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    5 Books to Begin Your Fat Acceptance Education

    Looking to learn about fat activism, fat acceptance, radical love and body positivity? Here are five nonfiction books to get you started!

    By Gennifer Eccles • Chapel Hill Contributor • Entertainment April 19, 2021
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    How Krispy Kreme's Vaccine Incentive Exposed a Fatphobic Culture

    This time last month, Krispy Kreme announced that its U.S stores would, for the rest of the year, offer a free glazed doughnut every day to...

    By Rosie Harkin-Adams • Leeds Contributor • Culture April 16, 2021
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    Why Wanting a "Summer Body" is Fatphobic

    Some people believe they need to lose weight if they want to have an attractive “summer body,” and while this feeling may stem from their own insecurity, it is also rooted in fatphobia.

    By Britney Simmons • VCU Contributor • Culture April 15, 2021
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    We're Not Glamorizing Obesity: Exploring Body Positivity in the Media

    Trigger warning: "Fatphobia" In the past few years, the term body positivity has skyrocketed in popularity online. In my own personal life...

    By Lauren Carey • U Mass Amherst Contributor • Wellness March 23, 2021
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    Diet Culture and The Pandemic: Isn't it Time to be Kind to Ourselves?

    As the clock struck midnight and the year on my laptop turned from 2020 to 2021, I felt myself bracing for impact. Not for the world to...

    By Frances McKean • McGill Contributor • Wellness February 18, 2021
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    By Bo Nguyen • KCL Contributor • Beauty December 21, 2020
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    How the Body Positivity Movement Still Excludes Fat Bodies

    There’s been a push among the younger generation to embrace “body positivity” for bodies of all shapes and sizes. But who is the face of this movement – and should they be?

    By Hannah Yusuf • U Penn Contributor • Wellness December 12, 2020
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    By Mikayla Galaviz • Cal Lutheran Contributor • Wellness November 9, 2020
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    5 Things You May Not Realize Are Microaggressions

    I've taken it upon myself to provide five examples of some common microaggressions that I've heard people say so that people can educate themselves and avoid making certain comments in the future.

    By Britney Simmons • VCU Contributor • Culture November 6, 2020
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    Being Fat Sucks, but Not for the Reasons You Think

    Being 5'10" and 250 lbs in high school will give you an interesting perspective on things.

    By Izzy Smith • C of C Contributor • Wellness November 4, 2020
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    How My Body Looks Is None of Your Business

    Body shaming is a culture we all need to unlearn as it perpetuates self-hate and discrimination.

    By Ntsako Mlambo • UCT Contributor • Mental Health October 19, 2020
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    Fighting Fatphobia: The Importance of Combating Diet Culture

    CW: Eating disorders, mentions of weight and fatphobia. For many of us, dieting and body image have been a part of our lives for as long as...

    By Sarah Katherine • Wilfrid Laurier Contributor • Wellness October 11, 2020
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    Overcoming Issues with Body Image through Understanding America’s Fatphobia

    I recently found out that my insurance covered a meeting with a nutritionist. I’ve always struggled with dieting and my body image so I...

    By Julia Tripp • Emmanuel Contributor • Wellness October 8, 2020
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    TikTok Conscience: Get to Know 5 Profiles That are Using the App to Discuss Social Issues

    If you think that tiktok is just a silly app dominated by pranks and playing with music, know that it is not so. Get to know 5 tiktokers who are using this social network to talk about racism, feminism, sexuality and other extremely necessary subjects

    By Nicoly Bastos • Casper Libero Contributor • Entertainment September 30, 2020
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    Here's a few things you can do to speak up against fatphobia!

    By Vitória Prates • Casper Libero Contributor • Lifestyle September 12, 2020
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    Fatphobia & the Strawberry Dress

    Lirika Matoshi's Strawberry Dress — a one of a kind work of art that anyone, and everyone, can look beautiful in.

    By Gennifer Eccles • Chapel Hill Contributor • Style September 1, 2020
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    Just say you hate fat people.

    By Sarah George • UNCW Contributor • Culture February 17, 2020
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    By Aviva Majerczyk • Concordia CA Contributor • Entertainment April 27, 2019
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    James Corden and Dismantling Weight Stigma in the Media

    James Corden shared his thoughts on the exclusion of "chubby" actors in the romance genre and this exclusion reflects the pervasive weight stigma in our society at large.

    By Molly Follette • U Mass Amherst Contributor • Entertainment April 27, 2019
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    The Inaccuracy of the Plus-Size Clothing Industry

    The plus-size clothing industry sucks, but it doesn't have to.

    By Zaria Cornwall • Ryerson Contributor • Style December 1, 2018
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