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Friday, July 10, 2009 12:00 AM

A slap in the face to fat girls

Beth Ditto may be a hip plus-size icon, but her new clothing line feels like an insulting throwback to a 1985 Kmart

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  • Friday, July 10, 2009 02:00 PM

    Start your own fashion line then DUH

    If the market is as big as you seem to imply, then why are you just sitting on the sidelines whining about it?

    Maybe you hate capitalism too much, is that the problem?

    If not then WTF is?

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