hickening Fat: Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social Justice seeks to explore the multiple, variable, and embodied experiences of fat oppression and fat activisms. Moving beyond an analysis of fat oppression as singular, this book will aim to unpack the volatility of fat―the mutability of fat embodiments as they correlate with other embodied subjectivities, and the threshold…
It is okay to be fat. This is the basic premise of fat activism, a social movement that has existed in Canada since the early 1970s. This book focuses on the earliest strands of the Canadian movement, which emerged around 1977 and ended around 1997 with the emergence of defiant performance artists Pretty, Porky, and…
Mountain Loop Highway, an absolutely delicious drive through the western Cascade Mountains north of Seattle, was our first experience with U.S. Forest Service roads. The first thing you need to know: Just because they’re marked on Google Maps doesn’t mean they’re paved! The first time we went, we weren’t expecting anything but pavement, so we…
Image description: Black and white photo of a Black woman with long dark hair, looking at the camera with a small smile. She has her hand in her hair leaning into her hand. She is wearing glasses and a light-colored knitted sweater. There is a teal banner across the image, reading “Ask a Fat Creator:…
A young woman with long brown hair stretches in a yoga pose on a bed in a brightly-lit white room. She has pale skin and tattoos, and is partially nude, with her hips covered by a light blue sheet. She has visible side rolls. The primary colors in this image are blue, white and pale…
A plus-size woman in her 40s plays with a large blue plastic pinwheel in front of industrial steel steps and a brightly colored outdoor mural in blue, green and pink. She’s wearing a black leather collar with silver chains, a gray short-sleeved top and a black skirt. She has shoulder-length curly dark blonde hair.
A plus-size woman in her 40s sits on industrial steel steps in front of a brightly colored outdoor mural in blue, green and pink. She’s wearing a black leather collar with silver chains, patterned black tights, a black leather jacket and bra, a black skirt and black boots. She has shoulder-length curly dark blonde hair.
A plus-size woman in her 40s sits on industrial steel steps in front of a brightly colored outdoor mural in blue, green and pink. She’s wearing a black leather collar with silver chains, patterned black tights, a black leather jacket and bra, a black skirt and black boots. She has shoulder-length curly dark blonde hair.
A plus-size woman in her 40s sits on industrial steel steps in front of a brightly colored outdoor mural in blue, green and pink. She’s wearing a black leather collar with silver chains, patterned black tights, a black leather jacket and bra, a black skirt and black boots. She has shoulder-length curly dark blonde hair.
A plus-size woman in her 40s peers through industrial steel steps in front of a brightly colored outdoor mural in blue, green and pink. She’s wearing a black leather collar with silver chains, patterned black tights, a gray short-sleeved top and a black skirt. She has shoulder-length curly dark blonde hair.
A plus-size Jewish woman in her 40s dances outdoors on a loading dock in front of a huge, colorful mural in orange, white, blue and pink. A sign beside the door behind her reads, “Receiving and Shipping.” She is wearing a bra, leather jacket, choker with chains, skirt, patterned stockings, and boots, all in black….
The words “Fat Unicorn” are spelled out in edible pasta letters on a china saucer plate with a dainty yellow and pink floral design. The plate rests on a cream or off-white tablecloth with a subtle woven pattern.
Reader E. asks, “Dear Lindley, I’m working on accepting my body, but it’s so hard to sit at work and have to listen to diet talk all the time. How can I deal with this?”
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
A diverse group of people participates in a dance class in a yoga studio with wooden floors, red walls, and mirrors.
