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• Fixing Bad Fatty Memes

  

  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 11 December 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Old Statue, New Fat Shaming

  

  Archaeologists found this marble figure at a dig in Çatalhöyük, Turkey. According to the Ministry of Culture the statue dates to between 8000 and 5500 B.C.... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Santa Fat-Shames Nine-Year-Old

  Like many children, a nine year old boy in North Caroline went to visit Santa and share his Christmas list. Unlike most children, this Santa lacked the... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Flying While Fat – Brilliant Documentary Animation

  

  Stacy Bias is an absolute badass.  You may remember her from her Cards Against Humanity expansion pack – Fats Against Humanity, and her amazing Rad Fatty Merit... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Trump Appointee Wouldn’t Hire Fat People

  

  Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, was recently selected by Trump to join an advisory committee that, according to a news release by the... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• We’re Fat People, Not Metaphors

  

  One of the ways that weight-based bigotry is perpetuated is the use of fat people and being fat as metaphor. Recently reader Jen commented about a situation... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fatphobia Claims Another Life

  

  Today’s blog is pretty intense – content warning for discussion of bullying, harassment, and suicide.Brandy Vela sent her sister Jackie a text that said “”I lov... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Underpants Rule

  

  This is one of those annual tradition posts – it’s the Underpants Rule and it is pretty simple: when it comes to personal choices, everyone is the boss of... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• My New Favorite Fat TV Character

  

  My sadness over the fact that Chrissie Metz’ character in This Is Us has decided to have stomach amputation (announced in an episode that I think they should... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Handling The Friends and Family Food Police

  

  This post is a danceswithfat tradition, offered for those who may have to deal with inappropriate friend and family behavior during this “holiday season”... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Q&A About Chrissy Metz and Contractually Required Weight Loss

  

  Design by Kris OwenChrissy Metz is one of the stars of the television show This Is Us. As is all too often the case, she plays a fat character who is “strugglin... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fashion for Good and Evil

  

  Alysse Dalessandro is the designer, entrepreneur, and general badass behind Ready To Stare, a body positive clothing company that sells clothes from small to 5x... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Khloé Kardashian Urges Bullied People to Hand Over Their Lunch Money

  

  Khloé Kardashian has a new show called “Revenge Body.” The premise is “Let’s make our haters our biggest motivators” and to that end people who have been bullie... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• It’s Not Logic, It’s Fatphobia

  

  The Toronto Transit Commission created a campaign about public transportation that juxtaposed public transportation backgrounds with dancers from the National... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• So Your Friend is Suddenly a Weight Loss Genius

  

  I got this question from a blog reader:How do you cope with people who have lost significant amounts of weight, and who suddenly seem to think that they have al... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• That Fat and Fingernails Thing

  

  Every once in awhile a meme starts going around social media that says “You are not fat. You have fat. You also have fingernails. But you are not fingernails. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Should You Wear a Safety Pin – Say Something Sunday

  

  People in the US are borrowing a response to Brexit. It’s the small act of wearing a safety pin to show that we are in solidarity with marginalized groups. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Ann Coulter Finally Gets Something Right

  

  Ann Coulter, a talking head who has made a name for herself by saying horrible things in front of as many people as possible, took advantage of the recent... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2016 SOCIETY

• War on Obesity – Dead Or Alive

  

  I’ve written before in this blog about how the War on Obesity is conducted in a way that lets us know that they want us thin or dead and they don’t much care... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• What Do We Do Now?

  

  That is a question I’ve heard, and asked, hundreds of times in the last two days. In case you missed it, the United States has elected a proudly racist,... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 FITNESS