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!
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Body Image: A Conversation You Should Not Run Away From
*Sensitive topic: body image* More than ever, I am realizing that 2020 is a time of change. Due to the pandemic and the lockdowns all over...
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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?
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Stop Using Fat as A Bad Word
Being a fat girl is hard. Notice how I didn't write 'plus-sized' or 'chubby.' I said fat. I started describing myself as fat about a year...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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
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Fatphobia: How to Speak Up Against Bad Comments Directed to Fat Women
Here's a few things you can do to speak up against fatphobia!
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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.
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Fat People Loving Themselves is Not "Glorifying Obesity"
Just say you hate fat people.
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TV Review: Shrill on Hulu
With just six short episodes, Hulu’s newest dramedy, Shrill has been charming critics and fans alike - and for good reason. Released not...
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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.
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The Inaccuracy of the Plus-Size Clothing Industry
The plus-size clothing industry sucks, but it doesn't have to.
