Dimensions Magazine
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.
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Magazine History
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
(incomplete)
FA-SIG
- Issue 01 -
- Issue 02 -
- Issue 03 -
- Issue 04 -
- Issue 05 -
- Issue 06 -
- Issue 07 -
- Issue 08 -
- Issue 09 -
- Issue 10 -
- Issue 11 -
- Issue 12 -
- Issue 13 -
- Issue 14 -
- Issue 15 -
- Issue 16 -
- Issue 17 -
- Issue 18 -
- Issue 19 -
- Issue 20 -
- Issue 21 - June 1987
- Issue 22 - August 1987
- Issue 23 - October 1987
- Issue 24 - January 1988
- Issue 25 - March 1988
- Issue 26 - May 1988
- Issue 27 -
Dimensions Magazine
Volumes 1-14
| Issue # | Date | Cover | Featured Model(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | September 1988 | 150px | |
| 29 | December 1988 | 150px | |
| 30 | February 1989 | 150px | |
| 31 | ? | 150px | |
| 32 | ? | 150px | |
| 33 | ? | 150px | |
| 34 | November 1989 | 150px | |
| 35 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 36 | March 1990 | 150px | Roz Thomas |
| 37 | May 1990 | 150px | Susan Ziman |
| 38 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 39 | September 1990 | 150px | Seaside Fun |
| 40 | November 1990 | 150px | Candy Gram |
| 41 | January 1991 | 150px | Teighlor |
| 42 | March/April 1991
(first color cover) |
150px | Petra |
| 43 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 44 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 45 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 46 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 47 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 48 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 49 | May/June 1992 | 150px | The Lady Sings the Blues |
| 50 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 51 | October/November 1992 | 150px | Gabrielle Gloor |
| 52 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 53 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 54 | May 1993 | 150px | New England Bounty |
| 55 | July 1993 | 150px | Linda |
| 56 | September 1993 | 150px | Deidra |
| 57 | November 1993 | 150px | Susan & Mary |
| 58 | February 1994 | 150px | Rhonda Oliver & Betsy |
| 59 | April 1994 | 150px | Heather & Raynea |
| 60 | June 1994 | 150px | Pam, Dee & Betsy |
| 61 | August 1994 | 150px | Raynae & Cyndy Lybrand |
| 62 | November 1994 | 150px | Growing Joy |
| 63 | January 1995 | 150px | Paulette |
| 64 | April 1994 | 150px | Rachel Sabo |
| 65 | June 1995 | 150px | Deborah Cinkus |
| 66 | August 1995 | 150px | Lovely Tina |
| 67 | November 1995 | 150px | Carol Mackintosh & buMpers |
| 68 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 69 | ? | 150px | ? |
| 70 | July 1996 | 150px | Gina & Suzan |
|# |Date |150px |Model |-
Volume 15
| Issue # | Date | Cover | Featured Model(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | December 2000 | 150px | Heather & Ana |
| 87 | September 2001 | 150px | Cindy & Brie |
| 88 | April 2002
(final issue) |
150px | Cat |
Related Pages
- Dimensions Weight Room
- Dimensions 500 Club
- Dimensions 900 Club
- Dimensions Wide Angle Video Productions
- DimensionsGirls
