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• Fat People Don’t Owe You Justifications

  

  Image Text: Weight stigma and diet culture can fool fat peopleinto believing that we owe explanations and justifications for our body size, food choices, and... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• My Trip to Fad Camp

  

  When I got the invitation to be a guest on the Fad Camp podcast , which deals with diet culture through comedy, I couldn't agree to be a guest fast enough. As... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• That Tragically Flawed Gary Taubes Article

  

  Image Text: What would fat people's health outcomes look like if we weren't constantly subjected to whatever "interventions" the diet industry thought would mak... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• How Can You Ignore The Correlation Between Weight And Health?

  

  This is one of the most common questions I get - the question goes - there is such a strong correlation between being higher weight and having health issues, ho... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Sarah Paulson’s Fat Suit Problem

  

  Image Text: Excellent fat actors struggle to get good roles, so we don't need thin actors wearing our bodies like a costume and cosplaying fat people. In the... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• David’s Bridal Distributes Unsolicited Diet Propaganda To Plus Size Customers

  

  Image Text: Dear David's Bridal, sell wedding clothes not weight stigma A reader let me know about this TikTok, where @stassiesims discusses the email that she... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Talking Weight Stigma with FatDoctorUK Natasha Larmie

  If you're not following @FatDoctorUK on Instagram then I highly recommend doing that right now. She has created a new podcast and I had the extreme honor and jo... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Bolting Fat People’s Mouths Shut Is Not Healthcare

  

  Image Text:"Medical Professionals" created a device to bolt fat people's jaws shut. Subjects reported discomfort, speech issues, and feeling tense/embarrassed.... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fast Facts About Diets

  

  Image Description:A picture of Pinocchio on brown background with the text: I don't know who needs to hear this, butdiet companies arelying to you. As we... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Does That Study Really Say You Can’t Be Fit And Fat?

  

  CNN ran a recent headline "Fat but fit' is a myth when it comes to heart health, new study shows" and since then I've received a lot of requests to write about... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• HAES Health Sheets – Diagnosis-Specific Info for Weight-Neutral Healthcare

  

  Dr. Louise Metz, Tiana Dodson and I have been hard at work on this project and it is now officially launched! It's called HAES Health Sheets and it's a free... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Is Pfizer’s Vaccine Really Less Effective For Fat People?

  

  I've received more than a hundred requests to write about a recent Guardian article with the headline "Pfizer vaccine may be less effective in people with... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dear Fat People – Don’t Feel Guilty About Getting Vaccinated

  

  Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been stories all over the media about higher weight people being at higher risk for COVID-related... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Navigating Fatphobia in Healthcare

  

  I recently had the honor (and fun!) of being a guest on the What The Hell Do I Eat podcast. We talked about how to navigate a healthcare system that is largely... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Two Truths And A Lie With Larger Living

  

  I had so much fun in my recent interview with Dot from the Larger Living podcast! We covered a lot of ground around fat activism, fat athletes, medical weight... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Catch My Episode Of Hanging With Langan

  

  Today I got to be on Maureen Langan's show "Hanging with Langan." It's not everyday I get interviewed by a award-winning journalist, comic, radio, and televisio... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Co-Founder of Intuitive Eating Explains How Kaiser Got It Wrong

  

  In a recent newsletter, Kaiser Permanente promoted a page on their website about "Intuitive Eating" as part of their Thrive Program. The page has caused an... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Jen Kirkman Weaponizes Her Internalized Fatphobia and Fatch Talks About It

  

  First of all, super exciting news - I have joined Fatch, a Fat Sketch Comedy Group whose members are all kick ass and hilarious women who I'm completely... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2021 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Four Fat Activists With A Fat Positive New Year’s Song

  

  Last year Jeanette DePatie and I re-wrote and recorded a bunch of holiday songs to be about fat positive anthems, including a version of Auld Lang Syne that... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dance Class – Holiday Themed and Fat Positive!

  

  Last year Jeanette DePatie and I re-wrote a bunch of holiday songs to make them fat positive, including Jingle Bell Rock, which we turned into My Body Rocks.... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH