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Fat positivity creates room for fat people to be seen with full humanity — not as failed thin people, but as complete and precious.
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When it comes to plus-size fashion, we’re all outsiders to this world — a world that makes amazing garments in our size and welcomes us with open arms full of bubbly water and tiny cakes.
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2. Fat People Are In Survival Mode. I then moved onto a very basic reality: fatphobia is unjust, fat people are oppressed, fat people are being forced every, single day to navigate fatphobia while attempting to keep their dignity, heart, and spirit intact.
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Jealousy is such an interesting thing to me. As immediate and intense as it feels when it hits, it has always struck me as a secondary — a smokescreen for something else.
The patriarchal roots of my stomach-sucking habit weren’t lost on me.
I was six the first time I remember sucking in my stomach.
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A lot of people don’t know this, but fat activism has been around in the United States since the 1960s. Yes, it’s true!
It’s time for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to take a long, hard look in the mirror and recognize their body weight biases.
It’s time for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to take a long, hard look in the mirror and recognize their body weight biases.
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The reviews for the new Netflix movie Dumplin’
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It’s hard to be fat in this culture (period), but it feels alchemical to me to watch these stars rise to the top — highly visible, on screens all over the world, navigating the entertainment industry and also regular everyday boring ol’ fatphobia as well.
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Resolution season is rough for many of us.
