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More than Just a Few Cruel Words; Fatphobia Can Destroy Lives
More than Just a Few Cruel Words; Fatphobia Can Destroy Lives
Faulty reasoning, subpar medical care, and bullying are all serious and potentially life-threatening results of fatphobic thinking
Claire McGregor
Mar 8
Your Brand is Not Inclusive: Stop Using Fat People’s Hope as a Marketing Tactic
Your Brand is Not Inclusive: Stop Using Fat People’s Hope as a Marketing Tactic
Carrying sizing up to the average shouldn’t be lauded or celebrated
Rachael Hope
Feb 19
Judgement, Shame, and Other Things Fat People Find at the Gym
Judgement, Shame, and Other Things Fat People Find at the Gym
40 years in, I’m still discovering ways our body negative culture affects my relationship with movement
Rachael Hope
Feb 9
Write for Fattitude
Write for Fattitude
Fight the power!
Rachael Hope
May 9, 2020
9 Ways to Show Up for Your Fat Friends
9 Ways to Show Up for Your Fat Friends
Concrete steps to being here for it as an ally
Rachael Hope
Oct 1, 2019
Editor's Spotlight
Representation Matters: 10 Big, Bold Babes You Need to Know
Representation Matters: 10 Big, Bold Babes You Need to Know
Women who are breaking the mold and changing the world for people of size.
Rachael Hope
Dec 3, 2019
Things You Should Know About Sex With Fat Girls
Things You Should Know About Sex With Fat Girls
When people make the assumption that fat girls don’t have bangin’ sex lives, I feel like I have some kind of amazing secret.
Rachael Hope
May 9, 2019
Leaving Body Positivity Behind for Fat Acceptance
Leaving Body Positivity Behind for Fat Acceptance
Cute fats, skin rolls, and why I’m not the right kind of fat to be body positive
Rachael Hope
Jul 26, 2019
More From Fattitude
Fat & Happy: 10 Commandments for Ditching Diet Culture
Fat & Happy: 10 Commandments for Ditching Diet Culture
If you’re struggling with being fat and feeling bad about it, take these lessons to heart.
Claire McGregor
Jan 27
One Thing We Can Do In 2021 to Combat Diet Culture
One Thing We Can Do In 2021 to Combat Diet Culture
Let’s start confronting our complacency.
Katie O'Malley
Jan 9
I’m Finally Refusing to Be Sucked in to January’s Diet Culture Bonanza
I’m Finally Refusing to Be Sucked in to January’s Diet Culture Bonanza
It’s taken me decades to swear of diets for good, here’s why you should too!
Claire McGregor
Jan 8
A Better New Years Resolution: Leave Diet Culture in the Dust
A Better New Years Resolution: Leave Diet Culture in the Dust
Why it’s so hard for your fat friends to hear about your diet and weight loss goals.
Rachael Hope
Jan 7
10 Lessons I’ve Learned That No Scale Could Measure
10 Lessons I’ve Learned That No Scale Could Measure
In recovering from my marred relationship with food, health, and my body, I was faced with the choice between life and death (quite…
Katie O'Malley
Dec 29, 2020
How to Help Your Fat Friends Have Happy Holidays
How to Help Your Fat Friends Have Happy Holidays
This time of year can be particularly challenging. Here’s how you can help.
Rachael Hope
Dec 16, 2020
Fat Acceptance Is Self-Acceptance
Fat Acceptance Is Self-Acceptance
We can’t wait until we’re not fat to love ourselves.
Christine Schoenwald
Dec 4, 2020
How I Came to Accept That I, a Fat Person, Am Attractive
How I Came to Accept That I, a Fat Person, Am Attractive
When you’re fat, realizing your self-worth can be a difficult journey.
Danny Jackson H.
Nov 12, 2020
When Did My Dreams Become Fatphobic?
When Did My Dreams Become Fatphobic?
My dreams haven’t gotten my body positivity memo.
Jackie Gualtieri
Oct 28, 2020
No One Is Trying to Glorify Obesity
No One Is Trying to Glorify Obesity
Fat characters can be accepting of their bodies too.
Christine Schoenwald
Oct 27, 2020
Our Obsession With Weight Loss ‘Before and After’ Images Is Dangerous
Our Obsession With Weight Loss ‘Before and After’ Images Is Dangerous
What does our fascination with fat-to-thin transformation say about us? And can we redirect our attention to more meaningful change?
Kellee Rich
Oct 12, 2020
Rebel Wilson’s Weight Loss Doesn’t Make Her a Better Person
Rebel Wilson’s Weight Loss Doesn’t Make Her a Better Person
Celebrating weight-loss reinforces the idea that fat people have limited worth.
Christine Schoenwald
Oct 7, 2020
FAT! 10 Things I Love About My Size
FAT! 10 Things I Love About My Size
The toxic narrative in western culture that we should never stop fighting to be thin needs to change, now!
Claire McGregor
Sep 27, 2020
Have Scooter, Will Travel
Have Scooter, Will Travel
A new set of wheels means living in freedom, despite my disability
Jean Crawford Evans
Sep 16, 2020
Saying You ‘Feel Fat’ is Inaccurate and Hurtful
Saying You ‘Feel Fat’ is Inaccurate and Hurtful
Words matter, and every time you claim to ‘feel fat,’ you disparage people who actually ARE fat
Rachael Hope
Sep 4, 2020
Let’s Stop With the Fatphobic Talk
Let’s Stop With the Fatphobic Talk
It’s not your place to speak about someone else’s body.
Christine Schoenwald
Aug 30, 2020
I Can Assure You That Being Fat Is Not Contagious
I Can Assure You That Being Fat Is Not Contagious
If it were, maybe fat bodies would be valuable enough to warrant studying how to provide better medical care
Rachael Hope
Aug 7, 2020
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