Category Archives: Fat, fat and more fat

Cartoon: Doctors and Fat Patients

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Ampersand

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 →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat | 6 Comments

Giles Coren: Garbage Human, Fatphobe and, Horrifyingly, Father (Guest Post)

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Guest Writer

[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 →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat | 32 Comments

Cartoon: What We Tell Fat People

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Ampersand

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 →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat | 1 Comment

On being fat and liking creators who have done anti-fat material

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Ampersand

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 →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 8 Comments

I’m Asking You For A Peer-Reviewed Study Showing That A Typical Fat Person Can Become Sustainably Non-Fat Through Deliberate Weight-Loss

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Ampersand

Hi! If you’ve been directed to this post, it’s probably because we’re discussing if there’s any practical, sustainable, healthy way for a typical fat person to choose to no longer be fat. As part of this discussion, I’ve asked you … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat | 54 Comments

Why Feminists Shouldn’t Use “Neckbeard”

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Ampersand

My newest “Everyday Feminism” cartoon. TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON (At the top of the cartoon, large cartoon-style letters spell out “NECKBEARD.” Each letter is growing stubble hairs out of its lowest third.) (Behind all the panels is a large drawing of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Disabled Rights & Issues, Fat, fat and more fat, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Men and masculinity, Sexism hurts men | 42 Comments

Odds of a severely obese woman becoming “normal” weight: 1 in 677. For men, 1 in 1290.

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ampersand

[Image from Jes Baker’s awesome “Empower All Bodies” project.] Another reason it just makes more sense to encourage fat people to love our bodies, rather than teaching fat people to hate our bodies until we attain “normal” weight: The chance … Continue reading →

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Some Criticism Of That Swedish “Fat And Fit is a Myth” Study

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Ampersand

So a new Swedish study has been making headlines: ‘You cannot be fat AND fit’: Study warns obese people still have greater health risks – Mirror Online ‘Fat But Fit’ Is Not Good For Health: Study ‘Fat but fit’ counts … Continue reading →

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A response to “The Fat Whisperer”

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Ampersand

coswhateverforever asked: •Obese people arent healthy •You can still love yourself at any size •There is no health at any size and it can cause many problems.. How can you love your body when youre slowly killing it? •Its ok … Continue reading →