{across the fatosphere} November 7

Here’s what’s interesting me this week in body liberation and more:

» Coming up: Dealing with Diet Culture and Weight Stigma at the Holidays, November 13 (see)

» The right for fat people to exist free of bigotry should not hinge on their health status. (read)

» Scary statistics about weight stigma and antifat bias (read)

» If you’d like to help the Native Village of Kotzebue after a major storm, they’re taking contributions through the Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation. (read)

» Speaking of storms, here are some places you can help western North Carolina recover from Hurricane Helene and get your holidays gifts at the same time:

• Love Asheville From Afar
• Pre-order: WARE candle in cedar closet
• Toe River Arts
• River Arts District

» Jordan x US: an androgynous adaptable collaboration in sizes 00-40 (see)

» Mother says AI chatbot led her son to kill himself in lawsuit against its maker (read)

» AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias (read)

» All goo.gl links will stop redirecting as of 25 August 2025 (read)

» Salmon are spawning across the Seattle area. Here’s where to see them (read)

» “Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care (read)

🦄 Unicorn chaser: Last year I dressed up as a Lanternfly and my bf was an exterminator (see)