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Dear Fat Person: You're Not Welcome11 comments

bigliberty wrote 6 days ago: Author’s note: Characters are purely fictional. Trigger warnings for the kind of rank hate and … more →

Tags: Beauty, Dating, Fat Employment

The 95% Problem21 comments

bigliberty wrote 2 months ago: A much-touted number around the Fatosphere is 95%. 95% of diets fail to keep weight off long-term, a … more →

Tags: healthism, Moral Crusades, Moral Panics, Moralizing Fat, war on obesity

Unpacking the Fat: People Like Me23 comments

bigliberty wrote 3 months ago: 1. People like me get thrown off flights, especially if they’re too full, and asked to pay dou … more →

Tags: Fat Acceptance, Fat Hate, Moral Crusades, Moral Panics, Obesity Epidemic, war on obesity

Fattie Fall Fashion 2011 Edition1 comment

kittypaws9 wrote 7 months ago: Oh, Fall, I love thee so. Only thing I despise (besides raking leaves) is matching up socks because … more →

Tags: Me, Fatastic, Fattie Wisdom, Shopping, Fat, Fashion, Accessories, Plus Size, Shoes

Round is a Shape, Too!

blairopolis01 wrote 9 months ago: The subtitle to this post might well be a direct quote from Futurama’s Bender-the-Robot:  … more →

Tags: Weight discrimination, weight discrimination, Futurama, Bender, Beauty

Starfleet Uniforms Don't Come in Plus Sizes

blairopolis01 wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been engaging in a marathon attempt to watch all 7 seasons of Star Trek: Voyager.  I … more →

Tags: Weight discrimination, weight discrimination, Star Trek

Fat hate.

amaya001 wrote 10 months ago: Bias against fat people is widespread. Even fat hate is rampant, especially on the internet, where p … more →

Tags: Self Esteem, Fat Hate, fat shame, Fat Stigma, prejudicial views, overweight person

The Conflation of Poor and Fat9 comments

bigliberty wrote 10 months ago: You’ve heard it around. It makes it onto the various fat feeds from time-to-time. It even regu … more →

Tags: Sociology, Making Fat People Thin

Living Our Fat Lives of Active Isolation8 comments

bigliberty wrote 10 months ago: This isn’t going to be the most coherent post. I’m angry, sad, and exhausted. I’m … more →

Tags: Fat Employment, fat need not apply

By BMI, I am too fat to live2 comments

kittypaws9 wrote 1 year ago: Me in the Florida Keys I am morbidly obese. That’s right, according to my BMI, I should drop dead an … more →

Tags: Me, Diet, Fat, Fatastic, Fat Acceptance, Plus Size, Women, doctors, bmi

[Never Say Diet] Shouldn't Yoga be for Every Body?2 comments

Virginia Sole-Smith wrote 1 year ago: Can I get a holla for the beautiful picture on today’s Never Say Diet post? When you’re … more →

Tags: Never Say Diet, Body Image, ivillage, Virginia Sole-Smith, Yoga, weight bias, Size Discrimination, plus-size yoga

No Empathy for the Fat in Healthcare2 comments

bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: I saw this Scientific American article in my Google Reader this morning, and it struck me right away … more →

Tags: war on obesity, Fatphobia in Medicine/Health

The Fat Balancing Act4 comments

bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: This is a post initiated by Raznay’s “Some Studies Show Fat Is Bad… Mmmkay?” … more →

Tags: Fat Myths, healthism, Moral Panics, Fatphobia in Medicine/Health, Moralizing Fat, Science of Size, studies

Diet Talk is a No-No1 comment

kittypaws9 wrote 1 year ago: Diet Talk. Those are two horrible little words. I face it, you face it, we face it. Hell, you might … more →

Tags: Me, Fatastic, Fattie Wisdom, Food, Diet, Fat, Fat Acceptance, Plus Size, Women

Recognizing Size Bias

shaunta wrote 1 year ago: Please come read the post you’re looking for at my new self-hosted blog (liveoncejuicy.com). I … more →

Tags: Mind, Spirit, Body Acceptance, HAES, Fat Acceptance

fat bias in action2 comments

Rachel wrote 1 year ago: This is a graphic from this doctor's website. It's hilarious how little my experience rese … more →

Tags: inspirations, spring '11, Raleigh, Fat, obese, obesity, Fatness, Lee Ann Roberts, raleigh gynecologist

What They Actually Mean

bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: Ever find yourself reading an article that brings up weight and size in even the most oblique way? D … more →

Tags: Webcomics

Photoshop Used to Make People Skinnier12 comments

bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: This should be required watching for all size activists. This is what we’re up against — … more →

Tags: Mainstream media, Making Fat People Thin

Lane Bryant Debacle Response, and Fatshion Suggestions5 comments

bigliberty wrote 1 year ago: So recently there has been quite a deserved hullabaloo over a very crude comment made by Lane Bryant … more →

Tags: Fat Shopping, fatshion


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