A fat white person's back, back rolls and arms seen in a dark room lit by a window, with a large plant on their other side. On their back is a tattoo of a whale with a Bible verse reference.

{the daily fat} Fat people deserve access to abortion, Plan B and contraceptives.

I’m still over a month behind on all my work due to waves hand at the HAES events of 2022, and I’m still a high-risk person trying to survive a pandemic, so I have nothing intelligent to say about the Supreme Court trashing Roe v. Wade except: Abortion is a human right Abortion cannot be…

Body Liberation Portraits: Xia’s River & Coffeehouse Session

Body Liberation Portraits: Xia’s River & Coffeehouse Session

Here’s a look at a recent session with Xia, who’s recently divorced and is reconnecting with her body, confidence, heritage and interests. Xia loves wild-water swimming, but it was a bit early in the year here for her to enjoy getting in the water for her session, so we chose a beautiful spot next to…

A close-up of a fat woman's side and belly rolls in black and white, with a bit of a bra and arm showing.
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Health at Every Size®, Stories and Silence

It’s been an interesting week or so since Mikey Mercedes and I went public. In the time since, there’s been a lot of excellent discussion in marginalized communities.  In the Health at Every Size®-aligned healthcare provider groups to which I have access or connections, there’s been a silence that echoes almost as loudly as the…

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{activism} Being fat is having your very existence considered to be dangerous.

Being fat is having your very existence considered to be dangerous. Any sort of visibility whatsoever — from walking down the street to posting a selfie online — is considered dangerous because we might encourage others to look like us. (See: “glorifying o*”) Our bodies are considered, against all actual evidence, to be inherently diseased,…