Breaking Down Fat Stigma: Criticism of Fat as Identity
“Why the obsession with fatness?” I can’t tell you the number of times that I’ve been asked that question. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been labelled obsessed, sensitive, angry, paranoid,...
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Cut the Snarky Fashion Judgement Crap
Sigh… I am working on a rather epic piece about awesome women with tattoos and candy hair, which I was going to post for you today, but something else has caught my attention and really got my dander...
View ArticleHow NOT to Market to Fat Customers
Can you believe it, I’m actually a little bit speechless. I know, ME, speechless! That almost never happens right! But I’ve got a doozy for you folks. You may have seen a campaign going around the...
View ArticleCreating the Problem In the First Place
This morning I awoke to see a constant stream of retweets and shares for an article on a major Australian women’s online magazine (give you two guesses – I’m not naming or linking to it) about a woman...
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Public Fat Shaming is not Good Marketing
Well hello! I haven’t forgotten or abandoned you all, I promise. Life has been intensely busy and I made a promise to myself at the beginning of this year that I would pace myself better and not work...
View ArticleWhy I Take No Shit From Anyone in My Online Spaces
Angry fat bitch! You’re so bitter! You don’t care about the CAUSE, it’s all about YOU! OMG you’re so rude! It’s no wonder you’re hated when you’re so RUDE! I was just giving my OPINION!! You’ve got...
View ArticleIt Sucks to be a Fat Woman
I don’t know if you’ve all seen this snippet from the TV show Louie, but it has done the rounds of the fatosphere quite a bit over the past few days. Just in case you haven’t seen it, or want to...
View ArticleMore on That Louie Scene
I had intended to run this post a few days ago, but the working week got the better of me (the crescendo of the financial year is always so intense), and I’m a little bit later than planned. But it’s...
View ArticleI Stand With Shakesville
It’s time for us all to break the silence. It’s time for us to stand up together. If you haven’t already heard about the harassment and abuse that Liss over at Shakesville is constantly under, please...
View ArticleSugar and Spice and All Things Nice? I Think Not.
There is something you all need to know about me. Some of you might already know it. I am not nice. I have never pretended to be so. I have no desire to be nice. I have rebuffed every claim that I...
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