fatphobia
We Are More Than Tragedy: Fat Girls Deserve Better Than “This Is Us”
We deserve better characters who reflect the fullness of our lives.
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Pure Evil: The Entwined History of White Supremacy and Fat Hatred
The control of white women’s bodies is paramount to white supremacy.
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Ask for More Pillows: Size, Sex, and Chemistry
Your pleasure is the great gift in your body, and you have the right to feel it for as long as you can handle it.
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“Rough Night” Turns Fat Women Into Villains
Fat women deserve more than having their bodies used as weapons or the brunt of cruel and lazy jokes.
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Roxane Gay’s “Hunger” Will Satiate You: On Fat, Trauma, and the World of Longing
Roxane Gay’s newest work, Hunger, a memoir of her body, is told in her signature style: boldly vulnerable.
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Fat Girls Deserve Fairytales Too: The Rejection of Tropes in “This Is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare”
Gabourey Sidibe’s debut memoir uses personal experiences to tell fat girls that they deserve happiness.
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The Complexities of Cure Culture : An Interview with Eli Clare on Cure, Diagnosis, and a Crip Writing Practice
I want us to turn our backs on normal. I want us to build and practice a body politics that is as complicated and contradictory as our body-minds. Otherwise we will never find liberation.
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A Short History of Donald Trump's Feud With Rosie O'Donnell
An unusual and perfect opportunity to mess with Donald Trump has presented itself.
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Popaganda: Body-Positive Exercise
Why does the thought of going to the gym inspire such anxiety? Because exercise—literally moving our bodies—is so wrapped up in fatphobia, ableism, sexism, and other nasty stuff. On this episode, we try to extricate exercise from all the body-shaming stuff that’s usually tied to it.... Read more »
We Can Already Declare "The Duff" To Be the Worst Movie of 2015
This movie is just as bad as it looks.
Let’s just get this clear at the outset: New film The DUFF is based on the premise that every group of female friends has a “Designated Ugly Fat Friend” whose sole purpose for being in the group is to act as a gateway to her... Read more »
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