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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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Take The Cake: Fat People Deal With Fat Oppression In Different Ways
2. Fat People Are In Survival Mode. I then moved onto a very basic reality: fatphobia is unjust, fat people are oppressed, fat people are being Read...
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Take The Cake: Reframing Jealousy
Jealousy is such an interesting thing to me. As immediate and intense as it feels when it hits, it has always struck me as a secondary — a Read...
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I Spent A Week Naked In Public Without Sucking In My Stomach
I was six the first time I remember sucking in my stomach. Read...
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Take The Cake: Revisiting the Fat Liberation Manifesto 46 Years Later
A lot of people don’t know this, but fat activism has been around in the United States since the 1960s. Yes, it’s true!
The ideas of “fat pride” and Read...
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How The Way Doctors Approach Body Weight Is Killing Women
It’s time for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to take a long, hard look in the mirror and recognize their body weight biases. Read...
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Take The Cake: Who Is LuLu Roman?
It’s hard to be fat in this culture (period), but it feels alchemical to me to watch these stars rise to the top — highly visible, on screens all Read...
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