. . . OK well not quite, but Fat Quarter is going to be published as a spangly print edition early next year.
If you’ve wanted to write something for us before but never got round to it, then now is the time to submit your ideas (editor@fat-quarter.co.uk), and the Christmas break the perfect excuse [...]
‘Blog’ Posts
FQ to hit the newsstands!
9th December, 2009 by Katie
Boys = stupid, apparently
26th November, 2009 by Katie
The Times has today published a reaction to the hoo-ha generated by its Babewatch campaign, which generated a rising number of reports of sexism against men.
This “masculism” as Mark Jones writes, “has not got much traction in popular culture”, but it seems only a matter of time as he points out the big issues that [...]
Stars in their eyes
18th November, 2009 by Katie
“I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” started on Sunday for the now annual whirligig of famous people eating bugs and falling in ponds. But as with “Strictly” this year, somewhat ironically the rollcall of “celebrities” themselves calls for a (if you’re as old as me you’ll get this reference) Mark & Lard [...]
Thoughts
8th November, 2009 by Katie
I splashed out on a pair of shoes over the weekend. Nothing surprising in that, except that I hate buying shoes (hence the shredded Converse I continue to wear despite the puddles leaking into my socks). But as I hobbled down the street in my lovely, shiny yet painful brogues I thought about the sheer [...]
FQ in Mslexia
2nd October, 2009 by Katie
Hurray, our first piece of press coverage!
Women’s writing magazine Mslexia has a news story on FQ! It was very strange being the interviewee and not the interviewer but hopefully the Q&A with yours truly will get new readers for FQ and spread the message.
Tell everyone you know to buy it, and not just because of [...]
A bit of sauce
1st September, 2009 by Katie
Maybe it’s the sunny weather but FQ has come over all hot and bothered.
Miss Scarlet has tracked down “boylesque” performer Buck Fast to find out just why he likes taking his kit off in public, while I met the editor of Filament, a forward-thinking ladies’ mag which has run a successful campaign not only to print [...]