Autobiography of a fat bride
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FAT BRIDE
Remarkably unsuccessful attempt to amuse in a chronicle of one young woman’s bumpy metamorphosis from feckless college graduate to responsible, married Arizona citizen.
Frequently relying for laughs on body parts and body functions (sagging breasts, facial hair, excrement), Notaro (The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club, ) begins her rites of passage as a boyfriend moves out, running off with an old girlfriend to follow his dream of growing and smoking pot and learning to play an acoustic guitar. Notaro is more annoyed than heartbroken, but when she meets the amazing “Good Guy,” she freaks out, feeling pressured to keep him. The guy is really good; soon after moving in, he proposes, which means she must deal with a wedding. Mom takes charge as Notaro, comprehending the “phenomenon known as Dreading the Wedding,” is sucked into the great “bridal black hole.” She worries about her weight, body hair, and getting through the ceremony itself, which takes place three miles from a major airport, making most of the responses inaudible. The happy couple then buys a house that turns out to have no air-conditioning, so Notaro and her husband fight over who sweats the least. Married life has its problems, like backed-up plumbing and strange smells, but s
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Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
Oh my God.
"Who is the Magic Marker in this scenario?" I asked. "I'm the Sharpie, aren't I, Meg? I am the Sharpie and you and Laura are the toothpicks, huh?"
"Troy's a happy Magic Marker, too," Meg offered.
This method of consoling, however, rarely works. Because you know what happens when you tell a fat person they're FAT? They get sad and then they eat a doughnut. They get sad and then they eat a pizza. And then, the next day after you've called them fat because you "love them and want them to get healthy," THEY'RE FATTER. If you want a chunky to gain some skinny ground, tell them they look nice. Tell them they look slimmer despite the obvious bad choice of the horizontal-stripe capri pants. Give them something to work with, something to build on.