100 Women We Love: Class of 2009
Once again, we celebrate our favorite out and proud women. As difficult as it is to narrow it down to just 100, this year’s eclectic list includes artists, athletes, club promoters, community organizers, entertainers, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, politicians and plaintiffs, who are making a difference in our world and the world at large.
Kim Brittingham
Kim Brittingham’s subversive critiques of the diet industry and fat hatred in general have scored her spots on the Today Show and NPR, as well as a write-up on HuffingtonPost.com. Her most famous caper involved creating a fake book titled Fat is Contagious: How Sitting Next to a Fat Person Can Make YOU Fat and reading it on a New York City bus after she noticed how often other passengers avoided sitting next to her. Brittingham was able to parlay this entertaining yet enraging tale into a real book deal; her memoir Read My Hips is due out from Harmony next year. “When I write anti-diet or body positive stuff, I hope readers will walk away with a sense of self-empowerment,” Brittingham says; “When I write personal essays, it’s for my own entertainment. But it makes my day when someone writes to say they identified with my story. Whenever you connect with a stranger like that, it’s impossible to feel like the
village idiot. Suddenly, you’ve got community.” -CB
Remember, these are in no particular order because we love them all!
