A fat positive lifestyle blog.
It's a question you see a lot: How can someone who is thin be a good ally to fat people? There are a few basic things you can do, some easier than others. Start With Yourself Stop engaging in diet talk, body hatred, food moralizing, and so on. Stop tel ...
I shouldn't be surprised that off-the-rack clothes and crafting patterns have a lot of the same problems. Being fat (if you take issue with that word, please see where I already addressed that), I am quite often excluded from clothing choices. Most of my ...
Apparently my generation has its own shade of pink. I didn't know this until recently, when I read about it in The Cut. They say it "refuses to go away," but that was the first time I'd heard about it. Millennial Pink is a shade somewhere between past ...
National Pecan Day is upon us! Not to be confused with plain-old Pecan Day, which is in March, National Pecan Day is April 14. So I decided to make pralines. I'm a big fan of them -- I mean, they're basically nuts encased in sugar, so what's not to like? ...
I swear, there is so much truth to the old cliche, "when it rains, it pours." Sometimes it feels like you're in a rut for a long time, and then when you make one change, others follow. For months I was toiling away pretty happily, doing my blogging work ...
I've been really trying to buckle down on my dissertation. It's been way too long and I've gotten very little done, so I think I need some accountability. So I'm going to post regular updates on this blog about my progress, aiming for weekly. I need so ...
Lately I've been really into sleek, minimalist style. The clean lines, sophisticated colors, and simple-yet-elegant cuts really speak to me, and I love how it looks effortless but still fashionable. The problem is, those looks are not often sold to plus s ...
I'm a professional blogger. It's weird to write that out, honestly. It doesn't sound like it should be a real thing. But it's true. I'm not talking about this blog, which is new and small and not something I get paid to do, but about my day job. I blog fo ...
I'm fat. Often, when I say that, people rush in to assure me I am not. I know they mean well when they do this, but to be honest, it's insulting. I need no euphemisms to describe my body. I'm fat, and I have been my whole life. There's nothing wrong w ...
Note: I have also published this post on Medium. If you like it, please go there and give it some applause. Like many women, I wasn't diagnosed with ADHD until I was an adult. More specifically, I was diagnosed at 32. Do the math and you'll realize how ...