Comments on: You Mean You Chose to be Fat?: Body Image in a Virtual World

By: Hvorfor det ikke finnes feite avatarer | Utblogsning

Hvorfor det ikke finnes feite avatarer | Utblogsning — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:41:16 +0000

[...] Her er en eh hovedoppgave (nesten) i feite avatarer : Marissa [...]

By: Interesting Article « Metaverse NOW

Interesting Article « Metaverse NOW — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:49:50 +0000

[...] Found this article on avatar size in SL. MarissaRacecourse.com [...]

By: Fashion Feed of SL

Fashion Feed of SL — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:15:42 +0000

[...] Paisley Beebe at 6pm SLT! She is discussing her wonderful project she did earlier this year called “You Mean You Chose to be Fat?: Body Image in a Virtual World”. If you are interested in coming to watch the live taping IM me, Kesseret Steeplechase, inworld for [...]

By: Marissa Racecourse on Tonight Live | KessKreations

Marissa Racecourse on Tonight Live | KessKreations — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:52:56 +0000

By: Tonight Live With Paisley Beebe » Blog Archive » Are You a FAT Avatar?

Tonight Live With Paisley Beebe » Blog Archive » Are You a FAT Avatar? — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:05:31 +0000

[...] Marissa Racecourse completed a study in Second Life earlier this year into Body image particularly targeting weight and went in search of some volunteers, who in the process not only learned about what it was like to be perceived as overweight, and also learned a lot about themselves. [...]

By: Is this thing on? « Ashlen’s Weblog

Is this thing on? « Ashlen’s Weblog — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:18:14 +0000

[...] Marissa Racecourse’s study on fatvatars was very inspiring, and I did start creating a more plump shape, but I never wore it out in public. Then just recently I read several blogs of people changing their AVs to look more like themselves, and that was the final push. I did it! I don’t know how successful I’ve been in making Ashlen look like me, but at least she’s not a size 0 anymore, and that’s all that matters to me. I’m now a proud fatvatar! [...]

By: Never mind the lady behind the avatar… | KessKreations

Never mind the lady behind the avatar… | KessKreations — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:36:59 +0000

[...] from her HP and Virtual Infidelity paper she did her virtual body image paper which can be found here. If I can ever convince her, I think she should expand more on it, since it is such a great topic [...]

By: PVB Discussion Forums - Fatshionista and Body Acceptance

PVB Discussion Forums - Fatshionista and Body Acceptance — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:39:47 +0000

[...] a presentation titled,"You Mean You Chose to be Fat?: Body Image in a Virtual World". (http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/06/03/….-virtual-world/) Essentially we are both chunky avatars in a world where you can be WHATEVER (and I mean furry [...]

By: Danielle Harrop

Danielle Harrop — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:14:29 +0000

As someone who is playing around with making clothes in SL, I like to experiment. For a long time, I’ve wanted to find a more “realistic” shape for my AV, more like real life. In real life, I’m a “Big Beautiful Woman”…Very proportional, but not barbie at all. I found this article through a webpage from a google search, and I thank you for posting it. I think we’d all be happier if we “broke away from barbie”…leave the fantasy stuff to the ppl who wanna r/p and all.

By: Gaia Granada

Gaia Granada — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:11:18 +0000

Interesting experiment…I know that when first coming to SL I made my avatar thin with a huge chest (like some insane person!)…I now, after almost two years in SL, have a plump avatar that I honestly feel is gorgeous…once a guy made a crack about me in a club…all I can say is this is the world we live in…I am resigned to having my arm sticking through my stomach with animations and with half my prim attachments buried in my pixel flesh…personally my avatar will look like what I think is beautiful and to Hell with these sheep…they bore me…I also have a stove with prim food as the centerpiece of my little SL house…that’s me in RL and me in SL…cooking, eating, reading tarot cards and taking photos…