Tricks of the Trade Taught by Marie Claire Fat-Hater

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Well, chalk this up to reason 10,997 that we wish we were in NY: so we could sit in on the personal essay class that chubby-castigating Marie Claire writer Maura Kelly is teaching. Hmmph, by the time this class rolls around, she ought to have some pretty juicy material. [Media Bistro]