Category Archives: fat hating

The Weight of a National Prejudice

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

There has been much to-do lately about an HBO documentary, “The Weight of the Nation”. It’s an ‘exploration’ of the American ‘obesity crisis’. It’s title, whether intentional or not, is an homage to the technically groundbreaking silent film “Birth of … Continue reading →

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Sugar Crash Test

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

There is now a purdy new chart to help us understand the “satiety index”, which is how long a food makes you feel like you’ve actually eaten. I’ve noticed most of this on my own, too. That being said, their … Continue reading →

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Health and Bullshit

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Lately there has been a lot of brouhaha about the life-threatening qualities of red meat. However, this hysteria is based on an extremely faulty scientific study on red-meat consumption and mortality. How faulty was it?  All I can say if … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Beauty

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

I am definitely going to make sure I get my time in the land of nod. As y’all know (if you’ve read this blog for a while) I am a proponent of the Health at Every Size philosophy, because it … Continue reading →

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Beauty and Fat

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

I’ve been reading an anthropological book about fat from a cross-cultural perspective. I do stuff like that. Which is why I am a geek. It has given me Deep Thoughts. There are areas in Niger where fat is considered a … Continue reading →

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OMFG … pushing unrealistic ideals about their bodies on teen girls much?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

I read a blog called Sociological Images, because the way that images are used to influence society and behavior fascinates me. A lot of what we believe, as a culture, is constructed around what we see in popular mass media.  … Continue reading →

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Barbie is a toy, not an “ideal”

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Let’s talk about model Katie Halchishick for a moment shall we? She is size 10 and is marketed as “plus sized”. She has started her own modeling agency, and it’s motto is “healthy is the new skinny”. She is very … Continue reading →

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Cue the fat-hate and hysteria

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Well, the end of the world is nigh. Lancet has predicted every other American will be “obese” by 2030.  This is the most horrible thing, ever. “At the rate we’re looking at right now, it’s a dire prediction,” Claire Wang, … Continue reading →

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Imma count this as a “win”.

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Last night, as I was kissing my daughters good-night, my eldest looked at my butt as I bent over her sister to apply smooches and said, “Mommy, you have a really big butt, because you are fat. But that’s okay … Continue reading →

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Where does the “hate” in fat-hate come from?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

What happens when a woman is fat and healthy, can prove (medically and athletically) that she is healthy, and advocates for Health at Every Size so that others can see by her example that health is something they can also … Continue reading →

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