America just shamed a man into surgery because we told him he wasn’t good enough the way he was.
chris christie
ihtm contest
Oh, what’s that you say? My vagina is 100% healthy? Then please, do shut up about my weight.
fat
Using health as a smokescreen allows people to attack fat kids while looking virtuous.
fat
Even if I did eat a bucket of pancake-flavored ice cream for breakfast, burrito ice cream for lunch, and salisbury steak ice cream for dinner (OMPH GROMPH GROMPH), I still shouldn't have to justify my existence to the world.
body image
Fat-shaming has been a popular topic on this site, and I’ve avoided the topic like an out of state parking ticket, but I have something to say, now.
bmi
Yeah, that got your attention, didn’t it? A Texas hospital is refusing to hire staff over a certain BMI threshold. I'm telling you why this is a dumb idea.
fat shaming
I've taken to Twitter to get solicit some carefully composed thoughts on Betty's weight gain. Or just to hear a lot of fat jokes.
body politics
The positive attention took a few forms. One woman told me she that she liked seeing “big girls” in dresses, because we look great in them.
body image
No, I don't think I should "cut this cinnamon roll in half." I just wanna eat my damn giant cinnamon roll!
body politics
Fat-shaming ought to be self-explanatory, but it’s actually kind of tricky to define. Here's a selection of the fat-shaming I’ve experienced over the years.
celebrities
The thing about being fat is that you turn into public property. You are an object, not a person, and this makes you fair game for being shredded.
advertising
Last night, I received this email from reader Lizzie, drawing our attention to another icky BBW-shaming ad.
