Kate Harding
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Shapely Prose

Welcome to the Shapely Prose Archive!

Doesn’t that headline sound nicer than this? But yeah, it basically means the same thing. Full details and notes on the future are available at kateharding.info. Thank you so much to everyone who’s been a part of this community for the last three years. So much.

Call for Participants: Size Acceptance Survey

Posting this on behalf of Michaela — if you have any questions, please contact her. — Kate Hi, my name is Michaela A. Null, and I am a doctoral student in Sociology at Purdue University. I am doing a study about the embodiment of size-accepting fat women, with attention to the ways in which gender, [...]

Guest Blogger Elysia: Evo Psych and Icky Girls

Friend of Shapely Prose Elysia (who writes the blog Born That Way) is an evolutionary biologist, and she had some choice words for the latest dude to use evolutionary psychology as an explanation for why he believes seriously douchey things about women. Please give Elysia a warm welcome. — Kate My friend Sweet Machine brought a [...]

5 Ways of Looking at “Sarah Palin Feminism”

Here is me telling you about a thing I wrote elsewhere! For Jezebel, specifically. A sample: So, can’t I just agree to disagree with Sarah Palin – or at least to ignore her use of the term and continue to go about my business? Well, evidently not, or I wouldn’t be writing this. The problem [...]

New Stuff

Those of you who hate change, brace yourselves. In addition to the new template, I’ve got news. Over the last few months, three of my longtime co-bloggers have moved on (well, Sweet Machine wasn’t necessarily taking a permanent vacation, but realistically… yeah), and Snarky’s Machine and I have been trying to keep things going in [...]
 

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Jill Starishevsky left a comment for Kate Harding
Hi Kate, I wanted to connect with you and ask for your feedback. I recently did my first on-camera interview for the children's book on child sexual abuse prevention that I wrote, My Body Belongs to Me. Please let me know what you think when…
Jun 6, 2010

Northwestern Summer Writers' Conference: Writers in Cyberspace at University Hall

August 13, 2009 from 9am to 10am
"Writers in Cyberspace" panel with Kate Harding, Wendy McClure and Claire Zulkey. "As the Internet becomes an increasingly important part of the publishing world, working writers and editors have made it more and more a part of their professional lives. In this panel editors and writers will discuss the ways they have made use of the web, and explore the benefits and limitations of cyberspace. They'll cover blogs, on-line publications and web sites."
Event posted by Kate Harding Aug 5, 2009
Kate Harding commented on the group 'Chicago Area Writers'
Aw, thanks, Nona! I think I stole that quote from Marilyn Wann, but I love it. :) Veronica, I had no idea we missed each other at BlogHer 2007! I was still so new to blogging then, I didn't really expect to know anyone, so I was walking around…
Jul 8, 2009

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A group where authors can share advice and ideas about how to promote the hell out of our books and ourselves in this evolving publishing climate.
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Kate Harding commented on the group 'Chicago Area Writers'
Hi, all! I live in Rogers Park, my first book just came out, and I blog a lot -- mostly about body acceptance and assorted other women's issues. Fun fact: I went to high school with Veronica, but didn't see her for 15-odd years, until we…
Jul 7, 2009
Kate Harding left a comment for Jillian Dunham
Yippee!
Jul 7, 2009

BlogHer 2009 at Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers

July 24, 2009 from 1:15pm to 2:30pm
Blogs & Body Image: What are we teaching our kids?In a society where more young girls fear becoming fat than they fear cancer, nuclear war, or losing their parents, some bloggers are taking a stand against teaching their children learned behaviors that affect their body image. Heather from MAMAvision, Carla Birnberg, aka Miz Fit Online, Claire Mysko, Dove's Self-Esteem Fund (DSEF) Global Ambassador Jess Weiner, Kate Harding, and Roni from Roni's Weigh have worked hard to improve their own…See More
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Kate Harding left a comment for Wendy McClure
I is am!
Jul 7, 2009

BlogHer 2009 at Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers

July 24, 2009 from 1:15pm to 2:30pm
Blogs & Body Image: What are we teaching our kids?In a society where more young girls fear becoming fat than they fear cancer, nuclear war, or losing their parents, some bloggers are taking a stand against teaching their children learned behaviors that affect their body image. Heather from MAMAvision, Carla Birnberg, aka Miz Fit Online, Claire Mysko, Dove's Self-Esteem Fund (DSEF) Global Ambassador Jess Weiner, Kate Harding, and Roni from Roni's Weigh have worked hard to improve their own…See More
Event posted by Kate Harding Jul 7, 2009
Wendy McClure left a comment for Kate Harding
Hooray! You is here!
Jul 7, 2009
Kate Harding left a comment for Andi Buchanan
Hey, Andi! Thanks for the kind words. Great to "meet" you.
Jul 7, 2009

Chicago Area Writers

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Feminist Bloggers

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This is a group for bloggers to share insights, post links, and consider the highs and lows of the blogging life.
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Kate Harding is now a member of She Writes Jul 7, 2009

Profile Information

Who I am:
Author site: http://www.kateharding.info
Shapely Prose: http://www.kateharding.net
Twitter: http://twitter.com/KateHarding
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce With Your Body (co-author)
Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (contributor)
Feed Me! Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight and Body Image (contributor)
Media outlets that I currently write for:
Salon.com
My writing is:
Fiction, Nonfiction, Blog Posts
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
Not at the moment
Services I offer to other writers:
No
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
No
My professional associations:
No

Bio

Kate Harding is a co-author of Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce With Your Body, a regular contributor to Salon's Broadsheet, and the founder of Shapely Prose, the most popular body acceptance blog on the web. A graduate of University of Toronto and the MFA in writing program at Vermont College, she lives in Chicago with her new husband and old dogs.

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At 11:21am on June 6, 2010, Jill StarishevskyJill Starishevsky said…
Hi Kate,

I wanted to connect with you and ask for your feedback. I recently did my first on-camera interview for the children's book on child sexual abuse prevention that I wrote, My Body Belongs to Me. Please let me know what you think when you have some time.

Thanks in advance.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/talking-kids-sexual-abuse-10255396

Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
www.MyBodyBelongstoMe.com
At 10:38am on July 7, 2009, Wendy McClureWendy McClure said…
Hooray! You is here!
 
 
 

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