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• Quarantine Comedy – Weekly Roundup

  This week in my short comedy videos I talked about how kids are weird, my adventures learning to cook, the hardest class in music school, how one day at the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• When Celebrities Lose Weight

  

  There's a lot of talk going on about a certain songstress's body size manipulation. This happens a lot so I wanted to talk about it in a more general way, rathe... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• International No Diet Day And The Life I Could Have Had

  

  Happy International No Diet Day! Whenever I talk about my choice to permanently get off the diet roller coaster, some concern trolls insist (with no evidence... Read more

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

• Why Can’t They Talk About Weight Loss Here?

  

  I posted a comedy video last week about being a moderator for Fat-Positive groups on Facebook. One of the things I talked about was people who break the "no... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Quarantine Comedy Weekly Roundup

  This week in my short one-woman-open-mic comedy vids I talked about growing up with possibly the world's worst last name, moderating fat-positive Facebook... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Ways We Accidentally Continue To Participate In Diet Culture

  

  Living in a fatphobic society means that liberating ourselves isn't a one-time deal. We have to keep fighting back against the negative messages that we receive... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Rx to Swallow Balloons (Still) Kills Fat People, FDA (Still) Doesn’t Care

  

  In September of 2017 I wrote a blog post called " RX to Swallow Balloons is Killing Fat People." (It was a follow up to a blog post I had written a few months... Read more

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

• You Can Help Make California’s Crisis Care Guidelines Inclusive – Here’s How!

  Here is an important message, and call to action, from the #NoBodyIsDisposable coalition. Please consider taking the actions below and/or sharing this... Read more

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

• Quarantine Comedy Weekly Roundup

  Regular readers will know that my foray into standup comedy (unapologetically fat performers FTW!) was brought to an abrupt halt by the lockdown. So I've been... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dealing with Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders In Quarantine

  

  This quarantine can be incredibly difficult for those dealing with disordered eating and eating disorders. Challenges can include dealing with insecurity... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• When Good Friends Share Bad Memes – Dealing With Fatphobia

  

  Thanks to everyone for the blog topic suggestions I'm writing away based on your great thoughts! Today's blog comes from a conversation with Justine Sutton aka... Read more

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

• WTF Weight Watchers

  I hope everyone who is reading this is doing as well as possible given what's going on. I want to be honest that I'm struggling a bit about what to blog about... Read more

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

• Webinar – Know Your Rights in Health Care During COVID-19 For Fat, Disabled,...

  

  I'm hearing a lot of people who are very concerned about experiencing fatphobia, ableism, and/or transphobia if they require healthcare for COVID-19. Of... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Thinking About So-Called “Thoughtful Portions ™”

  We've been in quarantine for almost a month now. Julianne is in a high-risk group because of her asthma and we are both concerned that our care would be... Read more

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

• Responses to COVID-19 Fatphobia

  

  Sorry to have been away, I have a recurring neck issue that... recurred. Usually I knock it down with ice/traction/anti-inflammatories/PT. The physical therapy... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Getting the Healthcare That Thin People Get – And More

  

  I have written a lot about strategies that fat people can use to attempt to overcome their healthcare provider's weight bias in order to get competent... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Let’s Play Diet Ad Bingo!

  

  While many of us are spending lots more time at home, I thought it might be a good time to play a little Diet Ad Bingo: I have become incredibly annoyed with al... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Three Cough Drops Are Not A Snack And Other Terrible “Health” Advice

  

  There is so much terrible information being spread about healthcare right now (some coming directly from the "president") but this mess, found by Beckie H, migh... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The “I Dieted Successfully, So You Can Too” Mistake

  

  I was recently part of a discussion about weight loss online. I was pointing out the research about intentional weight loss methods - and the fact that what... Read more

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

• These Coronavirus Weight-Gain Memes Need To Stop Right F*cking Now

  

  Greetings from social isolation, I hope that everyone reading this is doing as well as possible as we navigate this together. We're in the middle of a global... Read more

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