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• F*ck PETA

  

  Fair warning, if you couldn’t tell from the title, today is a swearing ranty day. PETA is up to their old tricks, using fatphobia to try to convince people to... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Caffeinated Underpants for Weightloss?

  

  Reader Jenna sent me a link to an article that brings a whole new meaning to The Underpants Rule and has one of the best first paragraphs I’ve ever read:“If... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Living a Normal Life

  

  Reader Deanna sent me an article (TW: The article has some problematic language) about how her city has purchased ambulances that are created to accommodate... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Self-Esteem For Sale

  

  Today I have seen multiple commercials for diet companies and beauty products and it reminds me of something that my friend CJ Legare says – that the companies... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Stronger

  

  It’s Me! Or, it’s my Phat Avvy, created by the fabulous http://www.tonitails.com!Everyday I get hundreds of heartbreaking e-mails from people who are doing thei... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Online Dating in a Fat Suit

  

  Recently a site dedicated to “the fine art of picking up girls” decided to see what happens when men and women get dates online using pictures of them thin,... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Cool Story Bro

  

  One of the ways that fat people are oppressed is that people feel free to substitute their stereotypes and stories for our actual experiences. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Prescribed To Fat People, Diagnosed In Thin People

  

  One of the things that always astounds me about the way that our society currently deals with weight and health leads to fat people being prescribed behaviors... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Body Respect – The Interview

  

  Sorry the blog is a bit late today (I’ve been traveling and I’m a bit behind on everything!), but I think you’ll find it’s totally worth the wait. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Doctors Don’t Get To Be Everybody

  

  I am super excited about being a blogger for Weight Stigma Awareness Week, which starts today. You can get all the information here! Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Marathon Update: The Big Reason

  So since I announced that I’m doing a second marathon people have been asking why.  Especially since I was so very, very miserable training and doing the first... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fat Discrimination Is Real Discrimination

  

  In an absolutely ridiculous piece for The Mirror, Fiona Phillips tries to make the point that discrimination against fat people is somehow not “real”... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Too Fat for the Holidays

  

  It’s a special day for me – I just got my first e-mail from a company trying to make money by making me terrified that “the holidays” are coming and I’m... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Things That Aren’t Bullying

  

  I was in a conversation where I was pointing out how completely screwed up I think it is to body shame strangers for sport on the internet, and someone responde... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• BELVIQ – Hilarious If It Wasn’t Horrifying

  

  I talked a couple of days ago about why I think it’s important to avoid supporting organizations like the Obesity Action Coalition. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Write a Letter, Feel Much Better

  

  As fat people in a fatphobic society, we deal with a bunch of ridiculous bullshit all the time, from family and friends food police to street harassment to... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Why I’m Not Signing the OAC Petition

  

  Over the past few days I’ve received a number of requests to sign and share a petition. On the surface the petition looks like a good cause – removing fat... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Marathon Update: Bad Days

  

  One of the things about a long-term, difficult to achieve goal like a marathon is that it leaves ample opportunities to have bad days. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Food Morality Thing

  

  Allison is a new reader, and she e-mailed to ask me a question that I get a lot regarding my feelings about food moralizing – the practicing of labeling food... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Of Course Katie Hopkins is Being Ridiculous

  

  I have a few rules for this blog (they’re really more like guidelines…) and one of them is that if 100 non-troll people ask me to write about something I usuall... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH