#Cass Elliot

[arealtrashact]

Make your own kind of music, sing your own special song

[70sgroovy]

joni mitchell, cass elliot, and judy collins at the big sur folk festival, 1968💐🌞

[fatphobiabusters]

This post is to remember the singer Cass Elliot who tragically died due to fatphobia. To put it simply, an entire life of cruelty about Cass Elliot's fatness caused her to resort to starvation diets, substance misuse, and what very well could have been an eating disorder. She attempted to survive the fatphobia by playing the fatphobic, stereotypical role of the "funny fat person." Not even in death was she allowed to escape fatphobia, as her tragic death was used as a fat joke by spreading a rumor that she had died by "gluttony." More specifically: choking on a sandwich. Despite that not being true, people continue to believe that debunked myth today. If not for this fatphobic society, Cass Elliot, an incredibly talented singer, would not have died at age 32, involuntarily leaving her only daughter parentless, and likely would have still been alive today.

If you're not sure who Cass Elliot was, this is one of her most iconic songs with her former band:

And here is a solo performance by her. Some people might recognize this song since it was apparently used for a TikTok trend:

For more details about the horrendous fatphobia she endured her entire 32 years, here is a video and two articles that explain. A trigger warning for the second article since it uses the slur "ob*se" and "overweight."

In memory of her, please do not call her "Mama Cass." She hated that nickname because it was used specifically due to fatphobic stereotypes.

If anyone needed an example of how deadly fatphobia has been for centuries, I hope you'll think of Cass Elliot, one of the plethora of people who have been killed by fat people's systemic oppression and still faces oppression to this day while 6 feet under.

-Mod Worthy

[popculturebaby]

Michelle Phillips and Cass Elliot in September 1966

[lascitasdelashoras]

Cass Elliot, por Clive Arrowsmith

[infoggydreams]

[newwavesylviaplath]

i hate sundays.

[vintagebaby]

cass elliot, 1967.

photographed by jerry schatzberg.

[scoobydoobaday]

The New Scooby-Doo Movies S02E07 - The Haunted Candy Factory (1973) Hanna Barbera Productions

[justapopculturejunkie]

Michelle Phillips and Cass Elliot, June 1967

Monterey International Pop Festival

📸 Henry Diltz

[lesbianjonimitchell]

Joni Mitchell and Cass Elliot at a picnic at Cass Elliot's house, 1968. 📸: Henry Diltz.

[meadow-dusk]

before International Women's Day was over I wanted to put together a little tribute to my favorite women in music. These ladies' voices have shaped my life and helped me discover the sound of my own!

Cass Elliot | Dusty Springfield | Grace Slick |Janis Joplin | Joni Mitchell | Judith Durham | Judy Collins | Julie Andrews | Karen Carpenter | Mary Hopkin | Petula Clark | Ronnie Spector

[legendarytragedynacho]

Cass Elliot & Michelle Phillips by Jim Marshall

Memory of good times: Food served on a flight

[anotherdayinbliss]

Mama Cass of the Mamas and the Papas, ca. 1970. Photos Michael Ochs Archives.

[boxwright]

The Mamas & The Papas - John Phillips

[secrethate]

mama cass singing ‘dream a little dream of me’ in 1970