A fat positive lifestyle blog.
Multi-level marketing companies, or pyramid schemes, are unethical and sketchy. I'm surprised it took them until now to prey on fat women's wardrobe needs. It's called Part & Parcel, and a sponsored post on Curvy Fashionista appeared last week. Ad ...
Ew, David. Schitt's Creek's Alexis Rose (played by Annie Murphy) is a great, hilarious character, in addition to being a style queen. Her high-end, designer, boho-esque looks stand out both against her more edgy-chic family as well as her casu ...
If there's one thing that anti-fat discourse seems to all have in common, it's that fat people are expected to keep ourselves in a constant state of discomfort. Think about it. Fashion We're expected to wear things that fit specific ways, whet ...
The fat positive corner of the internet has been pretty rightfully up in arms about a weight control study taking place in Australia. The research -- which is being conducted on adolescents -- involves extremely low caloric intake and intermittent fastin ...
So I guess we're doing this again. Twitter "progressives" are skipping over all of the atrocities Trump commits on a daily basis and are instead laughing at his weight. I'm exhausted. Of course this tag was trending. Of course the tweet went viral - ...
Ah, Thanksgiving. The holiday based on celebrating European colonialism and fraught with endless familial obligation. Hooray. One especially insidious issue is that of relatives commenting on your weight or your food intake. They often do it in suc ...
It happens all the time -- a brand emerges, claiming to be super progressive, feminist, and revolutionary. But when you go to look at their stuff, the clothes only go to a size L or XL. They have zero plus options. That's not a feminist company. I cam ...
Whenever thin privilege comes up among the general public, inevitably you get at least one person claiming they aren't privileged because they've felt bad about their body too. I'm here to tell you why that's bunk. Help, I Don’t Get What Privilege Is F ...
To introduce my thought on chest-related double standards, I'm going to show an image from the excellent Busty Girl Comics. This pretty perfectly illustrates what I would like to say here about the double standards that come out based on body type ...
Finally. I finished and sent in the first draft of my dissertation proposal. It was a lot of work, but I'm glad I've jumped that hurdle and I'm looking forward to what's next. Honestly, this is a hurdle I could hardly see myself jumping. It's been so l ...