Optimal Eating Project (with recipes): Part the Third, Falling Down and Also...
Nope, last week — and this week so far — has just been terrible. The other day, I ate a handful of peanut M&Ms at 5pm, a couple of waffles with chocolate-hazelnut spread at 7, some chips at 9:30,...
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Here We Go Again
And once again, a woman complains that a fat-accepting body-positive space is not accepting enough of her because she thinks she’s disgustingly fat, and wants to lose 12-17 pounds. (The piece by Daisy...
View ArticleYou Wouldn’t Like Me
When people call me nasty names, it hurts my feelings. But when people actively participate in oppressing or discriminating against me and millions of other people, it does a fuck of a lot more than...
View ArticleJim Carrey = Exercise
I hate Jim Carrey. Hate him. Cannot stand to look at his face or hear his voice. He infuriates me that much. I find him utterly repulsive. There’s no particular reason why. My loathing is entirely...
View ArticleWe Mustn’t Make Fun Of the Straight People, Dear
Look, no type of body shaming is ever, ever ok. It’s not. It’s bullying, and it’s awful, and it’s generally misogynistic as fuck. You cannot tell whether anyone is healthy or not healthy by the size of...
View ArticleIn Defense of Anger
How to respond to fat-hate has been a lively topic of discussion lately, it seems like. There have been been humorous approaches, blunt calling-out, and calm dissection. But, of course, what I’ve...
View ArticleWell, isn’t that nice
So apparently some fat-haters on Reddit found me, and are all wringing their hands about how horrible I am for not liking exercise, or something. And a few 4chan fat-haters have noticed me, too. I’ve...
View ArticleFat Queer Bride: First in an occasional series
So we’re* planning our wedding. We’ve got a year or so to do it in. Kate’s working more or less full time right now, and I’m not, so I’m the one doing the heavy lifting on the planning at the moment. I...
View ArticleFat Liberation and Bodily Autonomy
FAT LIBERATION MANIFESTO 1. WE believe that fat people are fully entitled to human respect and recognition. 2. WE are angry at mistreatment by commercial and sexist interests. These have exploited our...
View ArticleOh, Hey
Ragen over at Dances With Fat started up a Facebook community called Rolls Not Trolls a while back, where people could post that anti-fat trolls were invading someplace, and positive fat people could...
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