Don’t Feed the Stars!: Celebrity Bodies and Gossip’s New Schizophrenia
“It’s sort of awful. Yesterday for lunch? Spinach… and some seeds.” “I swear by almost nothing for breakfast. Mugs of hot water!” “The other day I realized as long as I’m in this business, I’m going to...
View ArticleThe Fat Positive Feminist Skeptical Diet, Phase 2: Switching from Loss to...
I’m done. I am officially done losing weight. I’ve reached my target weight. Or, to be more accurate: I have reached the bottom of my target weight range. Or, to be even more accurate than that: I...
View ArticleThe Fat Positive Feminist Skeptical Diet, Phase 2, Part 2: How Do You Know...
This is Part 2 of a two-part post. In yesterday’s piece, I talked about the process of switching from weight loss to weight maintenance… including the strange attraction of the process of losing...
View ArticleCaught Between Fat and Thin: The Pounds Come Off, But the Label Stays
I’m always going to be a fat woman. Don’t get me wrong. At five foot three and 135 pounds, I am not, by any useful definition of the word, fat. But I have been fat. I was fat for many, many years. And...
View ArticleCaught Between Fat and Thin: When a Fat Acceptance Advocate Takes Off the Pounds
This piece was originally published on AlterNet. I’m always going to be a fat woman. Don’t get me wrong. At five foot three and 135 pounds, I am not, by any useful definition of the word, fat. But I...
View ArticleNew Browsing Category: Weight Management
Hi, all. I’m back from my trip, and will be ready to start blogging again soon. In the meantime, I’ve made a slight change to my blog that I wanted to let you know about. As regular readers know, I’ve...
View ArticleHow This Weight-Loss Skeptic Lost 60 Pounds and Kept it Off
AlterNet has just published a revised, updated version of my “here’s how I’m doing it” piece on weight management, “The Fat-Positive Feminist Skeptical Diet,” which they’ve re-titled How This...
View ArticleWhy Is It So Hard To Lose Weight?
Most fat people who try to lose weight aren’t successful. Does it make more sense to blame fat people for lacking self- control… or to change public policy about food and health? You’ve almost...
View ArticleWhy Is It Hard To Lose Weight?
Most fat people who try to lose weight aren’t successful. Does it make more sense to blame fat people for lacking self- control… or to change public policy about food and health? “Fat people are just...
View ArticleI have my archives!
I have my archives from my old blog! They’re here! With comments and everything! They’re even in the right categories! Images and videos didn’t make it over, and there are a handful of posts that...
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