Weight gain is not unhealthy, obsessing over your weight is. You are never obligated to “work” on your body, but especially not during a pandemic. by Sherronda J. Brown This essay discusses fatphobia, disordered eating, and weight change. When Fat Thor was revealed onscreen in Avengers: Endgame a year ago, the sight of his belly...
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Fatphobia: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
Wear Your Voice assembled this reading list to help people learn more about fatphobia and its interconnected oppressions. Dismantling fatphobia, white supremacy and other oppressions is foundational to the work that we create at Wear Your Voice. We believe that various systems of power are interconnected and therefore we must tackle them as such. Anti-fatness...
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Commenting On Weight Loss Isn’t The Compliment You Think It Is
People applaud me for weight loss and finally taking up less space in the world, and they expect me to be thankful and receive their words with pride. This essay contains discussions of weight loss and fatphobia/size discrimination. I’ve shed a noticeable amount of weight since I began strength training several months ago. But I...
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There’s a Global Pandemic and You Chucklefucks are Still Being Fatphobic
People are revealing that they would rather be exposed to COVID-19 than, GOD FORBID, gain 10-15 pounds while isolating themselves like responsible adults. This essay contains discussions of fatphobia and disordered eating About a week ago, I decided to take a break from social media (Twitter in particular) because of some personal shit… but also...
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Fat Studies, Body and Desirability Politics: A Reading List
It’s crucial for us to understand the effects of anti-fatness on our bodies. These authors and their books are shaping fat studies in essential ways. In recent years, with the help of social media, there has been an uptick in conversations around fatness, “body positivity,” and general body politics. You may have run into words...
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5 Excuses We Don’t Want To Hear About Plus-Size Exclusion in Fashion
Plus-size folks don’t need anyone “actually-ing” size-exclusion — many of the excuses and explanations thrown at us are nothing more than gaslighting. By Briana Lawrence So there’s this Ivy Park x Adidas clothing collab. Y’all have probably heard about it. You have likely watched — just like me — as various celebs were gifted with...
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Forcing Children To Lose Weight Is Child Abuse
There is no other way to put it. Forcing exercise and diets on your children is an attempt to punish them for their (perceived) fatness and that is abuse. TW: this piece discusses anti-fatness, fat camps, diet & exercise, and familial/social child abuse. please proceed with caution. I have been fat for as far back...
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Cankles and Hip Dips: How Bullshit Buzzwords Are Weaponized To Make Us Hate Our Bodies
People often assume that women have been insecure about these buzzwords since time immemorial, but constructed insecurities were manufactured only recently. TW: Discussions of fatphobia and mentions of eating disorders By Stephanie Leguichard In our culture, we’re constantly bombarded with the idea that any degree of “excess” fat or signs of aging are pathological and...
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Tschabalala Self Is Rebranding The Body With Her Art
Tschabalala Self challenges viewers to see these bodies as vessels of exciting difference and much more than caricatures. By Tyra A. Seals By using fabric, thread, and collage techniques to circumvent traditional definitions of artistic media, Tschabalala Self’s large scale paintings and installations illustrate full, marginalized bodies with grace, pride, and power. The Harlem-born artist...
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Diet Culture and Weight Loss Programs Are A Scam
Those who have a vested interest in diet culture are investing in systemic anti-fatness, anti-Blackness, ableism, misogyny/-noir, and capitalism. TW/CW: this article discusses fatphobia, diet culture, and Weight Watchers In September of 2018, Weight Watchers—now known as “WW”— published a press release that showcased the company’s new name, new tagline, and its overall “new” focus....