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A Visit from Aunt Fattie
We were thrilled when Shapeling A Sarah posted this poem as a rejoinder to a grossly fat-shaming one that is making its way around via email forwards. Thank you, A Sarah, for sharing your brilliant wi… more →
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A Visit from Aunt Fattie
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wrote 3 years ago: We were thrilled when Shapeling A Sarah posted this poem as a rejoinder to a grossly fat-shaming one … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: Where can I find fat friends?
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wrote 3 years ago: Dearest Aunt Fattie, I need fat friends. As soon as possible, please. Over the past year I’ve … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: What do I say when people compliment my weight loss?
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wrote 3 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, Over the past couple of months, I have embraced HAES, starting working on my negat … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: Why was I left out of the fat girls' weekend getaway?
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wrote 3 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, Last summer one of my best friends (we’ll call her K) spent the day at the b … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I stop feeling negative about my girlfriend's fat?
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wrote 3 years ago: Hi Aunt Fattie – So I’m a late-twenty-something lady who is dating another twenty-someth … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: Can I ask my school to provide bigger chairs?
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wrote 3 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I am starting law school in August. I am excited about school and my career plans. … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: My new potential beau hates his fat
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wrote 3 years ago: Dearest Aunt Fattie, I was recently excited to stumble across an online dating site which includes a … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: Post-pregnancy clothes and premenstrual syndromes
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wrote 3 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie; I have a fat activism conundrum. I am (was?) a thin fat-acceptance ally, and a sur … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I stop grief eating?
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wrote 4 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, My father is dying. The end is very close – he’s in his final hours. I … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: How can a fat woman find love?
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wrote 4 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I’m in a quandary. I’m a thirty-something woman, intelligent, fun, fat … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: Do I qualify for HAES?
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wrote 4 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I’ve been fairly thin my entire adult life – between 120 and 130 pound … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: Can I make my friend go to the doctor?
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wrote 4 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I have a friend who is heavier than I am, and insists that there’s no point … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I talk to fatties in public?
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wrote 4 years ago: Hi, Aunt Fattie For awhile I’ve been wanting to reach out to other plus sized people in public … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I get a job when I look pregnant?
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wrote 4 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie: I’m a college senior, about to enter the big wide job market, and I’m … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I talk sense into my dieting friend?
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wrote 4 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I have a bit of a conundrum. One of my friends used to be slightly overweight, now … more →
Ask Aunt Fattie: What if I never stop gaining weight?
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wrote 4 years ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I am deeply afraid I will never stop gaining weight. I am 25 years old and 250 pou … more →
Introducing Aunt Fattie
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wrote 4 years ago: Editors’ note: We frequently get emails and blog comments in which readers ask for advice. The … more →
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