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Please Don’t Compliment My Weight Loss
I’m not exactly sure how to take this. Is being thin a consolation prize for being sick? Read...
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Why Is It So Hard For A Fat Person To Find A Comfortable Place To Sit In San Francisco?
It’s important to recognize that tiny or unsupportive seats (no matter how beautiful) send a silent but powerful message about who has the right to Read...
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Take The Cake: Why It’s Important to Preach To The Choir
It takes a lot of ongoing effort, labor, and love to fight for justice and to question the culture. People in the “choir” opt out of fitting in or Read...
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Take The Cake: On International Women’s Day I Celebrate The 31% Stock Plummet of WW
I can think of few things more worthy of celebrating on International Women’s Day than the slow and very public decline of a company that has Read...
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Take The Cake: Diets Don't Work (But They Do Give People These 4 Things)
Dieting is a socially sanctioned method of mentally high-tailing out of whatever is going on and keeping you entirely in your head, laser-focused on Read...
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Linking BMI To Sexual Orientation Ignores A Bigger Health Threat — Homophobia
The study leads one to wonder if the intended advice is for one's BMI or sexual orientation. Read...
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Take The Cake: 20 Ways To Be Fat Positive (No Matter What Size You Are)
Fat positivity creates room for fat people to be seen with full humanity — not as failed thin people, but as complete and precious. Read...
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Take The Cake: My #FatAtFashionWeek Diary
When it comes to plus-size fashion, we’re all outsiders to this world — a world that makes amazing garments in our size and welcomes us with open Read...
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