Monthly Archives: June 2013

Fat Girl

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Cathy Borders

Though in my last post I talked about the cumbersome baggage I’m lugging around, this post is about the film, Fat Girl, not myself. Catherine Breillat is my favorite director. This week I’m devouring her films, some for the first … Continue reading →

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Bad Feminist

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Cathy Borders

I’m overweight. At times, this consumes me. Then, immediately thereafter I feel like a bad feminist. Roxane Gay writes in her article, Bad Feminist: As Judith Butler writes in her 1988 essay, “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution”: “Performing one’s gender … Continue reading →

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