Oh, what’s that you say? My vagina is 100% healthy? Then please, do shut up about my weight.
ihtm contest
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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.
chris christie
America just shamed a man into surgery because we told him he wasn’t good enough the way he was.
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.
fat
Using health as a smokescreen allows people to attack fat kids while looking virtuous.
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 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.
advertising
Last night, I received this email from reader Lizzie, drawing our attention to another icky BBW-shaming ad.
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.
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No, I don't think I should "cut this cinnamon roll in half." I just wanna eat my damn giant cinnamon roll!
