fat
Fat. It’s everywhere. A dangerous predator lurking around corners, ready to jump out when you least expect it.
s.e. smith in

May 8, 2013 at 10:00am | 345 comments

gym
He wanted me to admit to him that yes, in fact, my weight did bother me. He wanted to hear my say it, to hear the word “fat” come out of my lips.
food
Why you gotta play me like that, universe?!?
Emily in

Apr 12, 2013 at 1:00pm | 419 comments

fat
After years of working to educate others about eating disorders and healthy body image, I realized there was something else I needed to do: acknowledge my privilege.
dating
I’m trying to figure out why I’ve been alone this long, because I’m kind of sick of it. (And everyone at xoJane is sick of hearing about it.)
ihtm
Diet, Exercise and Gigolos -- 
8 different companions, 20 dates in 13 months
 98 pounds/42.5 inches/12 dress sizes lost.
ihtm contest
If you looked at me now, or looked at me in 2003, I was 163 pounds both times. But what was going on inside my body was completely different.
weight
A misguided woman wrote a letter to an advice columnist who gave at the very least poor advice, and this truly disgusting video was made to illustrate it all.
size
It felt like the ultimate betrayal when the 190-something pound body that I had come to love and feel beautiful in started to melt away.
Louise Hung in

Feb 1, 2013 at 11:00am | 76 comments

models
Also, if nobody ever said "manorexia" again I would be totally fine with that.
Lesley in

Jan 24, 2013 at 1:00pm | 123 comments

fat
Britton Delizia has had ENOUGH of the oppression of slender, fit women. And she's doing something about it!
Lesley in

Dec 5, 2012 at 9:00am | 402 comments

weight
BREAKING: It turns out YOU DESERVE TO ESTABLISH HEALTHY BOUNDARIES and to HAVE THOSE BOUNDARIES RESPECTED. Really!
chronic illness
Along with the relief of being able to function, I have an uneasy feeling in the back of my mind. Now that I can eat again, I’m going to gain weight.
body image
Here, let me say for everyone, for always: Yes, I know I’m bigger than she is. You don’t need to tell me.
body image
The box springs collapse, and our bed frames splinter. Sometimes his pants rip. We overeat ice cream. I worry deeply about our future, our finances and our fitness.
Cate Root in

Oct 31, 2012 at 9:00am | 246 comments

fat
If you ask me, the problem with glorifying obesity is that we need to do more of it.
fat
Yes, there are some fat women in some media sometimes. But hasn't that always been the case? I'm sharing my top five fat-lady media role models.
Lesley in

Oct 11, 2012 at 2:30pm | 160 comments

fat
A Psychology Today blogger is really seriously worried that obesity is blighting women with unhappy and unsexy marriages. Or at least he WAS, until the post about it got deleted.
Lesley in

Oct 4, 2012 at 2:00pm | 142 comments

nigella lawson
Living in Los Angeles, I’m often aware of my weight. Shape. Frame. I am also aware of everyone else’s weight. And what everyone else thinks of that weight. I am aware of the weight of all of this weight.
Sarah Fazeli in

Sep 26, 2012 at 9:00am | 89 comments

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
New York City wants to try to force you to be "healthy," whether you like it or not.
Lesley in

Sep 18, 2012 at 1:00pm | 324 comments

weight
Sometimes it feels like the collective media are conspiring to shame Jessica Simpson about her post-pregnancy weight. But when we criticize celebrity moms, we criticize all mothers.