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• Telling Food-Shamers to Take a Hike – In Song

  

  Food-shaming happens all year long, but the holidays often mean parties and gatherings around food, which can make it a food-shamer's paradise. So Jeanette... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Jillian Michaels Is Still Trying to Glamorize Bullying

  

  I guess that Jillian Michaels was desperate to get in the news again because she's on Yahoo.com talking nonsense in a piece titled "Jillian Michaels warns of... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fat People and Your Tax Dollars

  

  Anyone who attempts to even suggest that fat people have a right to be treated with basic human respect, and that other people's fat bodies are nobody else's... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Let’s Talk About Unsolicited Weight-Loss-Themed Gifts

  Whether it's a diet cookbook, a membership to Public-Weigh-In-Watchers, a "health food" delivery service or something else that we didn't ask for, giving fat... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Super Cute Dogs Teach Us How To Deal With Food Shaming

  

  As the holiday season brings food in the office, parties, family feasts and more, there is always a massive spike in the e-mails I get from people who are tryin... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• How To Leave Toxic Diet Culture Behind And Pursue Actual Health – Podcast

  

  I originally wrote an article called "How To Leave Toxic Diet Culture Behind and Pursue Actual Health" for the Better Humans platform on Medium. When they... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• A Song To Appreciate Your Amazing Body

  If you are ready to declare that your body is amazing, this song is here to help! Jeanette DePatie and I have collaborated on a series of revamped holiday songs... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dealing with Family and Friend Body-Shaming

  

  The article "Tell Loved Ones They are Overweight This Christmas" is making the rounds again. I will not be linking to it because I have no interest in driving... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• TikTok Thinks That Fatphobia Can Be Solved With More Fatphobia

  

  Online bullying is a serious problem. But TikTok, the popular video-sharing forum, decided that it would "help" by limiting the reach of, wait for it, the peopl... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Importance of Fat Friendly Seating – In Song!

  If you understand the importance of fat-friendly seating, then this song (to the tune of Carol of the Bells) is for you. If you don't understand, then this... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• When Body Size Is Due To Health Issues

  

  People are lots of sizes for lots of reasons. Some people's weight increases due to health conditions, some people's weight increases as a side effect of... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• A Song For People Who Are Sick of Diet Talk

  If you're tired of hearing diet talk, then this song (to the tune of "Let It Snow") is for you! Turn it up and sing along (or hum it under your breath at... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• How To Stop Ruining The Holidays For Fat Friends and Family

  

  I spend a lot of time helping fat people deal with the bullshit fat-shaming that comes our way daily, and that often escalates at the holidays (whether we... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• How To Throw a Fabulously Fat-Friendly Event

  For many people the holidays are coming, which can mean lots of gathering with family, friends, co-workers, people you don't know that well but who invite you... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• The Tricky Argument That Dieting Makes People Fatter

  

  As the whole Kurbo disaster has unfolded (in case you missed it, Weight Watchers - aka WW [insert eye roll here] decided that their best move was to harm... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Fat-Positive Offline Spaces – Fatch at the Plus Bus

  

  On Saturday Julianne and I headed to The Plus Bus Boutique in LA to watch Fatch, a fat sketch comedy troupe (fat + sketch = Fatch!) and the experience has me... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Victoria’s Secret Hires Anti-Fat Plus-Size Model

  

  Fat people didn't even fully get out our half-hearted this-is-still-hella-problematic cheer of Victoria's Secret's choice to (fricking finally) hire a... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Higher Standards – The Next Frontier of Fat Activism?

  

  Fat people are taught early and often that we should have low standards, and low expectations. We're supposed to be ok with a limited selection of clothes that... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• When You’re Stuck In A Room With A Fatphobe

  

  This post was inspired by the amazing Naomi Finklestein, an anti-diet coach at Redefining Wellness, She recently found herself in the position that plenty of... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH

• Dressing Doesn’t Ruin Salad (Unless You Don’t Like the Dressing!)

  

  This has come up in several conversations lately, so I thought it was a good time to update and repost this. Trigger warning: I'm going to write about food,... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2019 DIET & WEIGHT, FITNESS, HEALTH