Danceswithfat

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• Dealing with Diet Talk

  

  I’ve had several readers ask about how to deal with diet talk – especially its uptick during the holiday season. There is no doubt that whether it’s donuts in... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Public Health Missteps

  

  In what I believe are well meaning efforts to create public health messaging, there have been what I consider some very serious missteps. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Horrible Holiday Diet Tips

  

  Every year I do a post around this time about dealing with the Friend and Family Food Police at the holidays. This year instead of posting that here, I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Elephant in the Room

  

  Time Magazine has a cover with a profile picture of governor Chris Christie under the headline “The Elephant in the Room.”Time called it a “figure of speech” an... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Out of the Shadows

  

  When I was a seven year old girl and just learning to hate my body, a group of women were choosing to stop hating theirs. Today is the 30th anniversary of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Seriously, It’s Not Fair

  

  I talk a lot on this blog about ways that fat people can advocate for themselves, and that thin fat activists can help advocate for us. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• They Don’t Know Fatties

  

  I was thinking today about how often we are told that, as fat people, everyone who is not fat is a better witness to our experience than we are. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Giving My Body What It Deserves

  

  I spent the last three days keynoting at the absolutely fabulous Abundia retreat. Being in the presence of those amazing women (hi y’all! Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Anonymous Coward Bullies Children On Halloween

  

  I woke up to over 500 readers who let me know about a woman in North Dakota who has taken it upon herself to visually identify children as “moderately obese”... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, FAMILY, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Our Bodies Our Selves

  

  One of the many issues with the idea of the “War on Obesity” or “Preventing Obesity” or talking about “the Obese” is that it defines people entirely by their... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Taking Up Too Much Space

  

  One thing that fat people often tell me makes them uncomfortable is the idea that they take up too much space. Here’s what I think about that. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Suffering from Obesity

  

  Belly Bump with one of my heroes – Marilyn WannI decided to repost this blog based on a few conversations I had and saw in the last few days. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Tom Hanks’ Doctor Might Be Totally Incompetent

  

  Tom Hanks recently announced to the world that he has been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Let’s get the first thing straight – he, like Paula Deen... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Even If Weight Loss Would Solve It All

  

  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 23 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Imagine If It Was Really About Health

  

  I was pondering today what might happen if everybody who said that they cared about health (and not just about body size) really did care about health (and not... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Bullying For Our Own Good

  

  I was in a documentary called America the Beautiful 2 – The Thin Commandments (now available on Netflix.) The director, Darryl Roberts, asked me for my... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Both Sides Now

  

  I am often struck by a particular issue in public health messaging wherein there are two sides of an issue but we ignore one of them in order to reinforce... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Michelle Obama’s Repeated Mistake

  

  Last year when I found out that Michelle Obama was going on The Biggest Loser, I wrote an article with Darryl Roberts talking about what an absolutely horrible... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 DEBATE, FITNESS, HEALTH, SOCIETY

• Worth Looking At

  

  A judge once told me that she “couldn’t stand to look at me” in this costume and that I had “no business wearing spaghetti straps. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fat In Person

  

  The lovely ladies of More Cabaret Fatting it Up at the Day Spa! (I got nature on me for this picture!)I’m sitting in a hotel room in Las Vegas, and I’m... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH