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10 Tips for Making Your Weight Management Practice More Weight Inclusive | The Body Liberation Guide
One of the most important issues facing weight management, bariatric, dietetic, endocrinology, special interest groups, and other provider groups and practices today is weight stigma.…
How to use the Southwest customer of size policy | The Body Liberation Guide
Last week, I talked about a big negative of the trip I just took. This week, though, I want to share a big positive: Southwest Airlines’ customer…
Thin privilege is buying clothes off the rack at a brick-and-mortar store. This is one of the ar…
Thin privilege is buying clothes off the rack at a brick-and-mortar store.
This is one of the ar…
Thin privilege is not negated by body dysmorphia, poor body image, or an eating disorder.
Thin privilege is not negated by body dysmorphia, poor body image, or an eating disorder.
We fa…
The photo that got me harassed all week | The Body Liberation Guide
I’ve just returned from my first long trip during the pandemic. I traveled from the U.S. west coast to east coast for my sister’s MBA…
Thin privilege is the ability to talk about thin privilege.
Thin privilege is the ability to talk about thin privilege.
One time, @thecrankytherapist and I …
Football players and BMI | The Body Liberation Guide
Let’s talk about football players and BMI. When the topic of body mass index, or BMI, comes up, one of the first responses is usually…
{the daily fat} Fat people deserve community.
{the daily fat} Fat people deserve community.
👉 More on body liberation: bit.ly/bodyliberationgu…
41 Fat-Positive Patreons to Follow and Support
With the major and still-growing popularity of crowdfunding subscriptions in supporting creators — from Patreon to Ko-fi to Instagram and Youtube subscriptions — it seems…
The plus-size guide to period panties | The Body Liberation Guide
Maybe you remember the advent of (mainstream anyway) period panties from a few years back? For a long time, there were no options to speak…
{the daily fat} You deserve to pursue hobbies you love.
{the daily fat} You deserve to pursue hobbies you love.
💜 More from me on body liberation: link …
Stop saying that weight loss doesn’t solve anything | The Body Liberation Guide
Here’s one concrete action you can take to help end weight stigma: Stop saying that weight loss doesn’t solve anything. And I’m going to need…
Thin privilege is the ability to buy lingerie.
Thin privilege is the ability to buy lingerie.
Though there are lots of lingerie brands out ther…
goals and farces | The Body Liberation Guide
Happy belated Trans Day of Visibility! Trans, non-binary and exploring folks are precious, valid and welcome. I see you. Also, I’m seeing progress on my hand…
Race, Weight and Oppression: Lindley on the Mindful Miri Podcast
It was a pleasure to appear on the Mindful Miri podcast! In this episode, we discuss issues of race, weight, and systems of oppression. Other…
A fat body is not a sign or a symptom of an eating disorder.
A fat body is not a sign or a symptom of an eating disorder.
It’s not a sign or a symptom of “ad…
Weight-loss surgery, person-first fatness and a new narrative
Have you seen any of these messages lately, implied or said outright? Fat people are addicted to food Ob*sity is the opposite of anorexia Fat…
On the choice of “fatphobia”
Sometimes a stray comment or post on social media will spark something in my mind, and suddenly I have an opinion on it. This time…
Privilege is a set of unearned benefits given to people who fit into a specific social group.
“Privilege is a set of unearned benefits given to people who fit into a specific social group. Th…
The Plus-Size Guide to Period Panties
Maybe you remember the advent of (mainstream anyway) period panties from a few years back? For a long time, there were no options to speak…
The choice of “fatphobia” | The Body Liberation Guide
Sometimes a stray comment or post on social media will spark something in my mind, and suddenly I have an opinion on it. This time…
When the world surrounds us with body shame, we can build a shelter of love
When the world surrounds us with body shame, we can build a shelter of love for ourselves and our…
As long as women are in competition with one another to have the “best” body, we all lose.
“As long as we live in a culture that tells women that being admired and desired for the way we l…
Thin privilege is not having your body used as a shorthand
Thin privilege is not having your body used as a shorthand for a long list of negative qualities,…
Your body image is not like my body image. | The Body Liberation Guide
This week on Patreon, I’m launching the Body Liberation Guide+, a patron-only supplement to the free public Body Liberation Guide newsletter (this email!) I send out every week. Here’s…
A neatly self-solving problem | The Body Liberation Guide
If you’ve been a subscriber for a bit, you know I produced an entire guide to that awful fatphobic movie The Whale. I’m not a pop culture kind…
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…
I dug deep in my personal folders for this one | The Body Liberation Guide
Something I think we need to be very cautious about as we fight fatphobia and weight stigma is that it’s very easy for us to…
What does body positivity have to do with a photography business? Everything. The way your photo…
What does body positivity have to do with a photography business? Everything.
The way your photo…
Thin privilege is never having bodies like yours described by your favorite authors like this.
Through a 20-book mystery series, this author — one of my favorites, whose books I re-read regul…
On sticking your neck out. | The Body Liberation Guide
Here’s one simple action you can take to help end discrimination against fat bodies this week: Stick your neck out. Quite often these days, thin…
Thin privilege is a seat at a concert.
Thin privilege is a seat at a concert. I really enjoy live music and shows — both the energy of it and the ability to…
“Fat people who love themselves scare the shit out of people who don’t love themselves.”
“Fat people who love themselves scare the shit out of people who don’t love themselves. Even fat people trying to love themselves scare the shit…
Why aren’t we just celebrating? | The Body Liberation Guide
It’s a privilege to focus on the gains of body positivity when fat people are still left out. One of the most common pieces of…
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…
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…
The experiences of larger fat people are very, very different from those of smaller fat people and average-sized people.
The experiences of larger fat people are very, very different from those of smaller fat people and average-sized people. If you’ve never experienced, seen or…
BMI is Bullshit: The Art of Dani Ward at Fat Girl Media
I’ve just met (virtually — we live across the U.S. from each other) Dani of Fat Girl Media, and they’re super cool! I’ve been admiring…
What fat liberation means to me: It’s not just about “all bodies”
This piece originally appeared over at the NAAFA blog. Loving, admiring, and respecting fat bodies can be really hard for people to grasp. We as…
Fat liberation: It’s not just about “all bodies” | The Body Liberation Guide
I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Mine was spent mostly resting my hand and recovering from this tendon injury. I’m about 50% better…
From my lips to your ears | The Body Liberation Guide
This is my last letter for 2022; you’ll next hear from me on January 9. Tonight I’m headed to a Zoom cookie-baking event with friends,…
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Exploitation cannot birth liberation
I want to follow up on my earlier piece about AI-generated artwork. People who are into AI art are telling me that this is a…
Exploitation cannot birth liberation. | The Body Liberation Guide
I want to follow up on my previous Body Liberation Guide about AI-generated artwork. People who are into AI art are telling me that this…
The robots are coming for art | The Body Liberation Guide
The robots are coming for art. You might not have seen any art created by artificial intelligence yet, but it won’t be long. We’re at…
Body liberation…on auto-pilot?
An overview of what AI art is, where it’s going and what effects it might have on businesses, artists and body liberation.
Body-positive business practices, part 5 | The Body Liberation Guide
Though I ended up catching the stomach flu* and having to rest and isolate for the last part of the retreat, our attendees had a…
Part 4 of body positive business practices | The Body Liberation Guide
Since I first wrote “The word on the scale” and shared it with my Patreon supporters (and later in the Body Liberation Guide), Taylor Swift…
The word on the scale
This post was published first for my Patreon supporters a week ago. Want to support my work and get first access to articles like this?…
Thin privilege is getting in and out of your car in a crowded parking lot.
This is a series of posts on thin privilege and how it affects all of us in daily life. I talk in depth about topics…