggled, that is owed some additional exploration. Is there a [...]

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I started out prepared to be angry. Then I was perplexed by the author’s superfluous details and bizarre formatting (switching between narrative, Q&A with the main subject and Q&A with other subjects). Then I hit some rather nice quotes from the article’s subjects. Next: discussion! As the title indicates, the Village Voice has published a [...]

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Robin Kassner‘s disastrous turn on The Millionaire Matchmaker is old news, but last week she won a Soup Award, which reminded me of the debacle. I think it’s an excellent example of how overweight women are made to seem ridiculous and pathetic in a romantic situation, especially with “hot guys.” Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger seems [...]

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Note: Half of this post was originally posted on sister blog Mavenity. I’ve taken the parts that are relevant to The Curvy Nerd and written new material around it. The original post is in the blue box! Being a big girl dating can be frustrating for a number of reasons, many of which I’ve previously [...]

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Today is Friend Makin’ Monday over at All The Weigh, and this week’s topic is one that is pretty relevant to me: dream guys & dating. My good friend Alice blogged about the topic today — Weighting for Mr. Right — and I’ve actually blogged about it (obliquely) on Mavenity (which, come to think of [...]

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