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Lesley Kinzel

Nobody Owes You Fat Positivity: On Weight Loss Surgery as “Betrayal”

I’m tired.

Apr 27, 2018

Nobody Owes You Fat Positivity: On Weight Loss Surgery as “Betrayal”

Apr 27, 2018

Before and After: A Mythology

In my earliest memories I am already fat. There is no before.

Jan 21, 2018

Before and After: A Mythology

Jan 21, 2018

You Are Visiting The Library of Congress

If you walk into the public entrance of the Library of Congress expecting to gain access to the Reading Room, you’ll be sadly disappointed.

Dec 8, 2016

You Are Visiting The Library of Congress

Dec 8, 2016

Socially Isolated Kids Are Not Weapons: They Need Help, Not To Be Labeled As Threats

There is an ad going around the internet; you may have seen it. If not, part of me wants to be all “just watch it!” and not spoil anyone…

Dec 3, 2016

Socially Isolated Kids Are Not Weapons: They Need Help, Not To Be Labeled As Threats

Dec 3, 2016

Weight-Obsessed Kate On “This is Us” Is Not the Fat-Positive Role Model I Want, But Maybe That’s OK

Oct 12, 2016

Weight-Obsessed Kate On “This is Us” Is Not the Fat-Positive Role Model I Want, But Maybe That’s OK

Oct 12, 2016

“This is Us” Fails To Unpack The Tragic Fat Girl Trope At All And It’s Super Bumming Me Out

I’ll forgive you if you’ve somehow managed to remain unaware of This is Us, NBC’s high-expectation fall dramedy. I almost overlooked it…

Sep 21, 2016

“This is Us” Fails To Unpack The Tragic Fat Girl Trope At All And It’s Super Bumming Me Out

Sep 21, 2016

Huge Revisited, Episode 1: Hello, Is It Me You’re Looking For?

I expected a typically depressing story of sad fat teens who uniformly hate themselves. What I got was something more quietly subversive.

Sep 20, 2016

Huge Revisited, Episode 1: Hello, Is It Me You’re Looking For?

Sep 20, 2016

The Writing Retreat From Hell; Or, A Slightly Terrifying Adventure in Small Town New England

I heard a man’s voice distantly, from somewhere else in the house. It sounded like it was repeating something forcefully. Over and over.

Sep 8, 2016

The Writing Retreat From Hell; Or, A Slightly Terrifying Adventure in Small Town New England

Sep 8, 2016

Fat Shaming is Not an Individual Problem, It’s a Cultural One

“It’s okay to be curvy, but nobody should be obese.” Choke on that trash before you ever say it again.

Aug 22, 2016

Fat Shaming is Not an Individual Problem, It’s a Cultural One

Aug 22, 2016

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Invisible Illness

I Spent 90 Minutes In a Float Tank and Hallucinated I Had Extra Arms, Among Other Things

Relax, damn it.

Aug 16, 2016

I Spent 90 Minutes In a Float Tank and Hallucinated I Had Extra Arms, Among Other Things

Aug 16, 2016

Lesley Kinzel

Lesley Kinzel

Writer, recovering editor, and mouthy fat broad. Usually sipping tea. Actual tea.

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