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This? Is not that. | The Body Liberation Guide
Here’s one simple action you can take to help end discrimination against fat bodies this week: Stop appropriating the experiences and oppression of people who are fatter than you. If you live in a body that is of average size (the average American woman wears a size 14-18) or a bit larger (what some folks…
You weren’t born with this | The Body Liberation Guide
If you’ve been around here for any length of time, you know I talk a lot about anti-fatness, but I’m including a content warning today specifically for what I’m going to link to for its extremity. I had planned to send this letter to you today anyway, but coming across this video from a thin…
LISTEN: Lindley on the Escape Diet Prison Podcast (with Transcript)
When I started my photography business in 2015, I had never seen or met another fat photographer. I wasn’t sure if it was even possible. (Because what we see around us tells us what is possible for people like us.) Now, of course, I know many fat photographers, both because I’ve deliberately sought out other…
It’s definitely the fat kids’ fault.
Image description: A fat white baby’s arm is partially seen between an overlapping floral blanket, blue onesie sleeve and the body and strap of a car’s seat and child safety seat. Image source: Al Soot on Unsplash It’s definitely the fat kids’ fault. That was the gist of a discussion I witnessed last week, in…
Let me tell you what I would do | The Body Liberation Guide
Often when I post about the way I as a very fat person am treated, I’ll get responses along the lines of, well, you just have to be confident and stand up for yourself and people won’t treat you like that. Or, here’s what I would do in that situation (insert behavior that’s very aggressive,…
Bad Fatty Podcast Episode 1: What the hell is Donut Lake?
“ This is Bad Fatty with Laura Burns and Lindley Ashline. We’re two rad fatties chatting about the world we live in and how to change it. In this episode, we’re talking about the difference between a good fatty and a bad fatty, body positivity versus body liberation, and Donut Lake and Liberation Lake. Listen…
