Yesterday, our local paper did a very nice article about the dance studio that my teacher/troupemate opened last fall:

www.journalgazette.net/apps/p...article

Please note the pic at the top corner - this pic was what was front on the living section. Now I didn't hear it, because I like to listen to music in the morning, but apparently, one of our local radio stations was bashing said teacher/troupemate on their morning show. Their message was that "fat" girls shouldn't be bellydancing. They even had two girls call in and say that they are fat and therefore, would never attempt bellydancing, so if you aren't stick-thin, then you shouldn't be a dancer. Nice.

Since, we all know that bellydance is for beautiful women of all shapes and sizes, I would like to ask that as many dancers as possible email them at: tnt@989thebear.com and let them know what ignorant assholes they are. Feel free to be as foul and hostile as you would like to be.