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Cartoon: You Look Great!
Another collaboration with the wonderful Becky Hawkins! If you like these cartoons, please support them on Patreon! A small pledge makes a big difference. I’ve read many fat people’s accounts of losing weight due to illness and having their friends … Continue reading
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Cartoon: It Weighs You Down
This cartoon is another collaboration with Becky Hawkins. If you like these cartoons, help there by more by pledging $1 or $2 at my patreon! Every bit helps. This month, two cartoons ended up being completed at more or less … Continue reading
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My Response To Helen Pluckrose About Fat Acceptance
Dear Helen, Hi! I’m writing to respond to your open letter, “on Fat Scholarship and Activism.” A thousand words seems cruelly scant to me, but I’ll do my best. For space reasons, I won’t dig into our “obesity vs fat” semantic … Continue reading
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Fat-Shaming is Bad, But…
_____________________________________________________________ Help me make more cartoons like this one by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. ____________________________________________________________ “Fat-shaming is bad, but…” is the fat-acceptance equivalent of “some of my best friends are Jewish.” Or of “I … Continue reading
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Cartoon: What I Wish I Said / What I Said
If you like these cartoons, help me make more by supporting my patreon! I make a living because lots of people support me with $1 pledges. Although I draw this strip from the perspective of a fat man, I think … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Where’s The Fat Shaming? (With Becky Hawkins)
If you like these cartoons, please consider supporting my patreon! A $1 pledge really helps me keep going. It’s another collaboration with the marvelous Becky Hawkins! This is the sixth political cartoon Becky and I have done together; you can … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Doctors and Fat Patients
If you enjoy these cartoons, you can help me make more by supporting my Patreon. A $1 pledge really helps! If you hang out for any time among the “fat acceptance” crowd, you’re going to hear the same thing again … Continue reading
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Giles Coren: Garbage Human, Fatphobe and, Horrifyingly, Father (Guest Post)
[This post is by Ragen Chastain, reprinted with her permission from Dances With Fat.] Giles Coren writes a column for Esquire about fatherhood. His most recent piece is titled: “I Don’t Care What My Son Becomes… As Long As He … Continue reading
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Cartoon: What We Tell Fat People
I have a new cartoon up at Everyday Feminism! If you enjoy these cartoons, and can spare it, please support my patreon. A $1 pledge means a lot. Transcript of cartoon: Title: What We Tell Fat People Panel 1 (A … Continue reading
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On being fat and liking creators who have done anti-fat material
I love some of Tina Fey’s work. But she tells fat jokes, including a sketch where she appeared in a fat suit. I love The Simpsons, but soooo many fat jokes. By far my favorite MCU work is Jessica Jones, … Continue reading
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