Dimensions Magazine

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Dimensions Online is a complement to Dimensions Magazine which is published bimonthly as a forum for those with a preference for the large figure and the people who attract them. It explains relationships, experiences, fat sex, and sexuality from the unique perspective of BBWs and their admirers and reports on issues of obesity, health, lifestyles, and media perceptions. Dimensions Magazine also provides adult entertainment including fiction and photo features with fat-related themes. Dimensions has hundreds of personal ads from big women and their admirers.

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.

Magazine History

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. 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.

Website and Forum

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.

In 1997, the magazine became one of the first regular online magazines. The website began advertising and selling Dimensions Wide Angle Video Productions - soft-core pictorials that featured BBWs. Of these, most heavily promoted was The Feeding Fantasies of Betsy, which introduced feederism to many. They also started DimensionsGirls modeling network, which eventually became part of BigCuties.

The original publisher eventually retired from running the website and sold the whole enterprise in 2015 to a company that runs a number of community forums. Despite several failed attempts to monetize Dimensions, they continue to support it. Due to technical issues, the chat room eventually shut down. The discussion boards have continued to this day, and remain a popular place for discussion of BBW and FA issues.

Issues

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FA-SIG

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21 June 1987 DMcover21.jpg
22 August 1987 DMcover22.jpg
23 October 1987 DMcover23.jpg
24 January 1988 DMcover24.jpg
25 March 1988 DMcover25.jpg
26 May 1988 DMcover26.jpg
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Dimensions Magazine

Volumes 1-14

Issue # Date Cover Featured Model(s)
28 September 1988 DMcover28.jpg
29 December 1988 DMcover29.jpg
30 February 1989 DMcover30.jpg
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34 November 1989 DMcover34.jpg
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36 March 1990 DMcover36.jpg Roz Thomas
37 May 1990 DMcover37.jpg Susan Ziman
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39 September 1990 DMcover39.jpg Seaside Fun
40 November 1990 DMcover40.gif Candy Gram
41 January 1991 DMcover41.gif Teighlor
42 March/April 1991

(first color cover)

DMcover42.gif Petra
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49 May/June 1992 DMcover49.jpg The Lady Sings the Blues
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51 October/November 1992 DMcover51.jpg Gabrielle Gloor
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54 May 1993 DMcover54.jpg New England Bounty
55 July 1993 DMcover55.jpg Linda
56 September 1993 DMcover56.jpg Deidra
57 November 1993 DMcover57.jpg Susan & Mary
58 February 1994 DMcover58.jpg Rhonda Oliver & Betsy
59 April 1994 DMcover59.jpg Heather & Raynea
60 June 1994 DMcover60.jpg Pam, Dee & Betsy
61 August 1994 DMcover61.jpg Raynae & Cyndy Lybrand
62 November 1994 DMcover62.jpg Growing Joy
63 January 1995 DMcover63.jpg Paulette
64 April 1994 DMcover64.jpg Rachel Sabo
65 June 1995 DMcover65.jpg Deborah Cinkus
66 August 1995 DMcover66.jpg Lovely Tina
67 November 1995 DMcover67.jpg Carol Mackintosh & buMpers
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70 July 1996 DMcover70.jpg Gina & Suzan
71 September 1996 DMcover71.jpg Grace & Karen
72 November 1996 DMcover72.jpg Patty & Victoria
73 February 1997 DMcover73.jpg Catherine & Cathy
74 April 1997 DMcover74.jpg Zsalynn & Cindy
75 July 1997 DMcover75.jpg Heather & Lisa
76 September 1997 DMcover76.jpg Cat & Michelle
77 November 1997 DMcover77.jpg Dove & Cari
78 February 1998 DMcover78.jpg Bella & Char
79 June 1998 DMcover79.jpg Terra & Diva
80 August 1998 DMcover80.jpg The Beach Babes & Jamie-Marie
81 December 1998 DMcover81.jpg Victorian Lace & Jensen
82 April/May 1999 DMcover82.jpg Anna & Electra
83 September 1999 DMcover83.jpg Tina & Cleacia
84 January 2000 DMcover84.jpg Karen & Belly Dancing Fatimas
85 June 2000 DMcover85.jpg Kelly & Bobbie

Volume 15

Issue # Date Cover Featured Model(s)
86 December 2000 DMcover86.jpg Heather & Ana
87 September 2001 DMcover87.jpg Cindy & Brie
88 April 2002

(final issue)

DMcover88.jpg Cat

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