Lesley KinzelNobody Owes You Fat Positivity: On Weight Loss Surgery as “Betrayal”I’m tired.Apr 27, 20189Apr 27, 20189
Lesley KinzelBefore and After: A MythologyIn my earliest memories I am already fat. There is no before.Jan 21, 201810Jan 21, 201810
Lesley KinzelYou Are Visiting The Library of CongressIf 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, 2016Dec 8, 2016
Lesley KinzelSocially Isolated Kids Are Not Weapons: They Need Help, Not To Be Labeled As ThreatsThere 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, 20163Dec 3, 20163
Lesley KinzelWeight-Obsessed Kate On “This is Us” Is Not the Fat-Positive Role Model I Want, But Maybe That’s OKOct 12, 201616Oct 12, 201616
Lesley Kinzel“This is Us” Fails To Unpack The Tragic Fat Girl Trope At All And It’s Super Bumming Me OutI’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, 20168Sep 21, 20168
Lesley KinzelHuge 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, 2016Sep 20, 2016
Lesley KinzelThe Writing Retreat From Hell; Or, A Slightly Terrifying Adventure in Small Town New EnglandI 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, 20161Sep 8, 20161
Lesley KinzelFat 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, 201640Aug 22, 201640
Lesley KinzelinInvisible IllnessI Spent 90 Minutes In a Float Tank and Hallucinated I Had Extra Arms, Among Other ThingsRelax, damn it.Aug 16, 20161Aug 16, 20161
