"I think I've kind of been in a bubble... thinking that fairness was gonna just happen. It's not. People like me are gonna have to get up... and go out and fight for it." Tracy, "Hairspray"
I'm Lara Frater, author of "Fat Chicks Rule!" Buy my book at Amazon
My book came out in July 2005. If you can't find my book in stores, demand that they order it! The book is an essential guide to being a fabulous fat chick in this thin-centered world.
Also check out my monthly column at Igigi A Fabulous Online clothing store!The only book on how to live the big girl's life with style and flair, Fat Chicks Rule! will tackle the issues that fat women face everyday in our thin-centered society. This beautifully illustrated book will include tips on everything that the plus-size woman needs to know, including how to dress like a beauty queen, where and where not to shop, famous fat chicks in history, fat images in movies, television and literature, the dieting scam, snappy comebacks against the ignorant and fatphobic and much more.
"Fat Chicks Rule! is a great resource for everything the Fat Chick needs to live her life fully." -- Review "PlusStuff.com"
"Fat Chicks Rule" is not just a necessary tool for your personal, self-celebrating revolution, it's the simple truth!!!" -- Marilyn Wann, FAT!SO? author & fat rebel.
"Funny, enlightening, and practically useful." - Kathleen LeBesco, Author "Revolting Bodies"
"With Fat Chicks Rule, Lara Frater has provided a cheerful, practical, and optimistic guide for surviving in a fat-phobic culture--with a sense of humor. You go, girl!"
--Laura Fraser, Losing It: America's Obsession With Weight and the Industry That Feeds On It