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What to Do About Paranoia
Do you experience paranoia? This comic has some guidance that can help.
Read MoreYour Fat Friend’s Facing Cruelty Every Day – Here’s Why They Need Your Help
These appalling stories are sadly common – and unfortunately, it’s also common for others to blame or ignore a fat person being harassed. This is an urgent call for change.
Read More10 Bigoted Ideas Posing as ‘Tackling Obesity’ with the Foodscape Argument
Is it really progressive to try supporting low-income people by targeting their “unhealthy” eating habits? That’s what the foodscape approach claims – but here’s the truth.
Read MoreBMI Is Bullsh*t – Here’s Why It’s Time for Doctors to Ditch It
Can you really measure your health by a simple number like the BMI? This awful trip to the doctor’s office shows how this misleading method is hurting us.
Read More5 Practical Tips to Help You Through Dissociation
Do you experience dissociation? It can feel like you’re detached from your surroundings – and these are some techniques that might help.
Read More5 Things Not to Say to People with Crohn’s Disease
#1: “But you look so good!” Would you ever say one of these phrases to someone with Crohn’s Disease? Here’s why they’re insensitive things to say.
Read More5 Harmful Ways We Fail Teenage Girls as a Society
#4” “Their ambitions, opinions, and interests are dismissed as ‘fads.’” If you add to any of these ways society mistreats teenage girls, it’s time to rethink your approach.
Read MoreWhy You’ve Got to Stop the ‘Tough Love’ for Your Fat Friend’s Health
So you’re “just trying to help” by wanting fat people to lose weight? Then you need to know how awful it feels when even well-meaning people treat fat bodies as failures.
Read More4 Small Ways to Avoid Toxic Messages When Addressing Exercise with Our Children
#1: “Exercise shouldn’t be framed in terms of weight loss.” In a world of toxic messages about health and fitness, how do you talk to your kids about exercise? These changes can help.
Read MoreShe Didn’t Believe in Thin Privilege – But Here’s What Changed Her Mind
We’ve all made mistakes in activism, and Angelina L.B. (aka albinwonderland) is owning up to one of hers. Her new perspective on fatphobia makes a lot of sense to us!
Read More6 Ways to Respect Your Fat Friends While Discussing Your Fitness Regimen
“4. Think Twice Before Posting Before and After Photos on Social Media.” It may feel harmless to discuss your fitness life – but here’s how you might be hurting your fat friends.
Read MoreWhat Happens When People Think You Don’t Look Like You Have an Eating Disorder
“That’s what’s so hard…no one sees it.” Do you think you can tell if someone has an eating disorder just by looking at them? Think again.
Read More4 Myths About Drug Users I Unlearned After Losing Someone I Loved to Overdose
She went from anger about drugs to working in Harm Reduction with a kinder approach to drug use. Here’s her poignant story of unlearning common myths about drug users.
Read MoreYes, Very Skinny Women Still Have Thin Privilege – Here’s Why
Are you being oppressed if people say you need to “eat a cheeseburger” because you’re thin? Yes – but it’s more complicated than saying thin privilege doesn’t exist.
Read MoreHere’s How Fatphobia Is Being Marketed to You – And Why So Many of Us Buy Into It
Example #1: “Selling fat loss as health.” People have been trained to be afraid of fat – but it’s time to be aware of how fatphobia is being sold to you for profit.
Read MoreWhy Your Fat Friend Doesn’t Need Your Health Concern – And What to Do Instead
“I just want you to be healthy.” If you think you’re being helpful by showing concern for your fat friend’s health, you really need to read this.
Read MoreHow I Coped with Grief After a Miscarriage
“I didn’t know who I was. Or who I was supposed to be.” It’s hard to know how to heal from the terrible experience of a miscarriage. Here’s how this author recovered from this trauma.
Read MoreWhy Every Man Should Care About Abortion Rights
Do you know how much men influence access to abortion? While it’s called a “women’s issue,” men play a powerful role in abortion rights and stigma – and here’s the info that too many men are missing.
Read MoreHeartbreaking Questions This Poet Has Heard As a Woman, Midwife, and Advocate
“What do I do?” Have you ever been asked these questions – or asked them yourself? Poet and doula Kayla Q captures the strength and vulnerability of being a woman in a sexist society in this poignant performance.
Read More4 Reasons Why Tattooed Women Need Feminism
Women with body modifications like tattoos and piercings face a unique set of challenges with public examination. Here’s what makes this a feminist issue.
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