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'''Dimensions Magazine''' is the name of a now defunct plus-size magazine, as well as a size acceptance community that grew out of the magazine's website. [[Dimensions Wide Angle Video Productions]] were sold through Dimensions. They were the original owner of the [[DimensionsGirls]] modeling network.
[[File:DM_issue41.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Dimensions Magazine Issue 41, art by Ned Sonntag]]Dimensions Magazine evolved out of a civil-rights-group newsletter. NAAFA (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance) was the original size acceptance advocacy group in the United States aimed at big people. A FA (fat admirer) 'special interest group' (FA-SIG) was formed to discuss FA issues, and a black-and-white paper newsletter, also named FA-SIG, was started for that group. Several covers were drawn by Susan Mason. After a naming competition, the newsletter evolved into Dimensions Magazine.
Dimensions Magazine was published by Shardco Inc in Albany, New York, starting in 1984. It was edited by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer. The owner of Dimensions also owned and published Pen Computing Magazine. Most cartoon covers from 1985 onward were drawn by Ned Sonntag, and in 1989 the magazine introduced color pin-up covers of real models using glossy paper with Issue 42. The magazine featured aspiring models, some of whom became successful online in the years following. The publication of Dimensions Magazine ended in 2002 with Issue 88.
Soon after the mainstream adoption of the internet, Dimensions created a website, posting columns and weight gain stories featured in the magazine as well as running competitions for aspiring models for their publication. Elsewhere, a woman known as BBW-QT created a website featuring personal ads for BBWs and FAs, which included a discussion board and a chatroom. The website's bandwidth charges soon became too much for BBW-QT to continue supporting, as the popularity of the forum and chatroom increased dramatically, so a deal was made for Dimensions to absorb the discussion board and chatroom, while BBW-QT closed her site. The new Dimensions community grew and by the late 1990's, Dimensions had become widely regarded as THE online site for fat admiration.
|May/June 1992
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|The Lady Sings the Blues[[Maureen Costa]]
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|50
|July 1993
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|Linda& [[Brie]]
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|56
|February 1996
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|[[Heather]] & [[Robin]]
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|69
|No. 3
|?April 1996
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|?[[Monique]]
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|70
|September 1996
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|[[Grace ]] & [[Karen(Dimensions Magazine September 96)|Karen]]
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|72
|November 1996
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|Patty & [[Victoria(Dimensions Magazine November 96)|Victoria]]
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|73
|February 1997
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|[[Catherine ]] & [[Cathy]]
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|April 1997
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|[[Zsalynn]] & [[Cindy (BigCuties)|Cindy]]
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|75
|September 1997
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|[[Cat]] & [[Michelle]]
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|77
|November 1997
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|[[Dove ]] & [[Cari]]
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|78
|February 1998
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|Bella & [[Char]]
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|79
|June 1998
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|[[Terra ]] & [[Diva(Dimensions Magazine)|Diva]]
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|December 1998
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|[[Victorian Lace ]] & [[Jensen]]
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|82
|April/May 1999
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|[[Anna ]] & [[Electra]]
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|83
|September 1999
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|Tina & [[TaurusVixn|Cleacia]]
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|84
|January 2000
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|[[Karen ]] & Belly Dancing Fatimas
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|85
|December 2000
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|[[Heather]] & [[Ana]]
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|87
|September 2001
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|[[Cindy ]] & [[Brie]]
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|88
(final issue)
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|[[Cat]], [[Ana ]] & [[Lilly(BigCuties Bonanza)|Lilly]]
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* [[Dimensions Weight Room]]
* [[Dimensions 500 Club]]
* [[DimensionsGirls]]
* [https://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/ dimensionsmagazine.com]
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