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• Fatphobes in Size Acceptance Clothing

  

  As activists and educators make progress in the fight against fatphobia and diet culture, more people and companies who profit from them are pivoting. Examples... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• No, Schools Should Not Perform COVID Weigh-Ins

  

  Jeremy Vine, host of the aptly named British Talk Show, "Jeremy Vine," recently tweeted: "Should schools weigh pupils to make sure they shift the pounds... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Canadian Doctors Admit Utter Failure of Weight Loss Interventions, Then Double...

  

  A Canadian panel has released new guidelines for "obesity management" that seem to be based on the adage "admit what you can't deny, deny what you can't... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• CNN Report: Medical Fatphobia Could Undermine Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccine

  

  A CNN article (that I will not link to here because it is such a dumpster fire of fatphobia) explains that fat people are often left out of drug trials,... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dennis the Menace Becomes Dennis the Fatphobe

  

  Bethany Snyder of Big Fit Deal let me know about this bullshit Dennis the Menace Comic: There is so much bullshit here. It's a single panel comic strip... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Drew Barrymore Weaponizes Her Internalized Fatphobia

  

  Before we get to the post today, I have some exciting news. The Mighty, a fat-positive digital health community, has chosen 50 of their contributors to be... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Problem With A Fat Person Saying That Fat Jokes Are Hilarious

  

  I was asked to comment on a conversation on social media where someone had posted a fat-shaming meme. By the time I got there, the comment section was an... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The “I’m Fat, But I’m Not That Fat” Fallacy

  

  I saw a post today in which someone suggested that they deserved to be accommodated by a clothing line saying: "It's ridic that they don't make my size. I'm fat... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Corporate Wellness – Fighting Back Against Fatphobia

  A few months ago Jen Arnold and I taped an episode of her podcast "Redesigning Wellness" We talked about how we can fight fatphobia within corporate wellness... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• No, We Can’t Agree To Disagree About Fat-Shaming (Or Any Kind Of Oppression)

  

  I took a break from blogging out or respect for the protests against racist police violence. As I start to blog again I want to be clear that work is crucial an... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Is Fatphobia the Opposite of Skinny-Shaming?

  

  In a social media conversation, a fat person posted about fatphobia and received this response from a thin person: I've never really heard of fatphobia to be... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Quarantine Comedy – Weekly Roundup

  This week in my quick comedy videos I talked about things people say to fat people that they think are compliment but are actually terrible, what rescue dog... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Making Activism A Self-Care Practice

  

  I've been thinking about this concept for a while now - about ways to make activism into a self-care practice so that it's more sustainable because it builds... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• No, Anger Does Not Excuse Or Justify Fat-Shaming

  

  Yesterday I wrote about the three arguments I had seen people using to try to justify Nancy Pelosi's unjustifiable fat-shaming of donald. Today, a new bullshit... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Yes Nancy Pelosi Was Fat-Shaming, No It Wasn’t Ok

  

  Yesterday donald claimed that he is taking hydroxychloroquine - a drug that he has been touting from quite some time. Of course, there's no telling if he's... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Response to the NYT Article About Size Acceptance and Weight Loss

  

  I was recently briefly quoted in a New York Times article called " Fighting Fat Discrimination, but Still Wanting to Lose Weight " and subtitled "Is it OK to... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Young Kids Food-Shame Their Dad In Front of 3 Million Subscribers

  

  Reader Iris let me know about this little piece of total crap on the internet. Max and Katy are two young kids with 3.82 million followers. They (and/or their... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Quarantine Comedy – Weekly Roundup

  This week in my quick comedy videos I talked about how I say embarrassing things to celebrities, lazy fat jokes, the hilarious history of rock music, and how... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Bill Maher – Fatphobe, Eating Disorder Denier, and COVID-19 Misinformation Source

  

  Bill Maher is a long-time weight bigot who is always too happy to use fat people as punching bags for ratings. Chrystal Bougon e-mailed me to let me know that o... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Before and After Pictures of a 6-Year-Old?

  

  If you're over your rage quota for the day I recommend reading this later. A person who profits from pushing the Keto diet posted before and after pictures of... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH