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Rebecca Alexander Wants to Make It Easier to Be Fat in Public

Rebecca Alexander, a plus-size white woman, smiles for the camera
by Evette Dionne
November 25, 2019 at 12:30pm
It’s profound to live in a body that’s so normal, and yet no one designs for.
Bride Wars, featuring Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson). Two white, thin brides lay on the ground in white wedding dresses after fighting with each other.

Unshakeable Shame: No One Can Escape the Wedding Industry’s Fatphobia

by Macey Lavoie
October 8, 2019 at 12:39pm
There’s power to be found when brides refuse the industry its thinness obsession and shape the day on their own terms.  Read more »
a child with shoulder-length black hair and bangs looks depressed while sitting at the lunch table a school

Deadly Dieting Tools: Who Loses When Weight Watchers Sets Its Eyes on Children?

by Gloria Oladipo
August 26, 2019 at 12:55pm
Apps like Kurbo only make the transformation from healthy eating to disordered eating to eating disorder more efficient. Read more »
a white woman with red hair smiles besides a Latinx woman with long, black hair

5 Fat-Positive Podcasts Feminists Should to Listen To

by Evette Dionne
July 12, 2019 at 9:00am
I am particularly fond of personality-driven podcasts hosted by fat people that center around our myriad experiences. Read more »
a trans man with short, blond hair poses topless in black boxers

Model Sawyer Devuyst Kicks Sand on Myths About Beach Season

by Sarah Mirk
June 25, 2019 at 12:18pm
There’s nothing wrong with my body being a trans body. Read more »
a plus-size Latina woman poses on the beach in a burgundy two-piece swimsuit

Popaganda: Body Positive Beach Times

by Sarah Mirk
June 20, 2019 at 9:00am
The beach is supposed to be a place of relaxation. But, as we all know far too well, it’s also a place of high anxiety. Nothin’ puts body positive feelings to the test quite like slipping into what’s essentially colorful underwear and parading around in the midday sun in front of a bunch... Read more »
a white man with short, blond hair looks downtrodden

Thor’s “Endgame” Weight Gain Should Have Been More Than a Punch Line

by Clarkisha Kent
June 3, 2019 at 2:13pm
There’s a longstanding assumption that fat people feel less pain or sadness than non-fat people, and that they both deserve and can handle less-than-human treatment. Read more »
a Black mother and her Black daughter exchange high-fives and smile at each other in a park

Body Freedom: Shemekka Epps Should Get to Have It Too

by Cate Young
May 31, 2019 at 11:22am
She’s Gotta Have It buys into the idea that self-love and body modification can’t coexist. Read more »
a plus-size person wearing a yellow shirt smiles brightly at the camera

No Fluffy Self-Love: Sonalee Rashatwar Is Returning Body Positivity to Its Political Roots

by Melissa A. Fabello PhD
May 21, 2019 at 3:35pm
What are we rejecting within us by rejecting fat people? Read more »
Students in a fat yoga class gaze upwards

6 Fat Writers, Activists and Athletes Who Defy Traditional Femininity

by Katie McMahon
April 4, 2019 at 2:26pm
Lots of people needed what I was looking for: people as fierce, fun, and fat-positive as the ones I already loved—just less femme. Read more »
a white woman and a darkskinned Black woman walk into a plus-size pool party

Big as Life: “Shrill” Upends Pop Culture’s Fat Narrative

by Jourdain Searles
March 15, 2019 at 10:31am
Aidy Bryant brings humor and positivity to a role that could have easily fallen into stereotype with a lesser actress. Read more »

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