Category Archives: Fat, fat and more fat

Good New York Times Piece on Fat Acceptance

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Ampersand

Nice to see this short piece in the Sunday Magazine: This is a core argument of fat acceptance: that it’s possible to be healthy no matter how fat you are and that weight loss as a goal is futile, unnecessary … Continue reading →

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Obama Health Care and Fat

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Ampersand

From Obama’s big health care speech: Under my plan, we’ll make sure insurance companies cover evidence-based, preventive care services – weight loss programs, smoking-cessation programs, and other efforts to help people avoid costly, debilitating health problems in the first place. … Continue reading →

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Weight is not an accurate measure of health

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Julie

From the New York Times: Often, a visit to the doctor’s office starts with a weigh-in. But is a person’s weight really a reliable indicator of overall health? Increasingly, medical research is showing that it isn’t. Despite concerns about an … Continue reading →

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Journamalism

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

Wow. You remember the awesome “Is Barack Obama too skinny to be president?” story from yesterday? It just took a weird turn: Here’s the on-the-ground research that enabled Ms. Chozick to pose such a bold and allusive query: Welcome to … Continue reading →

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Call for submissions: Fat Women Of Color Carnival

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Ampersand

Via Sweetmachine: The inaugural Fat Women of Color Carnival will be held over at saskaia.livejournal.com on July 23. The theme is general and open to anything pertaining to being a fat woman of color and our experiences in our communities, … Continue reading →

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A report on an anti-fat, anti-trans Wiscon report

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Ampersand

Mandolin pointed this out to me: Rachel Moss, who attended Wiscon this weekend, posted a mean-spirited con report on the Something Awful forums. Moss’ con report consisted of photos of fat, female attendees, their faces covered by crude frowny-faces that … Continue reading →

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To Become Skinny Find a Woman to Cook for you

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Maia

This is an image from the Icarus Project, a radical mental health support network. I saw it when it was reprinted in a local zine (more on that later): You can find a larger version here. [Image description: It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Disabled Rights & Issues, Fat, fat and more fat, Feminism, sexism, etc | 37 Comments

Teaching Children To Judge Themselves By Their Weight

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Ampersand

Jeff Dinelli at The Left Coaster just sent this email to his daughter’s vice principal. Ms. (Vice Principal), My name is Jeff Dinelli, and I am the father of two (local school) students, one of whom is (my daughter), a … Continue reading →

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No Fat Chicks Allowed In The Dollhouse

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Ampersand

Joss Whedon’s new show, “Dollhouse,” released (or perhaps had leaked) this pre-casting description of one of the recurring characters: November 20’s, any ethnicity, beautiful and heavy. Another Doll, a hopeful child in the house and everyone else you need her … Continue reading →

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Women Face Anti-Fat Bias At Lighter Weights Than Men

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Ampersand

The New York Times reports that social scientists have once more demonstrated the obvious: ((Which is a very useful think for social scientists to do, in my opinion.)) Fat Bias Worse For Women Based on body mass index, which is … Continue reading →

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