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• Even If Weight Loss Would Solve Every Problem

  

  Weight loss is touted as a miracle cure. We’re promised that it will make us healthier, happier, more attractive – that the life of our dreams is just a diet... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• What My Body is Not

  

  Photo by Doug SpearmanI get so many messages about what a fat body is, I thought I’d talk about some of the things that my body isn’t:My Body is Not... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• New Nightmare for Fat Flyers

  

  A company called Zodiak Seats France has applied for a patent for their “Economy Class Cabin Hexagon.” In this air-born nightmare some seats (including the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Public Health Without Weight Stigma

  

  It’s become popular in recent years to act as if “public health” means making fat people’s heath the public’s business, or at least that most public health... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The War on Obesity – Even If It Kills Us

  

  I often talk about the war on obesity in terms of the way in which it’s goal is to eradicate fat people. Every once in a while someone will object to my use of... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Having Your Bullies Surgically Removed?

  

  I’ve been asked a lot about a couple of articles that have been making the rounds. In one, a woman says that she’s decided to have weight loss surgery after... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Lies, Statistics, and “Childhood Obesity”

  

  Several memes have been making the social media rounds based on a New York Times headline: “Obesity Dropped 43% Among Young Children In Decade, Study Finds” Whe... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• If We Really Cared About Kids’ Health

  

  Yesterday I blogged about a terrible program designed to give kids a grade for their body size. Unfortunately this is not the first experiment foisted upon... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• New Way to Give Fat Kids a Failing Grade

  

  An article in the New York Post today shows us exactly how screwed up our society has become when it comes to weight, health, and kids:“Gwendolyn wound up on Th... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Not a Civil Debate

  

  I got a series of comments from someone who was suggesting that fat people should be forced to lose weight for the good of society. After I didn’t approve any o... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Because Fat Bias Kills, That’s Why

  

  Every once in a while someone asks why I bother fighting anti-fat bias an oppression, suggesting that it’s no big deal. That hasn’t been my experience, or the... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• A Big Fat Fairytale

  

  A reader sent me an article today that claiming that most fat people have no idea that we are fat. I’ve seen articles about how doctors don’t talk to their fat... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Should We Be Fat Talk Free?

  

  Thanks to reader Harmony for providing the inspiration for this post! Part of it is a re-post from a past blog and part of it is new to address new questions. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Who Looks Healthy

  

  Picture thanks to reader Morgan!I saw a picture on Facebook comparing Marilyn Monroe to a very thin woman.  The picture was about their “beauty” but many... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Questions for Diet Companies

  

  Besides the obvious question for the diet industry – How can you live with yourselves making 60 billion dollars a year selling a product that hardly ever works? Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fat People Claiming Our Place

  

  Design by Kris OwenPeople choose lots of different hobbies. for many fat people our choice of hobby can mean extra work and/or activism on our part. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Tell the EEOC Not to Allow Workplace Discrimination

  

  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (which had previously filed lawsuits on behalf of employees negatively affected by “voluntary” wellness programs tha... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Weight Loss as Revenge?

  

  In response to my piece about those clickbait “nobody could believe what happened next” videos (where the only thing that happens is that a person who isn’t... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Five Phrases for Size Acceptance Self Defense

  

  In a world that is consumed with “thin” as the ideal of both beauty and health, and where many mistakenly believe that public health should be about making fat... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Everyone Should Have Expected What Happened Next

  

  You’ve seen them. Videos with clickbait titles that say things like “Nobody expected what happened next!” or “Everyone was shocked by what happened next” when... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH