Bodies

This article first appeared on Plus Mommy and has been republished with permission.

I’m not exactly sure how to take this. Is being thin a consolation prize for being sick?

It’s important to recognize that tiny or unsupportive seats (no matter how beautiful) send a silent but powerful message about who has the right to sit down. This message has strong ripple effects for a community that is already facing quite a bit of discrimination.

It takes a lot of ongoing effort, labor, and love to fight for justice and to question the culture. People in the “choir” opt out of fitting in or playing nice. We dedicate a lot of time to being conscientious citizens.

I can think of few things more worthy of celebrating on International Women’s Day than the slow and very public decline of a company that has capit

Dieting is a socially sanctioned method of mentally high-tailing out of whatever is going on and keeping you entirely in your head, laser-focused on your next bite, your scale, your plate.

Fat positivity creates room for fat people to be seen with full humanity — not as failed thin people, but as complete and precious.

When it comes to plus-size fashion, we’re all outsiders to this world — a world that makes amazing garments in our size and welcomes us with open arms full of bubbly water and tiny cakes.