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…
Body Image
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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…
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…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
{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…
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…
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.
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!…
What would your life look like if you minded your own body business?
What would your life look like if you just…didn’t worry about what other people’s bodies looked like or were doing? What could you focus on…