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Welcome to a fat-friendly environment in which to share positive thoughts on fat and size acceptance, and to showcase some of the greatest hits of fatphobic ignorance!

If you'd like to submit something, please go ahead!

This is a HAES-positive space, so please do not make assumptions about anyone's health (not that you should be anyway)

This is also a trans*-friendly, feminist-friendly, pro-choice, anti-ableist and anti-racist space, so please keep that in mind.

If you are here to concern troll, please read these before submitting:

http://kateharding.net/faq/but-dont-you-realize-fat-is-unhealthy/
http://makefriendswithfood.blogspot.com/2010/03/5-things-i-learned-about-being-healthy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_at_Every_Size
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/fat-acceptance-faq/health/


...and if you still want to judge people's worthiness of respect by their health... well then you're just a douche.

If your question is deemed to be concern trolling it may be deleted. Or you might get your ass handed to you on a plate.
May 15 '13

lovethyfatness:

thisisthinprivilege:

What’s Wrong with Fat? by Dr. Abigail Saguy (UCI, April 17, 2013) (by feedmeimcranky)

Please watch the whole thing. At the end, Dr. Saguy, when asked a question about weight loss being prescribed to especially older cardiology patients, says:

…based on the data they shouldn’t be recommending weight loss. At all. And yet,  [a cardiologist at UCLA] tells me she has fellow cardiologists come to her and say, “Well, do you really believe your data?”

[to which she replies] “Well yeah, I have no reason not to believe my data.”

Or [her fellow cardiologists say] “I know what the data suggests, but I just can’t bring myself to stop recommending weight loss. I know there is no scientific basis for it, but…”

This comes from people’s prejudice.

We live in a society that values thinness, so we assume that it must be better for everything. And it’s just not supported.

There is gold in this here mountain.

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Mar 24 '13
goldenheartedrose:

sniffanyleeanne:

glitterandsemen:

brattyfatty:

avocadh0e:

myasphyxiatedmind:

hyenaboy:

theheavingbosom:

kylathegreat:

Ellen ! Ellen DeGeneres ! America’s favorite lesbian and anti-bullying advocate ! Who doesn’t love Ellen ?!
Me. I don’t love Ellen. Before a few days ago, I actually didn’t have much of an opinion of her, but when my close friend, Tiffany, told me about a tweet Ellen read on her show, I formed one quickly.
From what I can tell, on her show, Ellen does a weekly roundup of “funny” tweets from “amateur Twitter comedians.” And this is one of them:
“My 4 year old is so brave for yelling “that lady’s tummy is so big she can’t get by the table!” When everyone else was just thinking it.”  - @kellyoxford
Why is this funny, Ellen ? Where is the comedy ? Is it comical how poor Kelly Oxford’s parenting skills are ? Am I supposed to laugh because this child is a  total brat ? Surely you’re not expecting me to laugh at the expense of the big bellied woman, right ? Right ??

[image: quote of Ellen DeGeneres saying, “Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else’s expense and I find that’s just a form of bullying.]
Because that’s bullying, Ellen.
What prompted the discussion of this tweet between Tiffany and I ? We were at one of our favorite Thai spots for dinner. The waiter wanted to seat us in one of those two person tables, right in the middle of two other full tables. I took one look and said, “Um, can we get a different seat ? This isn’t going to work,” He looked at me like I was really putting him out by requesting a table we could actually fit into. And in that moment I felt that panic I’ve been familiar with my whole life — I’m fat, in public, around food, and everyone is looking at me.
It’s not funny. It hurts.
It’s a really painful experience when everyone is looking at you, judging you because of your body. Even if there wasn’t an issue with my table, I’m still noticed and judgements are made because of my size. I can’t hide my fat. I can’t take it off when I go out in public. I can’t hold the entire world’s face at MySpace angle height.
I’m fat and I like Thai food and I just want to enjoy myself in the company of friends — without shame being projected on me by children whose parents should spend more time teaching them how to be good people.
In the end, we were seated in a space suitable for our size. But if we hadn’t advocated for ourselves, we would have been that lady whose tummy was too big to get by the table. Most fat people ARE that lady because we’re taught that our bodies are wrong, not the arbitrary amount of space we’re “allowed” to take up.
There is nothing brave about making another person feel bad about their body, Kelly, Ellen, and anyone else who got a kick out of this tweet. It’s rude and mean. The end.

“Everyone else was just thinking it” and how is Kelly supposed to know that- because she herself was raised-and is raising her son-to only be tolerant of bodies they’ve coded as “normal”?  She can go straight to hell. 
And Ellen for not only reading this tweet outloud in front of a huge viewership and not criticizing it at all, but laughing? A thousand darts to you. 

So disappointed.

She also signed Jamie Oliver’s fat hating petition called “Food Revolution”.



wow. that hurts.

that tyra gif sums up exactly how i feel. damn it.

:(

Fat hatred, fatphobia

goldenheartedrose:

sniffanyleeanne:

glitterandsemen:

brattyfatty:

avocadh0e:

myasphyxiatedmind:

hyenaboy:

theheavingbosom:

kylathegreat:

Ellen ! Ellen DeGeneres ! America’s favorite lesbian and anti-bullying advocate ! Who doesn’t love Ellen ?!

Me. I don’t love Ellen. Before a few days ago, I actually didn’t have much of an opinion of her, but when my close friend, Tiffany, told me about a tweet Ellen read on her show, I formed one quickly.

From what I can tell, on her show, Ellen does a weekly roundup of “funny” tweets from “amateur Twitter comedians.” And this is one of them:

“My 4 year old is so brave for yelling “that lady’s tummy is so big she can’t get by the table!” When everyone else was just thinking it.”  - @kellyoxford

Why is this funny, Ellen ? Where is the comedy ? Is it comical how poor Kelly Oxford’s parenting skills are ? Am I supposed to laugh because this child is a  total brat ? Surely you’re not expecting me to laugh at the expense of the big bellied woman, right ? Right ??

image

[image: quote of Ellen DeGeneres saying, “Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else’s expense and I find that’s just a form of bullying.]

Because that’s bullying, Ellen.

What prompted the discussion of this tweet between Tiffany and I ? We were at one of our favorite Thai spots for dinner. The waiter wanted to seat us in one of those two person tables, right in the middle of two other full tables. I took one look and said, “Um, can we get a different seat ? This isn’t going to work,” He looked at me like I was really putting him out by requesting a table we could actually fit into. And in that moment I felt that panic I’ve been familiar with my whole life — I’m fat, in public, around food, and everyone is looking at me.

It’s not funny. It hurts.

It’s a really painful experience when everyone is looking at you, judging you because of your body. Even if there wasn’t an issue with my table, I’m still noticed and judgements are made because of my size. I can’t hide my fat. I can’t take it off when I go out in public. I can’t hold the entire world’s face at MySpace angle height.

I’m fat and I like Thai food and I just want to enjoy myself in the company of friends — without shame being projected on me by children whose parents should spend more time teaching them how to be good people.

In the end, we were seated in a space suitable for our size. But if we hadn’t advocated for ourselves, we would have been that lady whose tummy was too big to get by the table. Most fat people ARE that lady because we’re taught that our bodies are wrong, not the arbitrary amount of space we’re “allowed” to take up.

There is nothing brave about making another person feel bad about their body, Kelly, Ellen, and anyone else who got a kick out of this tweet. It’s rude and mean. The end.

“Everyone else was just thinking it” and how is Kelly supposed to know that- because she herself was raised-and is raising her son-to only be tolerant of bodies they’ve coded as “normal”?  She can go straight to hell. 

And Ellen for not only reading this tweet outloud in front of a huge viewership and not criticizing it at all, but laughing? A thousand darts to you. 

So disappointed.

She also signed Jamie Oliver’s fat hating petition called “Food Revolution”.

wow. that hurts.

that tyra gif sums up exactly how i feel. damn it.

:(

Fat hatred, fatphobia

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Mar 12 '13

Why the Obesity Epidemic is Like Modern Art

  • PETA: You’re fat because you eat meat. We can cure fat by making meat-eating illegal.
  • ENVIRONMENTALISTS: You’re fat because you drive everywhere instead of bike. We can cure fat with higher gas prices.
  • LOCALVORES: You’re fat because you eat fast food and over-processed junk instead of cook with local ingredients. We can cure fat by taxing fast food and processed food, and by subsidizing local farms.
  • ACADEMICS: You’re fat because you’re not educated enough. We can cure fat with widespread campaigns teaching people what to eat and how much to exercise.
  • INTERVENTIONISTS: You’re fat because bad food and gas is too cheap and poor neighborhoods are too unregulated. We can cure fat with tougher zoning laws and price regulation.
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORT FANS: You’re fat because you drive everywhere. If you used public transport you’d burn those extra calories taking stairs from train levels and walking to your train/bus stop. We can cure fat by expanding public transportation options.
  • WALKING/BIKING/RUNNING FANS: You’re fat because you sit on a bus, then sit at a desk, then sit at home. We can cure fat by building more bike lanes, walking trails, and parks.
  • LIBERTARIANS: You’re fat because you lack personal responsibility. We can cure fat by engendering a sense of individual pride in people.
  • RELIGIOUS FOLKS: You’re fat because you display the sin of greed. We can cure fat by teaching our children the correct values.
  • POLITICIANS: You’re fat because the previous administration didn’t care about the health of the nation and the costs of healthcare. You can cure fat (and save the economy!) by voting for me.
  • EMPLOYERS: You’re fat because you have a poor work ethic. We can cure fat by refusing to hire fat people, thus forcing them to lose weight in order to get a job.

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Mar 12 '13

itgetsfatter:

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Hi Tumblr!

The It Gets Fatter Project, a body-positivity project started by queer fat people of color for fat people of color, is now offering workshops in Toronto & Montreal!!*

We know that there are so many young people in our cities who access community services, attend after-school programs and other community groups that would benefit from a Body Positivity workshop. Most people today have never even been told that being fat is okay. The main goal of these workshops is to begin to destigmatize the word “fat,” deconstruct the messages and images that teach us to be ashamed of our bodies, to discuss our own experiences with fatness and to talk about ways we can build a healthier model of body positivity and self love. If you run and/or are a part of a group that you think could benefit from the work that we do, we encourage you to book a workshop with the It Gets Fatter Project!!

We are currently offering Body Positivity 101 workshops, but are also looking to develop workshops on more complicated issues like fat desire, fat trauma, and the relationship between queerness/race/class/ableism and fat bodies.

We organize all of our work within an anti-oppressive and anti-racist framework. If you’re interested, please contact us to discuss fees!

If you are interested in booking a workshop, please email us at itgetsfatterproject@gmail.com.

Big Big Love,

Jackie, Sara & Asam

XOXOXO IGF

_________________________________

*Of course, we would love to come to your city and present these workshops for you (NYC, anyone?!?!?). If you have the budget for such things, talk to us and maybe we can make it work!!

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Oct 7 '12

Big Fat List of Myth-Defying Health Resources

redefiningbodyimage:

This is Redefining Body Image’s go-to list of resources, articles, research, videos, etc. providing facts and information regarding health and body image, especially dedicated to debunking the everyone’s favorite myth that fat = unhealthy.

If I referred you to this page and this way of thinking about fat and fat health is new to you, I encourage you to have an open mind.

If you have something to add, please submit! The more this list grows, the more ammo we have to back us up in our fight against the body positive nay-sayers.

Let the facts come marching in.

Fat Acceptance/Size Discrimination Related Resources (WIP)

Body Positivity Resources (WIP)

Thank you.

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Sep 23 '12
randomlancila:

Not smarter. Not nicer. Not better people. Not a scientist or an engineer or a teacher or a mother. Just thinner.
We as a society have to remember that when we see ads on TV saying ‘LOSE 10 LBS N 10 DAYS!’ ‘GET RID OF THAT UGLY FAT!’ ‘TAKE THESE DIET PILLS!’, our children are seeing them too.
When you’re complaining about how ‘fat’ you look in the mirror, your little sister or brother, your son or daughter, your cousin, the child you babysit, sees it. And they internalize it. It starts them on a LIFETIME of being obsessed with body image. They’re actually MORE likely to become obese because of hyper-awareness of body image and constantly feeling like they’re not good enough. They’re MORE likely to end up with an eating disorder.
It has to stop.

randomlancila:

Not smarter. Not nicer. Not better people. Not a scientist or an engineer or a teacher or a mother. Just thinner.

We as a society have to remember that when we see ads on TV saying ‘LOSE 10 LBS N 10 DAYS!’ ‘GET RID OF THAT UGLY FAT!’ ‘TAKE THESE DIET PILLS!’, our children are seeing them too.

When you’re complaining about how ‘fat’ you look in the mirror, your little sister or brother, your son or daughter, your cousin, the child you babysit, sees it. And they internalize it. It starts them on a LIFETIME of being obsessed with body image. They’re actually MORE likely to become obese because of hyper-awareness of body image and constantly feeling like they’re not good enough. They’re MORE likely to end up with an eating disorder.

It has to stop.


(Source: letstalkabouted)

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Sep 22 '12
Women who are fat are said to have ‘let themselves go.’ The very phrase connotes a loosening of restraints. Women in our society are bound. In generations past, the constriction was accomplished by corsets and girdles…. Women today are bound by fears, by oppression, and by stereotypes that depict large women as ungainly, unfeminine, and unworthy of appreciation…. Above all, women must control themselves, must be careful, for to relax might lead to the worst possible consequence: being fat.
“Letting Ourselves Go: Making Room for the Fat Body in Feminist Scholarship,” by Cecilia Hartley (via clairvoyants)

(Source: rufflebutts)

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Sep 17 '12

sugaredvenom:

OK, so I’ve been putting this off for as long as I can, but shit has got real recently. 

Basically, my flatmate and I are totally financially screwed at the moment. She’s not got any money coming in, and I make £2.60 an hour at my apprenticeship. The amount I make just about covers my travel, but we’ve been surviving so far.

The problem is paying rent. My flatmate is the landlord after her mother transferred the mortgage to her after moving out due to disability problems and between us we have nowhere near enough- there is no asking the landlord for an extension, by not having the money we face eviction and she faces losing the house she’s always lived in. Obviously we’d like to avoid this.

I’m selling a bunch of stuff on eBay- I have a lot of clothes that I’ve never worn and are new, or are old and just too fabulous to throw out despite not fitting anymore. There will also be a bunch of handmade jewellery and art being added over the next few days along with the rest of the clothes we have.

Please have a look and see if there’s anything you like- we have sizes from 8 to 22 going up in a bunch of styles, and anything you buy goes directly towards supporting us.

eBay link is here!

I’ll also be adding a donate button for anyone who doesn’t see anything to buy but wants to help. 

Thank you in advance guys. I’m finally at a place where I’m happy with what I’m doing (despite the poverty)and I don’t want to give it up.

Signal boost on behalf of a mod here- some nice plus size clothes here!

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Aug 17 '12

thisisthinprivilege:

strangestwords:

pinkhairedneko:

redonkbadonk:

thisisthinprivilege:

Thin privilege is reading (or writing) a book and having your body type be the default image in your head for the protagonist.

It is really hard knowing that my body type is only used for villains or unimportant characters to be killed off.

The image of the character in your head can look how ever you want it to. If you want a curvy female protagonist in your story then make one. Seriously. This is absurd. The only thing that you can’t control is who is cast in a movie, assuming they make a movie after the book. But ‘your’ character can look how ever the fuck you want it to whether it matches what Hollywood picks or not.

What kind of books are people reading? Usually the only books I read that actually spell out what a person’s body looks like are like, shitty romance novels where the babe is either curvy and sexy or thin as a reed or some bullshit like that. Imagine the main character however you want to. 

And now that I think about it, I’ve read plenty of books with characters that aren’t described as being thin. I’ve read tons with “pleasantly plump” ladies as main characters, or at the very least vital secondary characters. 

Maybe the solution isn’t to make everyone else feel bad about how they look. Maybe the solution is to read some better freaking books.

Name four fat female protagonists in mainstream not-shitty fiction whose character isn’t defined by their weight somehow (as attribute, obstacle, etc). I’d really like to know. Considering there are thousands of good books out there with female protags, this shouldn’t be a difficult task. Right?

 And yes, they’ve got to be actually fat, not the coded ‘curvy’ which in fictionland usually means ‘thin-waisted with biggish boobs/butt’. 

For more hilarious conversations about how crazy us fatties must be to believe that people with our bodies aren’t represented in the vast majority of movies and books, please check out these posts (and comments!): The Fatty Bechdel Test and Fat Heroes in Science Fiction.

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Aug 6 '12

Study finds fat acceptance blogs can improve health outcomes

jentheturk:

fuckyeahsexeducation:

re-cover-ed:

“Fat acceptance” blogs urging overweight people to shed negative feelings about their body image can lead to healthier diet and exercise choices, a study has found.

The fat acceptance movement, which seeks to foster a support network among overweight people, has inspired a plethora of blogs and web forums such as CorpulentFat Heffalump and The Rotund — an online community that’s become known as the “fatosphere”.

In a study published in the journal Qualitative Health Research, researchers from Monash University, the University of New England and the University of Canberra interviewed 44 fatosphere bloggers from Australia, the US and the UK about how their involvement in the movement had changed them.

“There’s been a lot of criticism of the movement that it promotes obesity and encourages people to give up on weight loss and makes their health worse,” said one of the researchers, Dr Samantha Thomas, a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University’s Department of Marketing.

“We saw there was a lot of opinion about the movement but very few people had actually studied it.”

Interviews with the respondents revealed many had experienced feelings of worthlessness, shame, crash diets, cycles of starvation and binge eating and laxative abuse before discovering the fatosphere.

“Having that support and feeling empowered, people slowly found that their health behaviours began to change dramatically. For example, many people suddenly felt confident to do swimming, something they would not have done before,” she said.

“People shifted their focus away from weight loss and more toward health. A lot of people started to take part in physical activity not as a way to lose weight but because they enjoyed it. Instead of pounding it out on the treadmill they start playing with their kids. It’s actually a massive shift in the way they looked at things.”

Shifting the focus away from restricting food and toward listening to the body’s needs could also lead to better food choices, said Dr Thomas.

“There are actually a lot of lessons for public health here,” she said.

“The term fat acceptance is really confronting for people. That’s why we have seen a lot of blame and criticism. Society tells us it’s not OK to be fat for a whole bunch of moral and medical reasons,” she said.

“This study shows that far from promoting obesity and promoting negative health behaviours, the movement is really positive for some people’s health.”

EAT THAT CONCERN TROLLS.

You mean people are generally healthier when you tell them to appreciate themselves for who they are? SHOCKING.

No, but seriously, it’s amazing to see this have validation finally.

(Source: theconversation.edu.au)

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