I had wanted to do a quick Twitter post about this, but then realized that I could not express my thoughts in only 140 characters… I just heard about Oxygen’s new reality series, ‘Fat Girl Revenge’ and I can not help but feel enraged over this. Perpetuating the stereotype that women can’t be happy or empowered until they lose weight is wrong and dangerous. According to the article, “Fat Girl Revenge” follows two women who…
I had heard about the American Apparel contest because some people on Twitter had sent me the link and asked if I would be entering the contest. No way was I entering it, and I had not really invested any thought to the contest because I already knew first hand how AA feels about plus sized consumers. I knew that a year ago. Honestly, my only thought was “Wow, this is a year late!” I…
Here is the official press release for this Friday’s show. A HUGE thanks to Kelly Shibari for all her help with promoting this show!!! If you need any PR work, she is the one to do it!! Contact her! ______________________________________ Carlos Batts & April Flores Announce Free, Intimate Art Exhibit Opening at Studio Servitu on Friday, July 29 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Los Angeles, CA — Monday, July 25, 2011 – The artist/muse team of…
I will be guest exhibiting work from my “Diary of My Miscarriage” Series Friday July 29th at Studio Servitu in Downtown Los Angeles. As I had said in my original blog post about the miscarriage, expressing this all through writing and especially photographing the experience has been a way for me to heal and process the experience. If you are in LA, please stop by! The event does require an RSVP to either studioservitu@gmail.com or…
photo by Courtney Trouble for NoFauxxx.com It is so wonderfully exciting that ARTCORE has gotten so many great things said about it so far! This film was created out of pure love and expression and is the third film in a series by Carlos Batts and I. In this series we have documented and shared our lives, photo shoots, explored our creative process, and collaboratively expressed sexuality with our peers and friends. The first in…
I often hear how porn degrades women, and my response to that is that I felt MUCH MORE degraded working in an office as a receptionist than I have ever felt in porn. As a matter of fact, I’ve never felt degraded in porn. I have also read ignorant rants such as this one from a blogger: “It’s a great job for someone who is dumb, unambitious, and devoid of sexuality. In fact, the only…
Check out this post on my friend Sara Rosen’s blog. Carlos & I had been working with her to hopefully make my book FAT GIRL become a reality and someday be published. It never came to be, but Miss Rosen still believes in the project and posted my introduction letter to the book. Hope you like it!
AAG Blog did her own rewrite of the piece that has touched a nerve with many. Her choice of words make the same point as the original article but in a more positive, less offensive way. Maybe she should write the next BBW article for that magazine? Either way, I think it’s great more people are sharing their opinions. More discussion = more change! Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the past, BBW movies received far less respect…