Hospitals don’t have evacuation plans in place to care for fat and disabled patients in the most disastrous moments. TW: mention of “ob*sity,” murder, and general anti-fat anti-Black violence Earth’s climate is changing. Drastically and rapidly. Glaciers are melting; ecosystems are shifting; temperatures are changing and sea levels are rising. But what is perhaps most...
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The Capitalistic Work Ethic Fallacy Creates Space For Anti-Fatness and Biphobia
The Protestant Work Ethic mythos and its presumed moral superiority have taught us that discipline should be projected onto everything, including bodies and sexualities. By Maz Hedgehog One of the core myths of Anglo-American capitalism is the Protestant Work Ethic. The belief that Britain and America earned the wealth hoarded by their ruling classes through...
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Food Insecurity, Anti-Blackness, and Fatphobia: What Food Access Advocates Need To Understand
We can’t talk about the politics of food insecurity in the United States without talking about systemic racism, anti-Blackness, and fatphobia. By Patrilie Hernandez, MS It was almost one in the morning when I ended my shift as the hostess of an upscale Latin American restaurant in downtown St. Louis city when I got a...
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Lizzo’s Body Is Not A Political Battlefront
White women crying in “disappointment” about Lizzo is nothing short of their belief that fat Black women should always tend to their wounds coming to the surface. CW: diet talk By Rasheed Ajamu “Body Positivity” icon Lizzo recently decided to partake in a “JJ Smith’s 10-day smoothie detox” and gave her social media following a...
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I May Destroy Your Self-Worth: How Childhood Bullying Plagued My Young Adult Years
Childhood bullying has long-lasting effects and its impact should be acknowledged as much as other traumas during this era of mental health awareness. By Khaaliq Crowder CW: bullying, fatphobia, ableism, homophobia, disordered eating, self-harm, suicidality As I approach my 25th birthday, I’ve been examining my childhood trauma and how it plagued my late teens and...
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When ‘Moti’ And Unmarriageable Is All That You Are In South Asian Culture
The importance that South Asian culture places on marriage as an “achievement” for women convinced me that being Moti meant I was unworthy of being loved and desired. By Zahra Haider CW: Fatphobia, weight, misogyny, self-harm, disordered eating Shaadi and Moti are two words commonly heard throughout South Asia. The former means “marriage” and the...
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We Shouldn’t Have To Say This: Breasts, Areolae, and Nipples Vary In Appearance
It’s critical that we call out and interrogate the misogynoir at the forefront of people’s reactions to Cardi B’s breasts. By Sherronda J. Brown and Lara Witt We really shouldn’t have to even say this, but it’s a fact that breasts, nipples, and areolae vary in size, color, position, and shape, and even in texture....
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Kim Parker, The “Sassy, Fat Black Friend” Trope, And The Pervasiveness Of Fatphobia In Media
Kim Parker, and all the other “sassy, fat Black friends” who came before her, are there to make us laugh, but not for us to take seriously as characters or human beings. By Sydneysky G. As many of us revisit Moesha on Netflix, we can’t help but notice how Kim—the funny, loud, ghetto fabulous, fashion-loving,...
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Not All Fat Black Boys Know How To Eat
Fat Black boys are failed by their doctors, failed by nutritionists, failed by a society that doesn’t see us as deserving of treatment and therapy. CW: mentions of eating disorders, medical discrimination, ob*sity, and more. I vividly remember multiple visits to my pediatrician that were centered solely around my eating. As with any parent, my...
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Celebrating Adele’s Weight “Loss” Promotes Fatphobia and Misogyny
It is necessary for us to seriously assess and wrestle with why we see Adele’s weight loss as inherently good. TW/CW: This article discusses weight change, dieting, eating disorders, and fatphobia. Adele “lost” (more) weight. I say “more” because when she revealed herself for the first time in a long time for Christmas, many people...