Title (as given to the record by the creator): Ads
Date(s) of creation: Issue 5: April 1996
Creator / author / publisher: FaT GiRL
Physical description: a zine page with three display ads
Reference #: FG5-055
Links: [ PDF ]
[image description: A half page ad: a gray box with black text. “Elana Dykewomon’s new book of poems, “Nothing Will Be As Sweet As The Taste” contains her hit singles “the real fat woman poems” & “big belly on the road from reno” among a ton of scorching work exploring love, sex and politics. Don’t miss the first new book in over ten years from this terrific dyke, Jewish, fat activist! Even her mother wrote (true quote): “few poets are so honest, unpretentious but wonderfully lyrical.” So check it out – if your local women’s bookstore doesn’t have it, get them to order it (from Inland) today!”]
[image description: A quarter-page ad for FAT!SO? Zine. “Fat!So? for people who don’t apologize for their size Subscribe now!” [a drawing of the venus of willendorf with a short cropped haircut and a leather jacket] “You get:
– Roseanne sightings
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– Venus of Willendorf paper dolls
– interviews with famous fat folk
– photo assays: a body part each issue
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[image description: A quarter page ad, a black frame showing the phases of the moon. Inside it says Moonsisters Drum Camp for Womyn. Circles,…Marketplace…Networking. All levels welcome. Multi-level classes. Performances. 1996. In California & New Mexico.
Sept. 13-15 – Sandia Park, NM Ubaka Hill .. Mabiba Baegne & more.
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A program of MOTHER RIVER SPIRIT, a feminlst, multi-racial/cultural/ethnic, interfaith, activist web of lesbians and our womyn & girl allies. A non-profit organization; networking and creating local, national & global womyn’s drumming communities. In the center of the ad are drawings of women playing different African drums.]
FaT GiRL #5 Pages
- FaT GiRL #5 Front Cover
- Editorial
- FaT GiRL #5 Contents
- Fat Girl Letters
- Oso’s First Official FaT GiRL Word Find
- Botero and Us
- Actions: Avengers Eat Out
- Max’s Rant
- Sexuality Roundtable
- Survey: How does being fat affect your sexuality?
- FATWATCH
- The Trick
- Poetry: Posturing
- Poetry: Clean Satisfaction
- Blind Alleys
- Drawings by Megaera
- Stories: Worshipping
- Story
- Stories: Lesson #1
- Poetry: On Your Knees
- Survey: How have your lovers responded to your body size?
- No One’s Getting Fat Except Mama Cass
- Story: Untitled
- Review: The Invisible Woman
- The Kitchen Slut presents: Sweets for the Salty
- Health Report: Sleep Apnea
- Ads
- Survey: What do you do to promote positive feelings about your body?
- Poetry: Romancing the Bones
- Poetry: Outcast Dykes
- Resources
- Contributors
- Personals
- Go for a ride with FaT GiRL
- FaT GiRL #5 Back Cover