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• Some Dreams Might Be Better Stolen

  

  Today I was accused, not for the first time, of “stealing people’s dreams.” This happens to those of us who are very vocal about the mountain of research that... Read more

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

• Transformation Tuesday

  

  In several Facebook groups that I belong to, most of which are fitness/athletics related, they have “Transformation Tuesday.” This is code for “Weight Loss... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Stereotyping and Fats Against Humanity Cards

  

  It’s Me! As drawn by the fabulous http://www.tonitails.com!This is a story of using a problematic framework to do kick-ass activism.  There is a popular card... Read more

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

• Store Deletes Employee’s Instagram Pictures Because She’s Not a Size Small

  

  The store Dainty Hooligan sells clothes up to a size large, so employee Sherene Zarrabi was shocked when Jessica Issler, the founder and CEO of the company... Read more

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

• Fabulous Fat Comic Book Hero

  

  I was being interviewed for a podcast yesterday, talking about being a fat athlete, and the host asked me to define fat as it applies to me.  I said “I’m fat.... Read more

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

• 10 Reasons I Ditched Dieting

  

  A friend of mine was added to a Facebook group about dieting without her permission. She responded to the person who added her with this post, and in her honor... Read more

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

• Val Chmerkovskiy Sued for Fat Shaming a Little Girl

  

  Val Chmerkovskiy is one of the pros on the US television show Dancing with the Stars. His fame on the show has garnered him 365,000 Facebook followers. That’s... Read more

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

• Study: Fat, Stigma, and Missing the Point

  

  One of the things that helps perpetuate stigma and hold oppression in place is peoples’s tendency, when told about someone else’s experience of stigma and... Read more

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

• How Fat People Deserve To Be Treated

  

  I talk a lot about how poorly fat people are treated (with shame, stigma, bullying, and oppression) and how that is at odds with how we deserve to be treated. Read more

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

• Model Fat Bashes, Then Claims To Be The Victim

  

  Alysse Dalessandro, a fashion and beauty writer, and designer for the brand Ready To Stare, posted an excellent article from Everyday Feminism called “11 Reason... Read more

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

• The Worst Reason to Lose Weight

  

  Today I’m not talking about people’s individual reasons to attempt to manipulate their body size. People are allowed to do whatever they want with their bodies... Read more

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

• Dillard’s Body-Shames Teen Girl

  

  Over 100 people told me about a Facebook post in which a mom talks about how a salesperson at Dillard’s showed us exactly how not to sell dresses to teenage... Read more

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

• Things “Fat” Doesn’t Mean

  

  Reader Kele sent me this question (and gave me permission to blog about it!)A friend of mine, who is herself fattish, shared a screenshot on Facebook today. Read more

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

• When My Body Became My Friend

  

  Photo by Substantia Jones for http://www.adipositivity.comI had an uncomfortable epiphany on my path to body love.  I was near the beginning of my journey and... Read more

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

• Losing It With Jillian Michaels

  

  Not everyone can combine body shaming, inaccurate information about health and fitness, and cultural incompetence – but Jillian Michaels sure can. A while ago... Read more

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

• #ImFlattered Talks Back To Fashion Bashing

  

  Smart Glamour, a clothing company, has created a campaign called #ImFlattered. In the campaign women appear wearing clothing that they’ve been told is not... Read more

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

• Amazon Says “Stick a Fork In Him, He’s Fat”

  

  For today’s Say Something Sunday post I want to talk about activism that reader Wendy Dirks recently engaged in (and gave me permission to share with you. Read more

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

• If You Really Loved Your Body…

  

  One of the most often used, and poorly constructed, arguments leveled against those of us who do Size Acceptance Activism, is that if we really loved our... Read more

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

• They Want Fat People To Eat Poop Now

  

  Elaine Yu, an assistant professor and clinical researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, will be conducting a clinical trial to see if taking pills... Read more

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

• The (Not So) Tell-Tale (Fat) Heart

  

  This picture and caption combo has gone viral on multiple media platforms:A picture of a human heart held by two latex-gloved hands with the caption “The is... Read more

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