Moving Location...

Hello all,

Well as much as I love going by my Chubster alias, I feel this blog title wasn't permitting me to write about all of the issues that I am so very passionate about and believe in. I've moved my blogging journey over to the world of Corporealities (http://corporealities.blogspot.com/).

From my first post there about why I chose that name:

"It embraces the idea that one only conceive of ideas from a state of embodiment. This notion draws together my main research interests, which include: representing the sexual body, non-normative sexualities, different relationship practices, body image, the fat body, food, cooking and clothing.

It also suggests different ways of relating to 'reality'. There are multiple realities. We each have our own interpretation and sense of 'reality' that can vary moment to moment. I am interested in those transitional moments - the in-between spaces - where someone is neither asleep nor awake, particularly dreams."

Unskinny Bop Times

This Sunday is the Easter Unskinny Bop special, as also playing with the Duckie deejays Readers Wifes.  Oooh just imagine one hour of each set of deejays.  Can you imagine more fun??

I'm thinking that a Chubster cohort is required. Who's with us?

Where?  Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, Pollard Row, E2 6NB

When? Sunday 12th April 2009, 9pm-2am

How much? £5

Come. Dance.  Dress up and let's have some fun times!

Why have I chosen the name Dirty Brownie?

The name 'Dirty Brownie' is my name in the Chubster gang.  We all have alter egos.  I struggled to think of one, so when asked what do I like to do, I replied 'baking, knitting and sex'.  Somehow this name is the result of that.

Things that my name means to me:

- Dirty: fun, all the things you shouldn't do, enjoyment, mischief, being a kid, sex (especially anything a bit different)

- Brownie: those wondrous chocolate gooey delights that are all soft and melty in the middle but more like cake and slightly crisp around the edges.  Supposedly the ones I make are better than many that you can buy - even from good bakers!

All in all, it is fun, mischievous and reveling in enjoying all the things that we're told we shouldn't do!  That is what I'm wanting this blog to explore. I want to challenge the idea of 'should', instead put pleasure and fun to the fore.  What is a life without pleasure (ideally lived and enjoyed responsibly!)?

What is the aim of this blog?

I've been thinking further about what I want to do with this blog, why I want it to exist and it's niche.  There are several areas that I am passionate about:

- Fat Acceptance

- Rediscovering pleasure from food and cooking

- BDSM Acceptance

- Acceptance of non-normative sexualities and relationship practices

- Literature, Film and Theory that explores the above issues

This blog will have writings upon all of these areas and how they interact with one another.  It will not be a narrow focused blog but will connect these ideas because no one area exists in a vacuum. All of these areas have been the focus of my academic work at some point or other, I want to use this blog as a place to test out ideas and allow me to write about things that fascinate me (and hopefully others) in a less formal environment. 

I also want to use this blog as a place to help instigate meet-ups, events and encourage discussion.  Perhaps there could even be discussion events? informal seminars?  I'm open to ideas.  I just feel excited and want to share that with others!

Who is Dirty Brownie Chubster?

Welcome all.

I am Dirty Brownie. Chubster. Fat Activist Extraordinaire.

Why?  

I love things to be exciting and different, plus I make incredible brownies.  

What is a Chubster?

I am part of the Chubster gang - a group who are proud to be fat.  We fight for fat acceptance.  We embrace being different. We challenge the norms - queer, femme, fat and angry. 

What will this blog do?

It will have discuss fat (fat panic, fat acceptance, fat activism and all others things fat). I will also use it as a profile to discuss current and future events in London and Exeter.

What inspired me to do this?

Tonight (Sunday, 29th March 2009) I went to the Invasion of the Chubsters that was a special event in the Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The Chubster Gang organised the evening of bad behaviour, archive film clips and a programme of exciting short films by and about fat queers.  If that wasn't enough, there were discussions, chats and an amazing performance. A singer (all filmed) ended up dragging everyone up to dance in the cinema to be proud of who you are - whatever that individual mix is.  We all have a right to take up space and have a voice.

After the event came the initiation ceremony for those who wanted to join the Chubster Gang. This is where and how I became Dirty Brownie. I have my membership card. I signed the wall. I posed for a photo to go on the site (didn't manage angry that well, as I kept laughing).  I said on camera how I'd find the event inspirational, so I would start something of my own. This blog is the beginning of that journey.