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• An Open Letter To James Corden From A Fellow Fat Person

  

  Hi James, or maybe you'd prefer Mr. Corden? Can we talk about your response to Bill Maher? Actually, before I get into that, I want to say that I'm a fan of you... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Weight Watchers Is Harming Kids For Money

  

  Weight Watchers (or WW as they're trying to rebrand themselves, as if it changes their legacy of harming fat people for money) has launched a new app for... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Church Leader Fat-Shames Teen, Who Fights Back Beautifully

  

  Jenna went to church to sing and celebrate as a worship leader in the contemporary band at her Methodist Church. But then Sister Bonnie-Better-Than-You of the... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fashion Bashing – Just Don’t

  

  I was recently in a Facebook conversation with someone who posted this picture of Barbie Fierra, just to tear her down: The person on Facebook started by... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The “Even Though They’re Fat” Fallacy

  

  Had this exchange on Twitter : If you are responsible for training about a lifesaving procedure, using the words "Even though they..." to describe the people... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Nike’s Plus Size Mannequins Uncover the Truth About Weight Stigma

  A couple of years after introducing their plus size line, (which still has plenty of room to grow as it currently only goes up to 3x) Nike has added some plus... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dismantling Diet Culture

  

  In honor of No Diet Day, I wrote a blog post for the National Eating Disorders Association blog (I'm an Offical NEDA Ambassador!) about recognizing and resistin... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• US Airline Customer of Size Policies

  I recently wrote about the many ways that airlines mistreat fat passengers. That resulted in a lot of people asking me about the policies that airlines have... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Many Ways Airlines Mistreat Fat Passengers

  

  In the United States, every airline but Southwest forces people who don't fit into the arbitrarily sized seats (or who require an extension for their arbitraril... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Debating Dieting – You Go First

  

  My path into Health at Every Size started with a review of all the diet literature that I could get my hands on. That's how I first learned that there's not a... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Moving Beyond Weight-Neutral to Body Affirming

  

  I was recently named an official Ambassador for NEDA (the National Eating Disorders Association) It puts me in absolutely incredible company and I'm truly... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Study Plans To Starve Kids “For Their Health”

  

  In another example of so-called medical professionals deciding that it's acceptable to risk fat people's lives and quality of life to try to make us thin, the... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Risking Fat People’s Lives “For Their Health”

  

  One of the ways in which diet culture harms, and can even kill, fat people is its perpetuation of the idea that a fat life is more risk-able than a thin life.... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Salad-Eating Fatphobe on Plane Gets Just Desserts

  

  Ok, let me start by apologizing for that title, I just couldn't help myself. Now on to the good news. A fatphobe found herself seated in the middle seat on a... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Super Bowl, Fat People, Prioritizing Health, and Hypocrisy

  

  One of the reasons most commonly given for refusing to treat fat people with basic human respect, or to represent fat people in the media as happy, or successfu... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Photoshoot Friday – My Fat Positive Session with Lindley Ashline

  

  Ok, let's start here: Photoshoot Friday isn't so much an actual thing as an excuse for using alliteration. Which is to say it won't be anevery Friday kind of... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Before You Call A Fat Person at the Gym “Brave”

  

  There is a concept in Fat Activism called the "Good Fatty Bad Fatty Dichotomy." coined by Kate Harding. Basically, it's the idea that fat people should be... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Three Easy Ways to Know If A Diet Study Sucks

  One of the most frustrating things about weight loss (so-called) research, is that the media often covers any weight-loss study as if the conclusions they... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Swap Your Resolution for a Revolution

  

  We have reached another of the Dieting Axis of Evil days - New Year's. Where we are inundated with messages insisting that it's in our best interest to resolve... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Short Term Weight Loss Lie

  

  The vast majority of people who attempt intentional weight loss end up gaining the weight back in a few years, with many gaining back more than they lost. So... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2018 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH