I’m tired of people acting like their words don’t have a real effect & that the ideas they choose to back are inconsequential. — The world can’t get enough of celebrity weight loss stories. Before and after pictures are prime time front page material, and once it starts it doesn’t stop for months or even years. What did she eat? What diet was she on? What is she wearing now? Who is her trainer…

I may be crazy-looking, but I am neither an opportunity for your self-reflection nor an avenue for your growth — Online dating isn’t all bad. After all, I met my partner through a Craigslist Ad, and he’s amazing. I’ve met some great people through apps like OK Cupid and Tinder. Some days, it’s fun and flirty and fruitful. Today is not one of those days. The Setup Last night, I log in…

Sarah Paulson Tripps the light fattastic to the tune of a million disappointed sighs — I dream of a day when I will no longer need to write about why using fat suits is insulting, unnecessary, and lazy. Unfortunately, today is not that day, because here we are again. …

It’s time to stop focusing on people’s bodies, and focus on their personhood instead — This title might sound strange…after all, compliments are a good thing, aren’t they? Yes, usually, but not when they refer to a person’s weight. Even if you’re trying to be kind and make someone feel good about themselves, compliments about weight loss need to stop. Let me take it one…

Thirteen steps you can take today towards dismantling fatphobic thinking — As I’ve gotten more and more entrenched in the worlds of true body liberation and fat acceptance, the pervasiveness of diet culture has been overwhelming. A few years ago, I probably would have thought diet culture was mostly just companies like Jenny Craig and the way that new scientifically proven…

It’s great when brands include real(er) bodies, but that doesn’t make them truly inclusive — The articles began to appear immediately after Sports Illustrated put on their annual swimsuit issue runway show, which took place the weekend of July 10. ‘Inclusive’ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit show features plus-sized models Sports Illustrated Swimsuit show celebrates body diversity on Miami runway Sports Illustrated kicks off swimsuit issue with…

Faulty reasoning, subpar medical care, and bullying are all serious and potentially life-threatening results of fatphobic thinking — The heading of this article may seem a little over the top, but I hope by the end you’ll see why it isn’t. Fatphobia can destroy lives, this is a fact. Beyond that destruction, it can even cost people their lives entirely; and I’m going to explain why. This topic…

Carrying sizing up to the average shouldn’t be lauded or celebrated — MLMs come in waves, and the most recent craze is ZYIA, a trendy, spendy athleisure brand taking Facebook by storm. I originally got invited to a ZYIA group by a coworker’s family member. I checked it out, and that’s the first time I saw the claim that ZYIA has something…

40 years in, I’m still discovering ways our body negative culture affects my relationship with movement — Recently I went to a Zumba class with my girlfriend. I was afraid it would be too hard and I would feel like death afterwards, or that I would not be able to do it at all. I went because my girlfriend asked me to go with her and even…