LISTEN: Lindley on the Fashion for All podcast with Mallorie Dunn
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WATCH: Lindley on living unapologetically with Alissa Rumsey
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Five hundred thousand
Content note: COVID-19, weight discrimination in a healthcare setting I had a COVID scare last weekend. On Saturday, I woke up with a sore throat,…
Plant Chat: Baby Plants
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New Fine Art Print: Nature Gave Me Wings
Nature gave me wings. Who are you to bid me hide them? There’s a new print of my work available in the Body Love Shop!…
New Stock Photo Mini-Collection: Plus-Size Runner
Use these beautiful plus-size running stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
Where are all the fat people?
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A space just for us
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“Can’t we all just celebrate progress?”
One of the most common pieces of pushback I see against fat acceptance and the need to represent fat and very fat people is, “Why are you so negative? Can’t we all just celebrate all the progress that’s been made? You’re so divisive!” It’s often accompanied by more-enlightened-than-thou comments about wanting to focus on “the good,” as if those of us confronting oppression are somehow more negative than those who want to cover up and ignore it.
14 Beautiful Plus-Size Pregnancy Stock Photos
Use these beautiful plus-size pregnancy stock photos from Body Liberation Stock to increase the diversity of your marketing materials, website and social media feeds.
Ask a Fat Creator: Kristine Zaftig
In this month’s Ask a Fat Creator interview, we’re talking to Kristine Zaftig, a fat and fat-positive artist who showcases women of color in her paintings.
The 11 reasons why people hate fat people
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New Fine Art Print: The Offering
There’s a new print of my work available in the Body Love Shop! In this fine art photograph, a fat woman with brown skin and…
14 Scale Smashing Stock Photos to Fuel Your Anti-Diet Dreams
Here are 14 photos from the Scale Smashing collection at Body Liberation Stock, the world’s first and best site for high-resolution stock images of large bodies for commercial use.
Fat-Friendly Pacific Northwest Day Trip: Mountain Loop Highway
Mountain Loop Highway, an absolutely delicious drive through the western Cascade Mountains north of Seattle, was our first experience with U.S. Forest Service roads. The…
These are the days your body was built for
Image description: A fat woman’s shoulder, side rolls and hip are shown in a black-and-white photograph. During this pandemic, so many people are finding that…
Finally! Stock photo credits are once again Patreon rewards
After nearly a year of work to move Body Liberation Stock to a new platform, I’m so pleased to announce that stock photo credits will once again become part of the Patreon rewards!
One easy way to end weight stigma
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15 Fine Art Prints to Lift Up Large Bodies and Inspire the Soul
Seeing bodies like ours helps us learn to position ourselves as equally worthy. Here are 15 of my favorite fat-positive and inspiring fine art prints.
15 Body-Positive and HAES®-Aligned Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
Find the perfect gift for your partner, lover, friend, or family member for Valentine’s Day in our curated list of body-positive and health at every size-aligned Valentine’s Day gifts.
How to back up your Instagram feed using IFTTT and Evernote
Here’s a step-by-step guide to downloading and backing up your Instagram feed using free tools.
New Fine Art Print: The Joy in Movement
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LISTEN: Lindley on Soul Sessions with Jodie Gale (with transcript)
An under-analyzed part of diet culture is where it intersects with class and socioeconomic status. I talked about this a bit on my episode of Food Psych, and had a chance to explore it in more depth in this discussion with Jodie Gale on the Soul Sessions podcast.
LISTEN: Lindley on It’s Okay to Feel (with transcript)
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LISTEN: Lindley on the Running Life Podcast (with transcript)
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13 Blood Pressure Monitors with Plus-Size Cuffs for Large Arms
Everyone deserves to have medical equipment that fits them. Here are 13 extra-large blood pressure cuffs to try out on your extraordinary, worthy large body.
If we could opt out of oppression, would we still “deserve” it?
If we could opt out of oppression, would we still “deserve” it?
20 Body-Positive Stocking Stuffer Ideas Under $10
The holidays are one of the best times to gift your friends and loved ones with body-acceptance and fat-positive resources — especially when we’ve collected lots of great options for you.
Ask a Fat Creator: Jaime Patterson
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The difference between helping and Helping
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LISTEN: Lindley on Body Liberation for All with Dalia Kinsey (with transcript)
In this podcast episode, Dalia Kinsey and I discuss the functions of propaganda, intersectionality and fatphobia, emotional labor and the world’s most important subjects, cats and plants.
Plant Chat: Thanksgiving cactus blossoms + planting rooted cuttings
My Thanksgiving cactus is blooming! I’ve had it for two or three years and this is the first year I’ve gotten it to rebloom. Three…
15+ HAES-Aligned Resources for PCOS
You deserve respectful, effective treatment for PCOS, no matter what kind of body you live in. Here are 15+ articles, podcasts, books, support groups, programs and other resources to support your amazing, worthwhile body through PCOS diagnosis and treatment.
Based on a True Body: How Running Photos Lie to Us and Why it Matters
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Ask Lindley: How do I deal with fatphobia and diet talk at work?
Reader E. asks, “Dear Lindley, I’m working on accepting my body, but it’s so hard to sit at work and have to listen to diet talk all the time. How can I deal with this?”
Plant Chat: Propagation Station
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Well-done steak and spray tans
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10 Body-Positive Buttons and Pins
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Trauma dumping is oppression in action.
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Ask a Fat Creator: Danielle Gregori
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Rainy PNW Portrait Session with Ms. M | Body-Positive Portrait Photography in Seattle, WA
One of the wonderful things about outdoor portrait sessions in the Pacific Northwest is that you can adapt and use any weather you find. This…
Erica’s Story: “I am allowed to feel like I have value.”
For people in very large bodies, who are most affected by the physical and infrastructural inequalities built into a world that is designed to exclude…
My body image advice for younger people
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WATCH: Lindley on Fat Product Reviews with Chrystal Bougon (with Transcript)
Because I have my fat fingers in so many pies, this chat with Chrystal Bougon of Curvy Girl Lingerie and All Bodies Electrolysis touches on…
Good fat people, healthcare and the edge
One part of interacting with healthcare providers while living in a fat body is that your value and worth as a patient are always, always…
LISTEN: Lindley on Conjuring Up Courage with Shohreh Davoodi (with Transcript)
What do anger and art have in common? Shohreh Davoodi and I talk about it — and lots more — on episode 53 of her…
Ask Lindley: Thin privilege, rage and the spotlight
My friend P. asks, “It was a total shock to me to be told that I’m small fat. For me it was like being told…
Bonny Chipman & Accessible Yoga at Yoga NW: Accessible Yoga | Small Business Branding & Visuals Photography in Portland, OR
It was a pleasure to pair up with Bonny Chipman and her studio at Yoga NW to create a collection of inclusive yoga stock photos…
LISTEN: Everyday activism, using your power and fat admirers with Sara Stanizai (with transcript)
Think you can’t support a movement from your corner of the world? Think again! In this Instagram Live, Sara Stanizai, LMFT and I talk about…