Homage to My Hips

these hips are big hips
they need space to move around in
they don't fit into little petty places
these hips are free hips
they don't like to be held back
these hips have never been enslaved
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do
these hips are mighty hips
these hips are magic hips
I have known them to put a spell on a man
and spin him like a top

Lucille Clifton

Helena Bonham Carter: You've earned the right to take up more space in the world.

Aaron Eckhart: That's bullshit.

Helena Bonham Carter: Yeah.

from Conversations With Other Women

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.

Walt Whitman

I want a fat, black, poor and handicapped, old, single mother lesbian with a high IQ... in the White House.

Pork Tornado

I have always wanted a mistress who was fat, and I have never found one. To make a fool of me, they are always pregnant.

Paul Gauguin

I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.

Marlon Brando

All you girls think the days are gone
You don't have to worry, you can have your fun
Take me, baby, for your little boy
Three hundred pounds of heavenly joy

Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf

Fat is beautiful, sexy and strong. Politicians cultivate it, singers require it, gourmets appreciate it, and lovers play with it. Fat is a fabulous three letter word.

Richard Klein's Eat Fat

I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.

Elizabeth Hurley

I want a big fat blonde to hold my hand
To keep this skinny boy from blowing away in the wind

Bob Walkenhorst's "Big Fat Blonde"

Kim Novak: I suppose I’ve put on a few pounds…

Dean Martin: Well, don’t you worry about it. As far as I’m concerned, there couldn’t be enough o’ you.

Most men pretend otherwise, but actually prefer fat women, sweet wines, and the music of Tchaikovsky.

Irwin Shaw's Two Weeks in Another Town

My body makes me happy, not proud.

Agnes Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7

I want the fat one, Baby.

G. Love

Time has given your body a perfection not even found in perfection. An excitement that excellence lacks.

Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night