Wordpress - danceswithfat.wordpress.com - Dances With Fat
General Information:
Latest News:
Big Fat Liars 27 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
One of the tools that is used to silence fat people who speak up about the oppression, stigma, and mistreatment that we experience is to just call us liars. This can be incredibly frustrating because...
Lady Gaga, the VMAs and Fat Shaming 26 Aug 2013 | 08:43 pm
A little over a year ago to great fanfare Lady Gaga started her “Body Revolution” She opened up about her struggles with an eating disorder and reached out to her fans saying My weight/loss/gain sin...
To the Guys Who Threw Eggs at Me Tonight 23 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
I was five miles into a nine mile training walk for my upcoming marathon when your car pulled up beside me, I didn’t think much of it until I heard you yell “HEY FAT BITCH!” I stopped and turned to l...
You Just Never Know 22 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
Yesterday I came upon something on Facebook that I felt was fat bashing. The person who had posted it had over 40,000 likes so I tried to post a very calm explanation of why the picture wasn’t cool. I...
Of Course It’s About Fat People 21 Aug 2013 | 05:28 pm
I was alerted to a post on Facebook that shamed fat people in an attempt to make a point about gay rights. It was a picture of a fat woman in a Chik-fil-A chair that was too small for her with the ca...
The Great Fat Debate 20 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
We often hear about “debates” about fat activism Though I often take such opportunities to get the word out about Size Acceptance and Health at Every Size, there’s something that I want to make clear....
Size Acceptance in Kind of Crappy Graphics 18 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
I often have the desire to create fabulous graphics to express Size Acceptance and Health at Every Size concepts. Unfortunately, the tools that I am working with are Microsoft Paint and my wits so th...
Weight Loss is Not Revenge 15 Aug 2013 | 12:52 pm
Reader Rachel let me know about a new show called “My Big Fat Revenge” where women are encouraged to lose weight to “get revenge” on people who bullied them for being fat. Here are some quotes from th...
Ignored, Invisible, Erased 14 Aug 2013 | 03:54 pm
In response to my post about how fat hate is often about things other than our actual fat, I received comments and e-mails from people who had experiences where they were ignored, erased, or made to f...
It’s Not Even About My Fat 13 Aug 2013 | 04:55 pm
Ever since I posted about doing a marathon I’ve been getting tons of hate mail. I got an e-mail that said “A part of me sincerely hopes you die doing that marathon so that others will see you can’t be...
