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• It’s Prom Time – Let’s Shame Fat Girls

  

  Amy took great pains to make her prom night special in a way that worked for her – she got a dress that she loved, she had her hair done, she did her make-up.... Read more

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

• Stop Telling People to Just Be Positive

  

  Rarely does a day go by that someone doesn’t respond to my activism by saying something like “If you’re happy just live your life and don’t worry about what... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• People Change, Activism Works – Say Something Sunday

  

  We can never control the outcomes of our activism, we can only decide what it is we want to put out into the world. The best we can do is give people... Read more

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

• Michelle Bridges Can…Meet Me

  Not content with the fame and money she has acquired for mentally and physically abusing fat people on the television show The Biggest Loser Australia,... Read more

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

• We Don’t Have To Earn Body Love

  I recently blogged about a truly ridiculous article that was yet another remix of the mistaken belief that fat people have some obligation to be “healthy” by... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Parkrun, Fat People, and Exactly What Not To Do

  

  If you’re not familiar with Parkrun, here is how they describe themselves:From humble beginnings in 2004 with 13 runners at Bushy Park in London, parkrun has... Read more

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

• It’s True: Body Positivity Isn’t An Excuse To Be Unhealthy

  

  In their column “Unpopular Opinion” xojane gave Rutvi Mehta the opportunity to engage in the same tired healthism, sizeism, and body positivity bashing that... Read more

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

• American Eagle Thinks Body Positivity is a Joke

  

  Several weeks ago Aerie, a subsidiary of American Eagle Outfitters, launched a series of videos that they described as a body positive approach to marketing... Read more

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

• Woman Fired For Saying “Fat”

  

  Reader Erin let me know about this situation that recently happened at Addition Elle which is, according to their website:[T]he style destination for fashion... Read more

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

• When Not to Make Fun of Fat People

  

  Recently a number of people sent me an internet meme.  It shows a fat person, shot from the back on a machine at the gym with the caption “Making fun of a fat... Read more

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

• Wentworth Miller’s Fat Shaming Apology Falls Short

  

  A confused looking fawn colored pug with the caption “WTF Are You Doing?”A website called The LAD Bible, which describes itself as “home to the best funny, vira... Read more

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

• The Thing About Concern Trolls

  

  A pug puppy’s face is shown with a very sad expression. It is captioned “Concerned Puppy is very Concerned”I get a lot of mail from people who asked someone to... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The War On “Obesity” is Seriously Harming Kids

  

  Recently PS Mag posted an article called “The Youngest Casualties in the War on Obesity.” It opens with the story of Jaime, a 11 year old who developed an eatin... Read more

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

• “Obesity” and Smoking – There’s No Comparison

  

  In response to my recent post about how unlikely significant long-term weight loss is, someone on Facebook posted the following:“If most people who try to quit... Read more

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

• Amazing Response from Girl Bullied for Her Size

  

  This is Landon. My friend Jeanette DePatie had him made for me to commemorate the number of times cyberbullies call me a LandWhale (note his adorable vestigial... Read more

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

• Weight Loss, Joint Issues, and the Man Behind the Curtain

  

  One of the things that I find incredibly frustrating in discussions that I have about weight and health happens when I point out that there is not a single stud... Read more

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

• Dealing with a Fat Shaming Massage Therapist

  

  I have found massage therapy to be amazing – most of the massage work I get is sports massage but I’ve also had the occasional relaxation massage. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Nobody Tells This Woman How to Dress

  

  How messed up do you have to be to take to social media in order to try to tell people of a certain weight what they can and can’t wear? Read more

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

• When Every Body But Yours is Beautiful

  

  We had our first call for the Body Love Obstacle Course tonight. This subject came up so I decided to repost this. One of the most common e-mails that I get is... Read more

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

• Good Fatty Bad Fatty BS

  

  The Good Fatty/Bad Fatty Dichotomy (originally named by the fabulous Kate Harding) happens when people try to divide fat people up into two categories, and... Read more

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