Back IssuesBack issues of Radiance are full of articles, ads, and information to keep you inspired, informed, and involved. We've included some of our favorite articles online, so look for the links as you go (new articles added 05/18/23). Each issue features compelling profiles of women all sizes of large, of all ages, life-styles, and ethnicities. Articles on health, media, fashion, and politics provide you with the support and encouragement you deserve for a full life and a healthy self-esteem.
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 #61 Winter 2000 250 Ways to Make America Better New York's Modern Dancer Alexandra Beller Fashion Feature Reader's Poetry Dancing into 2000 Big News with Bill Fabrey |
 #62 Spring 2000 Teen Weight Lifter Cheryl Haworth Sets New Records Here's a Shock: I'm a Jock Gettin' Sexy! Art That Empowers Big News Making Change Happen On Finding Love Readers' Poetry |
 #63 Summer 2000 Big Beautiful Beach Babes Dr. Dean Edell on Size & Health Exercise for Weight Loss? A Fat Activism Victory Readers' Poetry Jodie's Body: On Art, Apartheid, and Body Acceptance Courage at the Beach! |
 #64 Winter 2001 Genetically Modified Foods Patrika Darbo Big Dance Big News Poetry New Year's Slippin'-and-a-Slidin' Beauty: My Thoughts as a Teenage Artist Food for Thought |
| 1999 | |
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 #57 Winter 1999 Cookbook Favorites! Medical Activism with Lynn McAfee Winter 1999 Fashions On the Move: Martial Arts Folk Diva Odetta Big News Medical Activism is Good for Your Health |
 #58 Spring 1999 Going to the Prom "Just Fat, Not Stupid": Essays from girls about body image and size-discrimination Biking into Spring Bridalwear Big News: Weighty Issues in the Media |
 #59 Summer 1999 Fashion and Art Features My Fat Aphrodite: A Love Story Big News and Views with Bill Fabrey Big Beautiful Beach Babes! Singer-Songwriter Steve Seskin I Love Mysteries Don't Sweat It: Tips for Surviving Summer! |
 #60 Fall 1999 Art & Soul Health at Every Size Facing Down Diet Scams Big News and Views with Bill Fabrey Raising Largely Positive Kids Tons of Fun: Size Positive Stories and Images Fat Woman Parenting |
| 1998 | |
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 #53 Winter 1998 Painting it Large: Artist Sandra Bierman Remembering the Fat Underground A Scuba Diver's Underwater World Excerpts from Losing It! -An expos of the diet industry |
 #54 Spring 1998 Children's Essays From the Radiance Kids Project The Sculpted Ladies Big On Batik Dancing to a Different Reflection Success: Lives Changed, Not Pounds Lost Red Line: The Tragedy of Weight Loss Surgery Big News New England Journal of Medicine Editorial: Losing Weight-An Ill-Fated New Year's Resolution. |
 #55 Summer 1998 4 Annual Swimsuit Edition Perfect Poetry The Restaurant Intruder Clever Comebacks to Rude Remarks It's Not Over 'Til the Fat Lady Swims Broadway's Big Stars from the Musical, The Life! |
 #56 Fall 1998 Interviews with ABCs Emmy Winner Camryn Manheim of The Pratice! plus Michael Badalucco of The Practice! On Raising Children of Substance Working with Fat Children in the Schools Fabulous Fall Fashions Big News |
| 1997 | |
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 #49 Winter 1997 The Fabulous Rosie O'Donnell! Readers' Favorite Comfort Foods You've Got It - So Flaunt It: Designers who create for our wild side! Upon Reflection: Tales from a 70+ year ex-Marine How I Learned to Love a Gym! |
 #50 Spring 1997 Tasty Bits & Spicy Tails: Chef Dorinda Hafner Water Exercise That Feels Like Play Radiance Takes The Love Boat The Gifts Of Menopause The Volcano Lover The Pleasures of Water Aerobics |
 #51 Summer 1997 The 3rd Annual Radiance Swimsuit Edition! Readers' Poetry Collection How I Took A Hike I Am Beautiful... Words And Pictures From This Amazing Book Swimsuit Art! |
 #52 Fall 1997 A Conversation with actress/designer Delta Burke Let Yourself Go? You Bet! Big Beauty: One Photographer's View Big Woman Meets Big Bear Wonderfully Endowed Fall Fashions |
| 1996 | |
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 #45 Winter 1996 Size Acceptance Worldwide: England, Germany, and the Netherlands Size Awareness in the Classroom Growing Up Fat: A Teenager Reports Large and Supersize Winter Fashions Favorite Recipes: You Say "Potato"... |
 #46 Spring 1996 Ms. Big, Big Island: Where Beauty Is Traditionally Large Radiance Does Hawaii! Art That Reveres Our Large Bodies Young Activists in Print Weighty Issues in the Media My Fat Body |
 #47 Summer 1996 Carnie Wilson: Up Front and Personal Radiance's 2nd Annual Swimsuit Edition! Readers' Poetry Collection Singer Kate Smith Diet Is a Four-Letter Word! |
 #48 Fall 1996 Special Art Issue - Incredible sculptures; colorful Nicaraguan paintings of ample-bodied women Live Large with author and educator Cheri Erdman Babes on Blades! My Journey to a Health Club Weighty Issues in the Media |
| 1995 | |
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 #41 Winter 1995 Yoga for Round Bodies |
 #42 Spring 1995 Behind the Scenes of Gilbert Grape Alaskan Artist Barbara Lavallee Confessions of a Radical Registered Dietitian Honoring the Belly Everyday Activism Gilbert Grape Actress Darlene Cates Fat People Wear Shorts! |
 #43 Summer 1995 The Next Generation of Activists |
 #44 Fall 1995 A Gentle Approach to Diabetes |
| 1994 | |
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 #37 Winter 1994 Winter Reading Issue Women Who Run with the Wolves: An Interview with Clarissa Pinkola Estes Alaska with Radiance Tours! Coats of Many Colors! |
 #38 Spring 1994 |
 #39 Summer 1994 Wake Up, I'm Fat!... Actress and playwright Camryn Manheim A New Look at Nudes Hiking the Grand Canyon Traveling Supersize |
 #40 Fall 1994 Ten Years in Print: A Salute to Radiance At the Movies with Critic Jan Wahl Norway's Fabulous Sculpture Park Large and Supersize Fashions Fall Essays |
| 1993 | |
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 #33 Winter 1993 Freedom: A mother's reflections on her relationship with her fat daughter |
 #34 Spring 1993 |
 #35 Summer 1993 |
#36 Fall 1993 Marilyn Speaks! A Conversation with Elaine Miles of TV's Northern Exposure |
| 1992 | |
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#29 Winter 1992 What Is Normal Eating? Women, Food, and Eating Educating Mommy Or, How My Toddler Taught Me To Trust My Tummy |
 #30 Spring 1992 Singer/Songwriter Daryle Ryce Karen Johnson, M.D. - Author of Trusting Ourselves From Pain to Pride: A Shocking Weight-Loss Chronicle Karate: Where Size Is a Plus |
 #31 Summer 1992 Do No Harm - A Plea to Health Professionals Midlife Without Crisis Mr. Scale Goes to the Dump! Jeopardy! Winner Leslie Frates |
 #32 Fall 1992 Swimming with Dolphins! Home Exercise Equipment Mothers & Daughters: Healing the Patterns of Generations Fashion Victim - NOT! |
| 1991 | |
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 #25 Winter 1991 Children and Eating What's Up in the Fitness World? Trust Your Tots at the Table |
 #26 Spring 1991 Laughable Legislation Aimed at Large Ladies |
#27 Summer 1991 Imagine: Loving Yourself the Way You Are The Supreme Challenge: One Nurse's Fight |
#28 Fall 1991 Is Giving Up on Dieting Giving Up on Yourself? A Change of Heart |
| 1990 | |
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 #21 Winter 1990 Honoring women's work in health, education, fashion, and the media Move Beyond the Patterns That Keep You Stuck Turning the Tables on Medical Bigotry Creating a Size-Friendly Community |
#22 Spring 1990 |
#23 Summer 1990 Strength In Numbers From Rookie to Revolutionary: How Alice Started Radiance Magazine R. C. Gorman: A Self-Portrait In his own words |
 #24 Fall 1990 Self-Esteem: The Ultimate Aphrodisiac How to Survive (and Enjoy) Your High School Reunion A Sculptor Reveals the Poignant and Playful in Our Lives Intro. to Winter Skiing |
| 1989 | |
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 #17 Winter 1989 Performers! Ronnie Gilbert - folksinger; Marianne Sagebrecht - actress; Conchata Ferrell - actress; Jackie Torrence - storyteller In High Style for the Holidays Yo-Yo Dieting The Fight for Fat Rights |
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 #19 Summer 1989 Interviews with health care providers on the good news about health, body size, and self-esteem The Fallacy of Height and Weight Tables Books for Healthy Living Plus-Size Lingerie |
#20 Fall 1989 |
| 1988 | |
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#13 Winter 1988 |
 #14 Spring 1988 Profiles of Large and Active Women Marathon Swimmer Lynne Cox A History of Women and Sport Gym Clothes from Hell! Health Newsletters |
 #15 Summer 1988 Large Women and Travel: Ireland, Egypt, Brazil, Russia Asserting Yourself in the Unfriendly Skies The Supersize Fashion Industry Weight-Loss Surgery: The Unkindest Cut of All |
 #16 Fall 1988 Large Women and Work Actress Wins the Case for Large Women Two AIDS Volunteers When Large Women Network Coping with Antifat Doctors |
| 1984 -1987 | |
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#1 - #7, #9, #10 |
 #8 Summer/Fall 1986 The Refrigerette Cheerleaders Fat Admirers: Problem or Solution? Biological Roots of Fat & Health The Enchilada Nightmare! An Anthropologist's View of Body Size |
 #11 Summer 1987 Profiles of Women at Midlife Images of Beauty A Photoessay Let Them Read Fluff: The Trivialization of Women in Magazines Health, Weight, and Aging |
#12 Fall 1987 The Inner World of the Fat Child When Children Hate Their Bodies What Parents Can Do To Help |
