fat shaming

On being a big fat liar...Sometimes "being yourself" just doesn't cut it.

Slate's new job posting for Political Editor requires candidates with a fast metabolism. This is why that phrasing is fat-shaming and discriminatory.

By merely standing up for herself and showing the world what that can look like, Hage became an everyday hero.

OMG! It's so freakin' original to make fun of fat people because they never get picked on and bullied and harassed anyway, right?

I can't make you stop texting, but I CAN call you out.

The pictures Lush posted are media that was created by the film company — and the film is inherently problematic in terms of “diversity and inclusion justice.” Lush re-posting them is a problem. That they were created in the first place is a problem.

Some of our happiest moments are those when we think that no one is watching: when we sing at the top of our lungs in our cars, or we dance down the frozen-food aisle of the supermarket allowing ourselves the freedom to let our inner child out. However, when you’re fat and the fat person’s representative, you don’t get any of those times of abandon because you’re always trying to lead by example and show that you’re the perfect fat person.

Here’s something that isn’t rocket science either, Stephen Hawking: Diets don’t work.