Danceswithfat

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• Dear Abby’s Epic Fail

  

  So egregious was this “Dear Abby” column that over 500 readers contacted me to ask me to write about it. I think it’s a helpful example of everything that is... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Queering Fat Embodiment – An Interview

  

  I am interrupting our usual Marathon Update Sunday because this blog is a stop on the online tour for the new anthology Queering Fat Embodiment (2014, Ashgate). Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dressing Isn’t What’s Ruining Our Salads

  

  I was talking with a friend about vegetables, specifically that in looking at the research eating vegetables is consistently shown to support health but she... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• What Fat People Have to Do

  

  All kinds of things are being floated as things that fat people should have to do either by social pressure or government edict until we are thin (at which poin... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Me and My Food

  

  Today a reader alerted me to one of the most ridiculous reddit threads about me that I’ve seen (and in a group that includes lively conversations about my... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Refusing to Feel Bad

  

  Kelrick and I at the Seattle Marathon finish line with our hard won medals.One of the common tactics that people use to bully fat people – whether it’s for fun... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Marathon Update: How Could I Forget That?

  

  For the last few weeks I’ve been doing a little personal experiment. As I’ve talked about before, this marathon I’ve decided to run/walk instead of just walking. Read more

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

• The Folly of Fearing Fat

  

  As a culture we are inundated with messages about health and weight that are based on fear. It seems that the weight loss industry discovered that “you know... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• What They Never Consider

  

  I’ve heard about studies linking fat to everything from diseases to lower cognitive function. There are any number of issues with these studies – from sample... Read more

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

• Your Weight at Work

  

  Being fat at work can be really difficult to navigate. There is already evidence that fat people get hired less often and paid less money than our thin... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Three Common Fat Activism Myths

  

  As I talk to people who are interested in doing activism against the stigmatization, bullying, and oppressing of people based on their size, there are three... Read more

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

• Jokes, Both Sides, and the Devil’s Advocate

  

  Yesterday I posted about an ad that uses fat jokes and age jokes to sell blinds. Whenever someone points out that something is offensive they are subject to a... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Blinds to Go Doubles Down On Offensive Ad

  

  A few days ago I told you about a Blinds to Go ad that used sizeism and ageism to sell blinds. Many people wrote to Blinds to Go to tell them that the ad was... Read more

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

• Can I Question My Healthcare Provider?

  

  One comment I often get when I teach workshops or write blogs about participating in the discussion about our health, is that people aren’t sure if they are... Read more

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

• Marathon Update: The Insurance Policy

  

  This marathon is different in a number of ways, not the least of which in that it was about a year away when I decided to do it. Read more

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

• Can You Do HAES and Still Want to Lose Weight?

  

  It’s a question I get a lot, especially from people who are new to the blog. Is is possible to practice Health at Every Size and also try to lose weight? Read more

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

• Blinds To Go No No

  

  Blinds to Go has a new commercial, I’ll not be linking to it. It starts with a man who is gray-haired, hairy, and fat doing yoga in his home with the windows... Read more

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

• Don’t All Fat People Want to Be Thin?

  

  Last year when I was training for the marathon I would often see a woman in my neighborhood walking her adorable dog. I would pet the dog and we would chat, it... Read more

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

• When They’re Concerned About Your Health

  

  In response to my post about dealing with body shamers I had a number of people ask me how to deal with concern trolls – ie: those who say something like “I... Read more

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

• Unapologetically Fat

  

  Linda Kelsey has written a brilliant piece of satire showing just how ridiculous obesity hysteria has beco… wait… what? It’s not satire? Are you sure? Really.... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH