Do you need to be an expert to be inclusive? | The Body Liberation Guide
If you’ve been on the internet for a hot minute, you’ve probably heard of body positivity. The movement has some high-profile promoters — and a…
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Your fat activism guide to The Whale | The Body Liberation Guide
Hi friend, The big news in the fat-related world this week is Brendan Fraser’s hideously fatphobic new movie called The Whale. Since there’s been so much…
Size contrition, part 3: Fuck flattering
As we consider the concept of size contrition, let’s look at the “fuck flattering” trend that’s been sweeping the body positivity movement. On its face,…
Fat-Positive Fine Art Print: Nature Gave Me Wings
Nature gave me wings. Who are you to bid me hide them? The woman in this photograph has glorious wings on her arms that she…
The Mimi Exemption
As I was talking with my superfat friend Brandy (for whom I’m so grateful — not only is she a lovely person, but we have…
Size contrition: the performance of a lifetime
Today I’m thinking about a concept I’m calling size contrition. Size contrition is what we fat folks perform in order to win small amounts of…
Truths about my body | Positive body image for plus-size and fat people
My humanity gives me inherent worth. My body is worthy because it’s mine. My body deserves love, attention, and care no matter what. My body…
Should healthcare providers be excused for weight stigma in medicine?
“They don’t know any better.” When I talk about weight stigma/weight bias and fatphobia in healthcare, that’s often the excuse that people make to me…
Fat friend, you deserve connection, rest, and ease.
We know how heavy and exhausting existing in this world can be. We all carry the weight of holding boundaries, managing others’ entitlement, navigating systems…
AAAAAAAAA! I’ve done my first published book blurb!
AAAAAAAAA! I’ve done my first published book blurb, and it’s for Amanda Martinez Beck’s excellent new book More of You! Here’s what I wrote (plus…
14+ Weight Neutral and Health at Every Size Resources for Managing Chronic Illness
Some days, caring for our fat bodies looks exactly like caring for any human body. On other days, we may need a little extra something…
Post-Roe Roundup: Abortion Access Resources for Plus-Size and Fat People
I had a nightmare last night that I needed an abortion and couldn’t find the clinic. Lots of people are living that nightmare today. I…
Thin privilege and sterilization surgery
Thin privilege is not being turned away from sterilization surgery like a hysterectomy based on your body size. Yes, this is a thing that happens…
Happy Pride Month
Happy Pride, loves. I see you. I’m proud of you. You deserve every good thing. You have shed a thousand skins to become the person…
Now available to Patreon supporters: Health at Every Size® Library
New benefit for supporters! The Body Liberation Photos Health at Every Size® library contains 2,000+ articles, pieces of research and resources for fat activists, HAES healthcare…
{Listen} What Happened in the HAES® Spaces—a conversation with Lindley Ashline and Shelby Gordon
I recently went on the RD Real Talk podcast with Heather Caplan and Shelby Gordon to talk about what’s been going on in Health at Every…
Get a copy of my workshop How to Run a Body-Inclusive Business
This is a copy of one of my slides from the How to Run a Body-Inclusive Business workshop I did for Every BODY Belongs in…
Thin privilege is not having to think about whether you’ll fit.
Thin privilege is not having to think about whether you’ll fit. What if you had to plan every time you left home? What if you…
16 ways to carry Health at Every Size forward
One of the transgressions of which Mikey Mercedes, ASDAH leadership and I have been accused is of “capitalizing” on the events of the last month…
You are not exempt from ethics: Naming HAES names
Yesterday, I posted a Twitter thread to tell the story of when I lost my ever-loving mind and almost got a huge Health at Every…
Education, Obgobbing, HAES and the Right to Engage
I started my corporate career as a technical editor. I worked with rocket scientists at the Missile Defense Agency; retired firefighters, police and EMS at…
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…
HAES history and thinness: A thread
So this is a combo of assumptions, guesswork and actual oral history I have heard from people who were there. (Also Barbara Bruno's HAES history…
Responses and risk: A thread
I will try to write up something coherent soon, but one of my big takeaways from the last week (see link in bio if you…
Alone in HAES spaces: A thread
I cannot tell you how alone I have felt in #HAES and ASDAH spaces, especially when events like the ones I've talked about have happened.…
“Everyone has opportunities that don’t work out, so what?”
Some of the reactions to my and @marquisele‘s experiences with Lindo Bacon have been along the lines of, “Everyone has opportunities that don’t work out,…
The consequences of doing while fat: A thread
Today I am thinking about the consequences of doing while fat. Whatever we are doing, we cannot do it in the way that thin people…
Movements, Missing Stairs and Lindo Bacon
When Mikey Mercedes posted her incredibly problematic experience with Lindo Bacon this week, I wasn’t surprised.
I’ve got my own story, you see.
{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…
{end weight stigma} Confidence isn’t a cure-all.
It’s important to understand that confidence isn’t a cure-all. One of the big issues with “just be confident and advocate for yourself! Don’t let anything…
Instant replay: Decolonizing Wellness with Dalia Kinsey
Please join me and Dalia Kinsey to talk about Dalia’s new book, Decolonizing Wellness! We explore: » What called Dalia to write this book» What…
{body liberation} Should you be the judge?
Something I often see happen when fat folks talk about something or someone fatphobic is thin folks treating this as optional knowledge. Something they can…
{body image} You are worthy of rest.
You are worthy of rest. Up until a couple of years ago, I was forever getting sick, mostly colds and respiratory stuff. Once I got…
{changing the world} Thin privilege is being held to lower dress and grooming standards to look “acceptable.”
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
{body liberation} What about fat animals?
The question “What about fat animals?” comes up pretty regularly in body liberation spaces.
{live} Take Two: Decolonizing Wellness with Dalia Kinsey, February 25
You know how sometimes things just don’t work out? Are a disaster from end to end? Well, that was my first try at a chat…
{Listen} If there’s a war on ob*sity it’s a war on me: Conceiving It All with Georgie Owen
I don’t generally think of myself as what I call a “101-level educator.” That’s the kind of person whose talent is bringing people who are…
Thin privilege is not being told you’ll never find love or romance until you change your body size.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
I wish I could just talk about loving your body.
I wish I could just talk about loving your body. I really do, y’all. I would be perfectly content to post pretty photos and talk…
We live in a society that pressures fat people to self harm in order to survive.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
The chilling effect
I’ve learned that my sharing about the trolling and harassment I’m targeted for online is having a chilling effect, and I’m having to come to…
Thin privilege is never having to choose between wearing a seat belt or a coat.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
It’s hard to love your fat butt when it doesn’t fit in an airplane seat.
One of the things I consistently hear from folks in larger bodies is that they can make a certain amount of progress on their body acceptance journeys, but then get tripped up by infrastructure.
Unpacking Weight Stigma I: A workbook for Health at Every Size® healthcare providers and fat allies
When someone criticizes our favorite works — whether it’s a book, movie, workshop, song, blog or painting — it can feel really bad. And that’s putting it mildly.
Thin privilege is not having your body automatically medicalized or pathologized by healthcare professionals.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
What would your life look like if you minded your own body business?
Your worth is not dependent on your health. That meme about how “your weight is not your worth” goes around a lot, and it’s true!…
Thin privilege is being held to lower dress and grooming standards to look “acceptable” socially, professionally or in public.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
🎤 Help a reporter, change the media narrative and save the world
In which I describe how Health at Every Size®, fat liberation, fat acceptance, and body positivity advocates can use the Help a Reporter Out (HARO)…