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body-positive

Posted on January 9, 2018 October 12, 2018

Bad Advice On Berating Your Fat Friends’ Parenting Skills

The Establishment
Written by
The Establishment
Posted in
Wit+Whimsy
Tagged
Bad Advice, Bad Advisor, body-positive, humor, wit-whimsy

Fat people are always an unsightly bother to those who have the upstanding moral judgment and good sense to be thin, but a fat person who is not sufficiently ashamed of their size is a problem of another order. Read more

Posted on June 27, 2017 September 7, 2018

On Weight Loss Surgery And The Unbearable Thinness Of Being

Your Fat Friend
Written by
Your Fat Friend
Posted in
Brain+Body
Tagged
body-positive, fat-acceptance, feminism, Weight Loss

I learned the quiet heartbreak of losing someone who truly understood what it meant to live in a body like mine. Read more

Posted on December 28, 2015 December 9, 2018

How To Say Hell No To ‘New Year, New You!’ Season

Katie Klabusich
Written by
Katie Klabusich
Posted in
Society+Politics
Tagged
advice, body-acceptance, body-positive, Books

Self-blame fuels the NYNY season. It doesn’t have to be this way. Read more

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