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more about #fat SurferWomyn: I am being really honest here so please enlighten me (nicely) on your thoughts on this. I understand that the man that this story is about was obese ... more » MoonCat82: i feel for this woman. my mother, younger brother and both of my younger siblings are obese. i love them all so much and i don't want to do any of tha... more » cnphair: Obesity is not healthy. But being "fat" by fashion's standards is not the same thing as truly, medically obese. A size 14 is not obese. It is not "fa... more » Raised-byHeathens: One thing that is never present in these articles is the underlying class tension that fat acceptance riles up. While in earlier cultures, being plump... more » KikiCanuck: I'm starting to lose hope that we will ever get to a place where thin and healthy are not synonymous, at least in terms of people's first reactions. I... more » pesematology: So she can accept that his compressed disc, diabetes, emphysema, and heart problems, but fat (someone else's, natch) is something she just refuses to ... more » AgainWithFeeling: I'm sorry for Ms. Shriver's loss of her brother, and given her brother's poor health at the time of writing I understand her anxiety, but I can't help... more » Sarah Dove: I thought 'fat acceptance' meant accepting fat PEOPLE and not being a dick to them, and accepting that fat people are not necessarily unhealthy, rathe... more » Valkyrie607: I feel for Ms. Shriver. Her brother died and perhaps if she had just pushed him a little more to control his eating (or whatever she tells herself lat... more » andromedeia: I think the perceived relationship between health and weight that people have is so interesting. I'm 6'4" and I used to be around 235 lbs, which was m... more » Zombies make the heart grow fonder: A healthy at any size argument fails when the example used, as the case here, is not healthy at all and experiencing health issues which are directly ... more » karmasutra är svensk: I just hate how in public, if someone sees a skinny person eating a cheeseburger, it's like 'Oh, that's okay, s/he's skinny!' but if you see a heavier... more » activearchivist is lovely, in a moist, fluffy sort of way: I wanted to leave this as a reply to those who find HAES harmful, but there's a lot of them, and I think I can be more relevant up here. As someone s... more » Kitty: "...points out that fat characters in Disney films are always evil, and asks, 'when is fat Cinderella?'" I'm going to have to disagree with that. Th... more » snowmentality: Yeah, it's about HEALTH at every size. The goal of healthy living -- including a healthy amount of enjoyable physical activity, and a nutritious d... more » Tartan_Tart: I am very sorry for her loss and it's tragic that her brother didn't take care of himself. However, that he didn't take care of himself has nothing t... more » Teh Indiciiia, professional flower whore: I'm a HAES unicorn, or maybe a useful rhetorical example for anyone who wants to clobber the ideology with truthiness. My particular insulin/metaboli... more » lucyjae: Take for example my crazy Aunt Pat. She's a size 2, but has lived on cigarettes, coffee & spite for the past 20 years or so. Anyone could look her and... more » JillJitsu: please, please tell me this is not the same lionel shriver who wrote "we need to talk about kevin." more » MargaretMoony: I suggest Bib Fat Lies by Gasser who is interested in this subject. more » -
#weightymatters
"I Won't Simply Accept That My Brother Is Fat"
In a disturbing essay in today's Guardian, Lionel Shriver (not pictured) writes about her brother's obesity, and why she can't fully get on board with fat acceptance.
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#maghag
Study: Even Plus-Size Models Lower Self-Esteem
According to a new study, overweight women feel worse about themselves after looking at photos of models, whether those models are skinny or not. Underweight women, however, show an increase in self-esteem. So what's going on here?
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#fatfight
Female Fighter Slams Sexism, Fat People
Black belt Susan Schorn has a lot of interesting things to say about karate, sexism, and violence against women. So why did she have to spend so much of her McSweeney's essay bashing her fat doctor? More » -
#thebrightspot
Too Fat For Sex? — Or Too Crazy?
Susie and Aretha Bright believe that mother-daughter teamwork is the answer - or maybe the last resort - for your sex advice needs. Send us questions! Mail to sexperts@jezebel.com. Today, SSRIs Killed My Sex Life- and Too Fat For Sex. More » -
#babyfat
WTF Moment On Morning TV
Dear Jillian: If you don't want little girls to "sense [their mothers'] concern" over their weight, then tell your producers not to feature their pictures on a extremely popular national television program. Just a thought! -
#fatfantasy
Scientists Dream Up New, More Disgusting Form Of Liposuction
Scientists think they may someday be able to suck ordinary white fat out of a person, convert it into calorie-burning "brown fat" using a special protein, and then squirt it back in. Sounds fun, right? [NewScientist, via BoingBoing] -
#bigproblems
"Happy" Fat Acceptance Anniversary? 40 Years, Not Much Progress
Today, July 31, is the 40th anniversary of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA). In the tumultuous '60s, the organization staged a "Fat-In" which involved eating ice cream "while burning posters of uber-thin model Twiggy." More » -
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#tvwatch
More To Love Premieres Tonight; Two "Fat" Writers Weigh In
Kate Harding: "[The show] does does little to dispel the myth that fat people's lives are built around dessert and desperation." Marianne Kirby: "It's a one-two punch of acceptance followed by a knockout blow of shame." [Salon, The Daily Beast] -
#inaneinventions
Idiotic Product "Turns Eating Into Exercise"
This morning a publicist emailed us about this remarkably stupid item: a knife and fork attached to 2-pound dumbbells. More » -
#fathead
Owner Of Defunct Sex Gym Thinks Regina Benjamin Is Too Fat To Serve
Adding to the debate over whether Regina Benjamin is "too fat" to be U.S. Surgeon General is the most qualified Fox News pundit ever: Michael Karolchyk, owner of a Denver gym that specializes in "getting clients in shape for sex." More » -
#foodfights
Times Discovers Women Who Don't Diet
Today's New York Times "Thursday Styles" section has (another) article about how some people eschew dieting in favor of eating what they want — even if it doesn't make them thin. More » -
#fantasyfulfillment
Fox Anchor Cries Foul On Fat-Shamer
Stuart Varney had "anti-obesity advocate" MeMe Roth on today to talk about Northwest Airlines' flight attendants' fight to get uniforms larger than a size 18. And then he did what every sane person longs to do: he publicly shamed her. More » -
#weightymatters
Bad Beth Ditto Demonstrates Women Can Be Successful No Matter The Size
Or so says UK doctor Michael McMahon, who has exactly zero vested interest in making sure people understand that the only thing fat people should focus on is their own self-loathing, weight-loss and obviously limited career potential! More » -
#notablequotable
British GQ Editor On Beth Ditto: "Fat… A Porker… A Bad Example"
"When she's not touring the world's fashion capitals being condescended to by wasp-waisted fashion editors who love her southern accent and her flabby arms, she's the singer in a deeply average, resolutely unsuccessful rock band." [NY Mag, GQ] -
#foodphobe
Anti-Obesity Activist MeMe Roth Compares Eating To Rape
This weekend, anti-obesity activist MeMe Roth took her anti-food, anti-human rhetoric across the Atlantic in an interview with the Guardian — and sounded more crazed than ever. More » -
#foodforthought
New Book On Overeating: Should We Treat Mac & Cheese Like Cigarettes?
"I wanted to understand why it's so hard to control what we eat," explains David Kessler of his new book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. More » -
#butnaturally
Scientists Discover Some Men Do Find Non-Skinny Women Attractive
The age-old question of whether a woman can fail to live up to societal standards of acceptable beauty and still be found desirable has been answered by scientists, and will be sensitively explored by Fox. More » -
#weightymatters
Scientists Discover Fat Helps You Lose Weight
Well, one type of fat. Research shows adults have large, active deposits of "brown fat," a type of energy-burner once thought to disappear after infancy. Scientists hope it may lead to ways to fight obesity. More » -
#weightyissues
Overweight Women: To Be Celebrated? Or Shamed?
Two recent stories about "fuller figured" women come from completely different perspectives; one is fat-accepting, one is fat-shaming. More »
