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• Best Response Ever to Thin Model Wearing Plus Size Clothes

  

  I can’t go ten minutes without hearing about how 257% of the people in the world are fat Everybodypanicthisisacrisesdeathfatzarecomingtogetyou!So imagine my... Read more

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

• Lane Bryant, Indecency, Sexiness, and Fat People

  

  My Best Friend, Kelrick, got her for me at a little shop near his apartment in Astoria, I don’t know the artistrejected by major networksmentally and... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Flying Fat – You’re Right, It’s Not Fat Shaming

  

  Whenever I speak out about the fact that people of all sizes should receive the same service when traveling by plane (specifically – travel from point A to poin... Read more

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

• So You’ve Been Inconvenienced by a Fat Person

  

  A couple of days ago I wrote a blog to remind people that equal access is not special access. What followed was a predictable flood of comments (that I will... Read more

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

• What To Call Fat People – Person First Language and Fat People

  

  I posted a piece called Person First Language and Ableism on my Facebook page. It started an interesting conversation about language, including as it relates... Read more

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

• Creating a Size Friendly Gym

  

  Nobody is ever obligated to go to the gym or work out. But for fat people who want to go to the gym, it’s important to remember that it’s our gym too and we... Read more

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

• Armless Chairs – Equal Access Is Not Special Access

  

  Far too often people create spaces as if fat people don’t exist. Reader Chloe wrote to tell me about an experience in which she arrived at the doctor’s office... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• What To Do When A Kid Is Fat Shaming Themselves

  

  I’ve talked in other posts about how to to help a kid who is being fat shamed. But perhaps even more heartbreaking is when you hear a kid fat shaming themselves. Read more

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

• 11 Reasons Why I Focus On Health and Not Weight

  

  I got the following e-mail today:This whole Health at Every Size thing is nothing more than fat people justifying being fat and being too lazy to diet. It simpl... Read more

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

• Cheryl Tiegs – Former Model, Current Fat Shamer

  

  Nearly 500 readers e-mailed and Facebooked me asking for a post about this, so here you go! For the first time ever, a “plus size model” (or, as I like to call... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fatphobic Nurse Makes Me Say F*ck Seven Times

  

  Tristy Taylor is a super cool woman who I met through fat activism.  I think I was first introduced to her via her video Fat Strong Lady, about being an... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dealing With Bad Body Image Days

  

  Bad body image days can happen to anyone, any time, no matter where they are in their body love journey. How we deal with them can help determine whether they... Read more

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

• Apparently Our Necks Are Too Fat Now

  

  Reader Ana let me know about a YouTube Channel that focuses on hairstyles and has almost 900,000 followers. In a tutorial about “Hair Hacks Every Girl Should... Read more

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

• Fat and Eating Disorders

  

  This painting was gift to me from my Best Friend, Kelrick.The first is when we see “obesity” compared to “eating disorders” as if they are opposites. Read more

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

• Ify Ufele Stole Fashion Week and My Heart

  

  Regular readers know that I’m not much of a Fatshionista, though I’m happy to fight for other fatties to be able to get their fashion on. But I saw the story... Read more

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

• Or Maybe Fat People Aren’t Doing It All Wrong

  

  Every day we are lied to about dieting, weight loss, weight, and health by people who profit from the lies. We are told that anyone who tries hard enough can... Read more

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

• Deepak Chopra Wants Us To Meditate Our Fat Away

  

  Now in addition to shilling for Weight Watchers, Oprah is shilling for Deepak Chopra’s new weight loss gimmick, a 21-day meditation challenge called “Shedding... Read more

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

• Craigslist Ad: Free Weight Loss Surgery for Marketing

  

  File this under “I didn’t think they could sink any lower.” Marilyn Wann let me know about a San Francisco medical practice that used Craigslist to offer free... Read more

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

• Healing One Doctor At A Time – Say Something Sunday

  

  Far too many healthcare practitioners operate out of size bias and “everybody knows” beliefs about weight and health that are not backed up the research –... Read more

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

• Fat Tax and Diet Failure – The Perfect Storm

  

  As I was scrolling through my Facebook feed two articles came across in a row. The first was about how a University health sciences lecturer in Barbados made a... Read more

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