Women Eating Cake

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE TUMBLR SITE. I teamed up with an amazing photographer, Gloria Baker Feinstein, who shot some incredible pictures of women eating cake. And got them to talk about cake, too.

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Today was my birthday (37! Really?!? When did that happen?), and I made myself a big-ass Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cake (ok, soynut butter — I’m allergic to peanuts). With cow-shaped sprinkles. Served on My Little Pony paper plates from 1980-something I found at my parents’ house. So here is a shot of the damn cake and one of me eating the damn cake

(watch her HuffPost video about decided not to diet here)

“This is from my recent 25th birthday party. I love it for a couple reasons: 1) It was a striped-theme party, so everyone came in stripes. 2) I only recently became confident/brave enough to wear red lipstick. 3) I have eaten white cake with strawberry frosting and skittles on my birthday every year since I was about 3 years old. I refuse to end that tradition anytime soon. 4) I think I have a birthday glow in this picture. I had a bunch of friends in the room and I remember feeling invincible. An invincible birthday glow-worm.”

(By artist Laurie Skelton)

(Fat Feminist Activist Artist Brenda Oelbaum’s assistant eating chocolate cake in front of a wall of diet books)


(Cake Quote: Hannah eating a piece of dad’s birthday cake.. home from school sick.. coughing, eating, said, “Do you know what part of the cake is the healfiest? The coconut.. even though it is mixed in with chocolate and that brown sticky stuff whatever it is.”)

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Kate on August 4th 2010

47 Responses to “Women Eating Cake”

  1. Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot responded on 08 Aug 2010 at 5:41 pm #

    Hehe, love it! Got to get my pic on here cake munching but I’ll need a fast shutter speed to capture that. Lovely to see Marly here:)

  2. Eat the Damn Cake » I Have A Lot to Learn From My Chubby Arms responded on 11 Aug 2010 at 1:46 pm #

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  3. eatmovelove responded on 12 Aug 2010 at 9:45 am #

    Okay…I really must submit a picture – because cake is my ALL-TIME favorite and I would roll in it if I could. Carrot cake and cream-cheese frosting is my falling, but I would never shun a vanilla or chocolate.

    Hell, it can be bad cake – and I will still doing what that lovely girl in the first photo is doing :)

  4. Eat the Damn Cake » The Beauty War responded on 15 Sep 2010 at 10:57 am #

    [...] Cake Gallery [...]

  5. So We’re Back to Real Life. And “Real Beauty.” [Glossed Over] « Beauty Schooled responded on 20 Sep 2010 at 7:10 am #

    [...] you entertained, plus two riveting guest posts (thanks again Kate, who wants to see pictures of you eating cake, and Siobhan/Alexandra — who have just started offering clean beauty regimen consultations, FYI. [...]

  6. Cakie responded on 26 Sep 2010 at 11:12 pm #

    I love this SO very much! I am all about eating cake (and body love)so will definately have to send you a pic for the gallery! xo

  7. Ella responded on 04 Oct 2010 at 6:37 am #

    This makes me smile. My favourite cake picture (and possibly only?) was taken after a 4 month stint in hospital for anorexia & bulimia. A friend of mine took me out for cake and I ate it. It was so hard,but at the same time, it was soooo good.

  8. [Guest Post] On (Not) Being Transvestite Barbie « Beauty Schooled responded on 17 Oct 2010 at 3:07 pm #

    [...] Eat the Damn Cake. If you don’t know that, you should A) check out her blog, especially the Cake Gallery and B) check out this great post she did for me awhile [...]

  9. Alice responded on 02 Nov 2010 at 6:08 pm #

    Where are mine and Elena’s pictures?! :)

  10. Eat the Damn Cake » Eating a hamburger responded on 10 Nov 2010 at 6:05 pm #

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  11. Christin L. responded on 10 Nov 2010 at 6:43 pm #

    Yay! I love that I made the gallery! I’ll be linking this to my blog for tomorrow! :)

  12. Are you sick of it? | Purple Bird Blog responded on 11 Nov 2010 at 9:15 am #

    [...] last, but not least, go check out Eat the Damn Cake’s Cake Gallery. Eat the Damn Cake is a fabulous body image blog written by Kate, whose writing style I am way [...]

  13. Thoughts on DIPEs (That’s Documented Instances of Public Eating) | Beauty Schooled responded on 16 Feb 2011 at 9:31 am #

    [...] Non-famous woman eating cake from the amazing gallery of said women over on, you guessed it, Eat The Damn Cake. Where Kate asks us to eat cake because it tastes good, not because we're trying to perpetuate any [...]

  14. Women and cake: A love-hate story responded on 23 Feb 2011 at 5:25 am #

    [...] pictures are gorgeous, and the cake looks delicious. And you can be a part of it to. So maybe we should all slice up a big piece of creamy, chocolaty goodness- and damn well enjoy [...]

  15. Women and Cake: A Love-Hate Story | Rebecca Howden responded on 23 Feb 2011 at 5:40 am #

    [...] pictures are gorgeous, and the cake looks delicious. And you can be a part of it to. So maybe we should all slice up a big piece of creamy, chocolaty goodness- and damn well enjoy [...]

  16. anna responded on 03 Mar 2011 at 7:31 pm #

    love these pics and your blog! i have 3 kids and go to a lot of birthday parties, and i always eat the damn cake, am so surprised by all the moms who don’t – isnt that the least i should get out of taking the kid to yet another party?

  17. Jackie responded on 07 Mar 2011 at 12:39 am #

    Mmmmmm. I love to bake the cakes: yellow with chocolate frosting, pound cake with butter frosting, chocolate with chocolate, carrot cake, Nanny’s sour cream chocolate chip cake. It’s all good and I make it from scratch since I’m a food snob. Yum! Bet you wish you were at my house…Thanks for the photos! They are great!

  18. Johnny Keys responded on 14 Apr 2011 at 4:32 pm #

    Anyone who would demonize cake should be taken out and forced to eat cake! Cup cakes, birthday cake, wedding cake, upside down cake, lava cake, rum cake, bundt cakes can make even the worse day worth getting out of bed for. You go girls!

  19. Eat the Damn Cake » Suddenly leaving on a wild adventure responded on 10 May 2011 at 11:54 am #

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  20. Allison responded on 27 Jun 2011 at 7:19 pm #

    Funny how happy it makes me to see women loving their food – and not thinking about the calories! I can’t wait to see more.

  21. Tracey Weldon responded on 28 Jun 2011 at 12:44 pm #

    This page is beautiful. Surely this is what we should be selling, should be striving for – joy, happiness, balance, – i smiled as as flicked down this page – love it x

  22. Meaghan responded on 21 Jul 2011 at 7:05 pm #

    Thank you for these wonderful pictures. Eating cake (and other tasty desserts) is such a normal and enjoyable thing to do. It makes me sad to see the diet mentality that surrounds us saying (and making us believe) differently.

  23. Sara Grambusch responded on 22 Sep 2011 at 7:30 pm #

    I love this page so much.

  24. It’s not all bad news « Recovery from Disordered Eating responded on 30 Oct 2011 at 5:56 am #

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  25. Eat the Damn Cake » Things I don’t remember I’m supposed to care about responded on 02 Nov 2011 at 10:42 am #

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  26. PJ responded on 02 Nov 2011 at 3:31 pm #

    This page made my day.

  27. lynn @ the actor's diet responded on 02 Nov 2011 at 7:51 pm #

    as someone who eats a lot of cake (and cookies and pies and ice cream and…) i applaud this page!!!

  28. Eat the Damn Cake » no title responded on 28 Dec 2011 at 1:50 am #

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  29. Writer Kate Fridkis wants us to Eat the Damn Cake, already « Kate-book.com, the only website for Kates, by Kates, and about Kates responded on 09 Feb 2012 at 9:02 am #

    [...] husband (who she met on her first ever online date), she also does something very cool—she posts photos of women chowing down on cake, sent in by readers. In fact, she’s even teamed up with [...]

  30. Alice responded on 09 Feb 2012 at 9:31 am #

    Love, love, love!!!

  31. Eat the Damn Cake » eat that ice cream! responded on 11 Feb 2012 at 11:56 am #

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  32. Dizzy Lizzie responded on 14 Feb 2012 at 12:57 am #

    This is glorious!!!!!! The world needs more women like you!!!

  33. Spot me « « SamanthaMenzies.com SamanthaMenzies.com responded on 17 Feb 2012 at 12:47 pm #

    [...] this picture of me eating cake here over at Kate’s blog Eat the Damn Cake. Send over a picture of yourself eating cake and [...]

  34. Eat the Damn Cake » Yeah, so I’m a crier. You got a problem? responded on 28 Mar 2012 at 3:37 pm #

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  35. Eating A Salad & Dreaming of a Cheeseburger #WhatsWithLadyGaga — Body Love Wellness responded on 23 Apr 2012 at 8:46 am #

    [...] But in all seriousness, this is typical dieter and disordered eater thinking.  Lady Gaga is definitely putting her diet rules about what she should eat above any possibility that she might be craving a cheeseburger for good reason.  Maybe she needs more calories or more protein or just a reminder of home.  She has a huge net worth and any number of assistants to cater to her whims and yet a cheeseburger is beyond her grasp? It’s so sad that a tastemaker like Gaga can’t allow herself tastes of the food that she wants. #eatthedamncake [...]

  36. Eat the Damn Cake » terrible news: you might have been a loner responded on 23 Apr 2012 at 10:35 am #

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  37. Eating A Salad & Dreaming of a Cheeseburger #WhatsWithLadyGaga | USA Press responded on 23 Apr 2012 at 10:54 am #

    [...] But in all seriousness, this is typical dieter and disordered eater thinking.  Lady Gaga is definitely putting her diet rules about what she should eat above any possibility that she might be craving a cheeseburger for good reason.  Maybe she needs more calories or more protein or just a reminder of home.  She has a huge net worth and any number of assistants to cater to her whims and yet a cheeseburger is beyond her grasp? It’s so sad that a tastemaker like Gaga can’t allow herself tastes of the food that she wants. #eatthedamncake [...]

  38. International No Diet Day & Write On! Recovery E-book Sale until May 6th « Recovery Bites responded on 24 Apr 2012 at 2:52 am #

    [...] to eat the damn cake [...]

  39. How I Celebrated International No Diet Day « Recovery Bites responded on 06 May 2012 at 6:15 am #

    [...] short to go around feeling sorry for having a treat and celebrating life. Let your mantra be to Eat the Damn Cake. Overindulged? A full on binge? Take a deep breath and read 20 Reasons Not to Hate Yourself After a [...]

  40. Eat the Damn Cake » i like the person i am without my hair responded on 16 May 2012 at 11:21 am #

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  41. ScroobiousPip responded on 31 May 2012 at 3:34 pm #

    I just stumbled upon this. Love it! Just a few months ago, I was new at my job, and a co-worker saw me eating a piece of cake, and she said, “You really shouldn’t eat like that with a desk-job.” My response: “Don’t ever tell anyone what they should or shouldn’t eat.” I’m a healthy runner, who used to be extremely anorexic, and I’ve learned to be strong physically and mentally. Eat the damn cake!

  42. Eat the Damn Cake » I love you, Carl Sagan responded on 05 Jun 2012 at 12:45 pm #

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  43. Eat the Damn Cake » the ice cream sundae challenge responded on 13 Jun 2012 at 12:49 pm #

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  44. phoria responded on 07 Sep 2012 at 6:41 pm #

    you have a very white following. i think i should send a photo too. i love cake.

  45. kristine responded on 23 Oct 2012 at 2:50 pm #

    SO SO SO proud of you and ecstatic to find your website. I am committed to women loving themselves, fighting for the lives they so richly deserve. Please, one and all, get a copy of Dancing at the Shame Prom; sharing he stories that kept us small. Co-editors Amy Ferris and Hollye Dexter have gathered remarkable women who were willing to share their deepest shame in the hopes of helping others leave theirs behind. Bless each one of you. Here’s to “eat dessert first, life can be short”.

  46. Myocean responded on 06 Feb 2013 at 10:37 am #

    Lovin your blogs! Ahhhh love the Cake pics too!!!

  47. Simone responded on 09 Apr 2013 at 7:10 pm #

    Dam, I want cake right now! Something with white chocolate and caramel.

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