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8 Helpful Tips for Flying While Fat
Judgments from other people, the fit of the seat, the unpredictability of the seat belt length… lots of things can make flying while fat uncomfortable. Here are Jes Baker’s fun tips for making it easier.
Read MoreWhen the ‘Fat Girl’ Develops an Eating Disorder
“How could I not fall in love with my illness?” This is how it feels to go from being the girl everyone calls “fat” to the one congratulated for her weight loss – weight lost to an eating disorder.
Read MoreWhat Happens If We Let Fat People Be Happy?
We all love a good, body-positive message, right? That is, if the woman behind the message is relatively thin. If she’s fat, or writes positively about bodies of all sizes, abilities, and more, she gets a tidal wave of criticism. Why? There’s a massive, toxic industry behind it. Here’s how and why we should reject the absurd notion that only weight loss means happiness.
Read MoreWhat Happened When This Fat Woman Wore a Bikini
This author debunks concerns about health, comfort, and “glorifying obesity” while she rocks a bikini and, contrary to expectation, doesn’t lose weight to do so.
Read MoreThe Unbelievably Cruel Words Fat Women Hear on the Street
We need to talk about a horrific and common form of street harassment: the cruel way people treat fat women who are doing nothing more than existing in public.
Read MoreIs the Childhood Obesity Crisis a Big, Fat Red Herring?
Kids are, allegedly, getting fatter. But not a single study shows that weight loss works for more than 5% of people, and, by the way, despite fears about obesity, U.S. life expectancy continues to rise. So why are people continuing to fixate on childhood obesity? I think maybe because it’s obscuring a much bigger, scarier issue. This issue being childhood poverty.
Read More5 Ways To Create a Femme Friendly Workplace
There’s a myth is that if you have enough women and femmes in your organization, your organization is automatically not sexist or femmephobic. This is absolutely untrue, especially if the only way for women and femmes to get ahead is to emulate men and masculinities. When I talk about femininity and masculinity I am talking…
Read MoreComing Out As Queer Is Even More Complicated For A Fat Person
This article was originally published on The Establishment and republished here with the author’s permission. I came out as fat to myself about five years ago. I also came out as bisexual to myself around the same time. Both were gradual and mutual processes. “I think that there is a coming out process around being fat that…
Read MoreWhen I Was Trolled and Fat-Shamed By One of My Male College Students
“I hate you and everything you stand for.” This is HORRIFYING – and it says a lot about misogyny and men’s entitlement in our society.
Read More8 Small Things I’ll Do to Raise a Fat-Positive Kid
This world’s got some messed up messages about fat bodies – so how can you raise kids to be fat-positive? These are some great ideas.
Read MoreYour Fat Stigma Is Racist – Here Are 6 Ways to Shift That
Have you noticed how white standards of beauty affect body image for people of color? Here’s how to shift fat positivity away from white supremacy.
Read More4 Things Getting Doxed Taught Me About Being a Fat Person
Her story of going through doxxing, an extreme form of online harassment, is horrifying. But these lessons she’s taking from it are powerful.
Read More6 Assumptions About Fat Fetishism I’d Love For Us to Reconsider
People who dig sex or relationships with fat people can get a bad rep. But here’s good reason to think twice before dismissing them as “perverse” fat fetishists.
Read MoreThese Body Positive Icons Prove That ‘Fat Girls Can Do Whatever They Want’
“You’ve been taught your entire life that you need to shrink or hide or disappear.” This uplifting message is such a change from what we’re used to in the media!
Read More4 Ways Fat People Need to Be Included in Reproductive Justice
Fat people are being denied reproductive choices – and this disturbing truth is invisible in the larger feminist movement. Here’s why that needs to change.
Read More7 Phrases You May Not Think Are Fat Shaming – But Definitely Are
“You’re wearing that? You’re so brave!” It’s possible to fat shame someone without meaning to – so look out for these sneaky phrases that can cause more harm than good.
Read MoreDating While Fat: 5 Questions I Ask Before Committing to a Partner
Being fetishized and shamed as a fat, Black, queer woman is so common that this author has come up with five essential questions about dating partners. Here’s an empowering take on what it means for her to be valued in a relationship.
Read MoreStop Shaming People By Comparing Being Fat to Smoking – Here’s the Difference
Have you ever made this comparison? You might think that showing “concern” for smokers and fat people is all just about encouraging people to be healthy. Here’s a comic with an essential reality check.
Read MoreWhat Everyone Needs to Know, But Is Afraid to Ask About Fat Sex
Many people feel self-conscious about having sex with smaller partners. This author is a fat woman who’s had lots of awesome sex, and she’s sharing her empowering insights and helpful tips.
Read MoreI Had Cancer – And Medical Fat-Shaming Could Have Killed Me
Fat shaming isn’t about helping people get healthier – and nothing makes that more clear than this terrifying story of a doctor’s awful choice that’s far too common.
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