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• UK Bans Irresponsible Diet Ad

  A weight loss peddler called “The Diet Chef” created an ad utilizing the tired “before and after” trope in which a thinner (and, predictably, much better dresse... Read more

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

• Weight Watchers Tells Us To Stop Hitting Ourselves

  

  There was a “game” my brother and I “played” growing up, in which one of us would grab the other’s arm and use their own hand to hit them whilst saying “Why... Read more

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

• Some Seriously WTF? Fashion Advice

  

  Several readers let me know about this truly ridiculous article from brightside.me called “Seven Mistakes We Make When Choosing Clothes that stop us looking... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• A Required Uniform Should Fit

  

  A feminist-identified group put out a shirt for sale on Facebook in response to Trump’s horrific comments glorifying sexual assault. It was a great shirt that... Read more

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

• So You Have An Opinion About Fat People’s Health

  

  Because our society is so incredibly thin-obsessed and fatphobic, sometimes people get confused and think that a fat body is a walking invitation for their... Read more

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

• Maria “No Excuses” Kang Has Found Some Excuses

  

  You may remember Maria Kang from her fifteen minutes of “What’s Your Excuse” fame.Now, like so many diet peddlers before her, Maria’s gained some weight and is... Read more

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

• Is Canadian Obesity Network Really OK Killing 15 of Every 1,000 Fat People?

  

  I’m sure that the folks (or at least some of the folks) at the Canadian Obesity Network are well-meaning and well-intentioned but wow are they doing some... Read more

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

• Fired for Being Fat

  

  Recently eight Egyptian television hosts were told that they must lose weight or lose their jobs. All eight hosts were women, and they found that they had been... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Does Fat Shaming Make People Fat?

  In the past week I’ve received questions from several readers asking about articles they had seen that said research shows that fat shaming is linked to... Read more

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

• Kirstie Allsopp Can Eat Me

  

  Kirstie Allsopp hosts a British Television show about real estate. Apparently she’s looking for a second job as an officer with the food police. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Raising Body Positive Kids in a Body Negative World

  

  I’m honored that this post is part of BEDA’s Weight Stigma Awareness Week, please check out all of the awesome work that they are doing. I was at an event... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• School Dress Code – No Fat Chicks

  

  Design by Kris OwenBrookhaven Elementary school in Mississippi prioritized students not seeing a 9 year old girl in a “too snug” t-shirt, over that girl’s... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Come for the Clothes, Stay for the Stomach Amputations?

  

  Reader Jen was in her local mall, trying to get herself some clothes at Torrid, a store that caters to plus size people. What she got instead was a big sign... Read more

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

• Tim Gunn’s Plus Size Mistake

  

  Tim Gunn is “a design educator, author and Emmy-winning co-host of “Project Runway” according to the byline of a piece he wrote for the Washington Post. Read more

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

• Dear Fat People: We Deserve Better

  

  The world is not built for fat people, and the larger we are the more things are inaccessible (and this often intersects with the oppression of other... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Horror of “Obesity Autopsy”

  

  Yes, the BBC is airing the autopsy of a fat person. No, it’s not ok. I can see the meeting now, someone stands up and says “how can we create programming that... Read more

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

• Our Spaces, Our Rules

  

  SourceThis week there has been a rush of people on my social media who have been shocked , shocked I tell you, shocked and appalled, that I wouldn’t allow them... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Gym Fat Shames, Activists Shut It Down

  

  Using the corporate logo, a Gold’s Gym franchise in Egypt posted a picture of a pear with the caption “This is no shape for a girl” to their Facebook page. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Those Trump Statues

  

  An organization called Indecline installed nude Trump statues in cities around the country, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland and... Read more

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

• Fat Shaming Shouldn’t Be An Olympic Sport

  

  Alexa Moreno recently found herself the subject of a whole lot of fat-shaming on social media. Normally, that would be no surprise since, sadly, there’s tons... Read more

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