Hot, Heavy, and Stupid: TLC’s Bad New Show & Our Pathological Hatred of Fat...
I have a confession to make. It's shameful and I hesitate to put it out there on the internet where it will be saved in perpetuity, but it must be done. I fucking love TLC's "90 Day Fiancé." In...
View ArticleTraveling While Fat: Disney World vs. Universal Studios
I've written a lot of words about a lot of topics on this blog, but the post I get the most mileage out of is always a surprise to me. It's my blog on my trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando. It...
View ArticleUnbearable Weight: Why I Don’t Decline Being Weighed at the Doctor’s Office
Did you know that you can declined to be weighed at the doctor's office?! YES, I KNOW. The internet has been telling me for years at this point. I hear it all the time: in shareable graphics, in posts...
View ArticleEating Intuitively While Working Remotely
When I ditched diet culture and started practicing Intuitive Eating (IE) a few years ago, I would have guessed that my biggest challenge would come in the form of a dessert buffet or magnificent,...
View ArticleActivism and Obedience
I used to work for this nonprofit organization. We were a big org that was focused on animal welfare. Like many organizations in this field, our office was blindingly white. There were probably less...
View ArticleMoving Rocks: On Burning Health at Every Size to the Ground
I'm a big Star Wars fan. And one of my favorite arcs in the whole franchise is from "The Last Jedi." (Yeah, I like the new trilogy, die mad about it, haters.) Luke Skywalker, Jedi of myth and legend,...
View ArticleBook Review: Fearing the Black Body – The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by...
Sometimes a book, movie, or piece of art enters the public consciousness to such a degree that you feel like you know what it's all about, even if you haven't actually read it or seen it. I had this...
View ArticleThe Minnesota Starvation Experiment, Ancel Keys & Why Science Won’t Save Us
One of my favorite ways to get to know someone is to find out what their weirdest, most out-of-the-blue, most inane trigger for Big Anger is. My husband's is chicken and waffles; he finds the...
View ArticleA Plea
"Oh boy, how much do you weigh?" His name was Dr. Pfeffer. My discharge papers from the emergency room told me to make an appointment with him. I had a large obstructive kidney stone that wasn't going...
View ArticleFategories – Understanding the Fat Spectrum
Updated, May 2021: I wrote this piece in 2019 and it was long overdue for an update. I’ve removed the “White Fragility” framework because WOW that did not age well, and I should never have used it. I...
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