Danceswithfat

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• Marathon Update: Music To My Ears

  

  So based on a combination of what I want to write about and reader feedback, I’ve decided that I’m going to blog about my marathon training on Sundays. Read more

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

• Let’s Combat Sexism with Sizeism!

  

  Marilyn Wann made me aware of a project by artist Anna Gensler. She decided that it was time to do something about the objectifying messages that she was gettin... Read more

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

• Fat, Fault, and Disabilities

  

  First of all, just to let you know today’s blog might be triggering, it’s a discussion of some bigotry that I saw surrounding fat people with disabilities.I... Read more

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

• Flying Fat Part 2 – But It’s Not Fair to Thin People!

  

  I wrote yesterday about my issues with the idea that fat people should have to pay twice as much as thin people for the same customer service experience (in thi... Read more

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

• Air Travel With Added Saddle Bags

  

  Reader Pauline let me know about a conversation on the site Etiquette Hell about flying while fat. The conversation is indented and may be triggering, you can... Read more

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

• The Thing About Experience

  

  I hear these kinds of things all the time: I know that fat people eat this way because it’s what I did when I was fat, or because I’m fat and I eat that way,... Read more

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

• Big Fat Double Standards

  

  I’m watching a television show in which a thin, stereotypically “beautiful” woman is going through a break up and responding by eating huge spoonfuls of ice... Read more

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

• Mama Told Me Not To Run

  

  Kelrick and I at the finish line of the 2013 Seattle Marathon with our hard won medals. You can tell I’m tired because my usual third position stance is hella... Read more

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

• Are Fat People Really Oppressed

  

  This has been coming up a lot lately so I thought I would discuss it again today. Let’s start here: the definition of oppression is “the exercise of authority o... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Charles Barkley Fat Shames for Fun and Profit

  

  Charles Barkley is a paid spokesperson for Weight Watchers. He is also paid to be a commentator on TNT’s Inside the NBA. He decided to let those two worlds... Read more

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

• If You Tell a Girl She’s Fat

  

  A recent study by researchers at UCLA found that if girls had been called “too fat” by someone by age 10, they were more likely to be “obese” at age 19, and tha... Read more

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

• 10 Reasons I’ll Never Diet Again

  

  May 6 is International No Diet Day! In honor of INDD I took some time today to reflect on the many, many years I wasted dieting and came up with 10 reasons... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Gabourey Sidibe’s Internet Doctors

  

  Gabourey Sidibe recently gave a beautiful speech on confidence:“I hate that [being asked about the source of her confidence] I always wonder if that’s the... Read more

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

• Your Mask First

  

  I get lots of questions from parents asking how to help their kids have a positive body image and high self-esteem, and I get questions from people asking... Read more

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

• What Fat Acceptance Doesn’t Mean

  

  Sorry for the lapse in blogging, More Cabaret hosted our first all plus-size variety show in Los Angeles and it was awesome. Then we moved, that was less awesom... Read more

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

• You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry

  

  Thought Catalog reprinted my response (sadly without the links) to the ridiculous “6 Questions I Have About Fat Activism” piece by Carolyn Hall. Read more

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

• Death by Fat

  

  Some people seem to truly delight in telling me that I’m going to die sooner because I’m fat. The studies that I’ve seen are deplorable science and maybe I’ll... Read more

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

• Six Questionable Questions About Fat Acceptance Answered

  

  A piece appeared in Thought Catalog today [a million trigger warnings] called “6 Things I Don’t Understand About the Fat Acceptance Movement” by Carolyn Hall... Read more

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

• What If You’re REALLY Fat…

  

  I’m producing a show of Plus Size Performers from Los Angeles (details here) and moving this week, plus we’re taking care of a rescue puppy who is severely... Read more

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

• Experiments with Fat Kids

  

  Tonight I took part in a panel about childhood obesity tonight. It went well and I’ll do a full write-up later, but in the meantime I wanted to re-post this jus... Read more

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