
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…
Thin privilege is a seat at a concert. I really enjoy live music and shows — both the energy of it and the ability to…
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…
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…
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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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Being fat is having your very existence considered to be dangerous. Any sort of visibility whatsoever โ from walking down the street to posting a…
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…
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
I don’t generally think of myself as what I call a โ101-level educator.โ That’s the kind of person whose talent is bringing people who are…
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.