body image
Microaggressions: Because it IS a Big Deal
You know the fury that comes over you when you’re affected by other people’s prejudice? The coldness, shock, or devastation when they put you or your loved ones down over race, sexual orientation, age, gender, size, class or ability? Maybe you felt it when your folks wouldn’t let... Read more »
Sex and the Fat Girl: I Touch Myself
On Facebook today, Marilyn Wann shared an article on CNN.com about the health benefits of touch. She added “If being fat makes a person '... Read more »
Sex and the Fat Girl: Subjectivity and Self-Image
Many of the ways we’ve talked about to combat dominant societal beauty standards and, in the process, boost your self-esteem/self-image, are subjective in nature. They involve presenting in a certain way to elicit the desired results: a new way of looking at fat sexuality. There’s... Read more »
Sex and the Fat Girl: Behind Closed Doors
I recently noticed that two commenters on my “Too Fat to F*ck” post expressed dismay at the idea of seeing ANYONE displaying sexual affection in public, not just fat people. I want to address this because that was not the point of the post.... Read more »
Swag Bucks, Now with Free Fat-Shaming!
I don’t play many video or computer games (unlike, say, the amazingly knowledgeable Ouyang Dan) but... Read more »
Sex and the Fat Girl: Body Love and Fatness As Choice
In so many questions submitted to Ask a Fat Girl, I was asked how to start loving your body. I gave many suggestions, but I want to touch on something that I think is integral to truly loving your fat body—taking responsibility for it. What I mean by taking responsibility is not denying... Read more »
On Our Radar
Phew! This week saw lots of compelling internet content, including the following:
Queerty... Read more »
Sex and the Fat Girl: Personal Style as Political Resistance
In a previous post about beauty standards/ideals, I suggested that fat women loving their bodies and viewing themselves as beautiful subverts the dominant beauty paradigm. One method of expressing your love for your body... Read more »
Sex and the Fat Girl: Ask a Fat Girl #4
This is the last edition of Ask a Fat Girl for a while. Today we talk about classes on sizeism, first time sex, “compliments” on weight loss, what I do when I’m feeling down on myself, and more!... Read more »
Sex and the Fat Girl: The Beauty Industrial Complex and You
If fat is a feminist issue, why don’t we challenge the dominant view that beauty is a viable concept instead of just accepting that unilateral standards of beauty exist and trying to shoehorn fat women into the “beautiful” category?
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