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• KeyBank – Banking on Diet Culture

  

  Diet culture is so ingrained in our current daily that we run the risk of forgetting that it is very seriously messed up. So I think it's important to point it... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Comebacks To Shutdown Fatphobia – Part One

  

  Recently I asked people on social media to give me fatphobic phrases for which they'd like comebacks. And you delivered! So much so, that I'll be doing this in... Read more

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

• Your Weight Regain Is Not Your Fault

  

  I hear a lot of stories, sometimes from people actually trying to defend the diet industry, where the person lost weight in the short term, but then gained it... Read more

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

• Dealing with Diet Commercials

  

  In response to a request that I put about for fatphobic things for which people would like some comebacks (a blog post I'm currently working on) I received... Read more

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

• In Celebration of Armchair Activism

  

  Armchair Activism, sometimes called "Slacktivism" can tend to be put down as "not real activism" That's bullshit (it's also ableist and classist AF, but we'll... Read more

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

• Four Types Of People Who Break The “No Weight Loss Talk” Rule in Fat-Positive...

  

  In response to my post about how we can and should have spaces that don't allow diet or weight-loss talk -a question I got a lot is "Who are these people who... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Love Song To IRL Fat Community and The Plus Bus

  

  Online fat community is absolutely amazing, and I have met incredible friends and fellow activists online. There can also be something really special about bein... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The High Cost of Fatphobia

  

  It has become quite a popular practice to calculate the "costs" of fat people. (As if it's ok to decide that a group of people with shared physical... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Doctor’s E-mails Expose Their Fatphobia

  

  Today in an online group that is supposed to be about maternity care, two doctors decided that they would rather show why they are incapable of providing ethica... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fatphobia And The Frustration of Secret Accommodations

  

  Kathy Deitch is one of the multi-talented (like, o riginal Broadway casts of Wicked and Footloose talented) stars of the sketch comedy group Fatch. After their... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fixing Fatphobic Memes – Adorable Baby and Seal Edition

  Is there anything worse than scrolling through social media just to find that somebody confused fatphobia with cleverness and then decided to visit it on the... Read more

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

• The Academy of Pediatrics Wants To Amputate Kid’s Stomachs – There Are Much...

  

  I saw the article in the LA Times Science Section, and then I saw red. The title was "More kids who are severely obese should have weight-loss surgery,... Read more

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

• Dentists’ Dangerous Diet Talk

  

  Reader Alissa was just trying to get her kids good dental care. Instead they got a mouthful of bad nutrition advice. She says: This was the second time we had... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Funny Fat Girl

  If you've been reading to the bottom of my blog posts recently, you've seen me announce that I would be doing a stand-up set as a guest performer at Fatch's... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fat People Avoid The Doctor Because Of Weigh-Ins, And That Matters

  

  I received an e-mail from a reader who is worried that she is having some health problems, but has been afraid to go to the doctor because of the fat-shaming... Read more

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

• Stealing from Fat Positivity to Sell Diets – Looking at You “Biggest Loser”

  

  You've seen the weight loss companies' marketing - "This is a wellness program!" (with weekly weigh-ins.) "This is all about health!" (But the only thing we... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Jillian Michaels Continues To Be A Horrible Human Being, This Time Dragging Lizz...

  

  Lizzo is an incredibly talented person - a singer/songwriter who, at her concerts, sings, dances, and plays the flute. She killed it on Saturday Night Live. Sh... Read more

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

• Yes, We Can (And Should!) Have Groups That Don’t Allow Weight Loss Talk

  

  We have a right to safe spaces - to create them, to maintain them, to participate in them, whether it's a group we moderate, or just our own social media... Read more

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

• The Minnesota Starvation Experiment Was Less Strict Than Modern Diets

  

  The Minnesota Starvation Study began in 1944 as a response to WWII and a way to generate information around how to help people recover from starvation and... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Study Shows That Watching TV Creates A Preference For Thinness, Golden Globes...

  

  Reader Chris let me know about this study, in which researchers worked with "men and women" (cis being presumed, no mention of trans or nonbinary people) in a... Read more

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