Category Archives: Fat, fat and more fat

Does Dieting Work? An exchange of letters with Helen Pluckrose

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Ampersand

This is an online debate Helen Pluckrose and I had at the unfortunately defunct website letters.wiki in 2020 and 2021. I’m posting it here for preservation. I’m not sure I got all the formatting right, but I did my best … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: This is Your Brain on a Diet

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Ampersand

Support the making of these cartoon by supporting my Patreon! If you do, you will always be wise and good looking and your omelettes will never stick to the pan. Full disclosure: Some of this post I’ve cut-and-pasted from an … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: The News Could Not Be Any More Objective

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please help us make more! This cartoon was drawn by the one and only Kevin Moore! Hello from the east coast!  When I originally wrote these words (in December 2021), I was in upstate New … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: A Concise History of Body Positivity

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, help us make more! Each $2 pledge really matters. This cartoon is another collaboration with Becky Hawkins. Most cartoonists hate drawing crowd scenes; Becky, given several scripts to choose from, picked this one out immediately. … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: You Look Great!

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Ampersand

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

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Ampersand

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

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Ampersand

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…

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Barry Deutsch

_____________________________________________________________ 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

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Ampersand

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)

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Ampersand

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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