Fat acceptance - xoJane

I'm Chronically Ill And I Still Believe In Body Acceptance

Bailey — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:00 -0400

My body will never run marathons or win beauty pageants, and it might always be sick, but do you know what it does every day, quite effectively? It lives. I live.

Tracking My Food Intake Is Driving Me Crazy

Marianne — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:00 -0400

There has got to be a better way to live.

It Happened To Me: I Had Weight-Loss Surgery And I'm Still Fat

Jo Murray — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400

I bought a scale and was horrified to see that I was up nearly 30 pounds from my lowest. It was the worst sin: regain.

The More Weight I Lose, The More Fat Jokes I Hear: A Dating Story

Alana M. — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400

I had seen "Mean Girls" and everything, but didn’t actually know that losing weight was going to subject me to jokes that a few months prior I would have thought were directed at me.

Dear Parent: Your Kid Is Fat -- The Problem With BMI Report Cards

Marianne — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0500

Sending a letter home with a kid who isn't actually fat seems cruel to most people because fat is still positioned as something that it is bad to be. But those letters aren't helping fat kids -- or underweight kids -- either.

I Bang Fat Guys To Make Myself Feel Thinner

Isabel Foxen Duke — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0500

In the greatest depths of my body issues, I refused to sleep with anyone who wasn’t at least somewhat overweight.

How Not To Be A Dick To Your Fat Friends

Marianne — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:00 -0500

Come on, it wouldn't be xoJane if someone didn't write this one up.

Unicorns Are Jerks; My Favorite Coloring Books For Grownups

Marianne — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500

I'm at my most peaceful when I'm coloring. Especially when I'm coloring unicorns. Who really are jerks.

These Shirts Aren't For Skinny Bitches

Marianne — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:30:00 -0500

The way folks talk, you'd think fat people and skinny people are locked in a battle to the death over the acceptability of bodies and that, Highlander style, in the end there can be only one.

Here's Why I'll Never Divorce A Fat Dude

Rebecca — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:00:00 -0500

To say stuff like, “Weight gain is grounds for divorce,” is not just to operate under a faulty notion of what marriage is, but of what it is to even be a person existing in the universe.

My Great Grandma Dorothy Taught Me To Be Fat And Fabulous

Haley Cue — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0500

If I have a daughter someday who inherits my frame, I will try my best to lead by the examples instilled in me by all of the strong women I’ve come to look up to in my lifetime.

When Activism Gives Way to Advertising: How Fat Girl Blogging Ate Itself

Natalie Perkins — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:00:00 -0500

Assailed by lists of obvious advice, shiny happy content with the nutritional value of bubble gum, and cutesy sign-off graphics, I retreated to the grumpy lady corner of the Internet with cookies and the feeling that this wasn’t how fat activism was meant to be.

My Favorite Books With Big Fat Characters -- And the xoJane Book Club; What Do You Want To Read?

Marianne — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:00:00 -0400

I sat down and made a list of books I could honestly recommend with fat characters. Also, let's pick a book to read for the xoBook Club!

It Happened To Me: I Found My Picture On a ThinSpo Blog

Alicia Lutes — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:30:00 -0400

When a girl who runs a thinspo blog uses your fat body's experience as a reason to starve herself, things just become a little bit clearer.

This Fat News Anchor Is Mad -- And Not Going To Take Being Bullied Anymore

Marianne — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:00:00 -0400

Fat-hating bullies make me teeth-grittingly angry. I think they make this fat news anchor in Wisconsin angry as well.

It's Been A Tough Week for Fat Kids in the Media

s.e. smith — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Using health as a smokescreen allows people to attack fat kids while looking virtuous.

For F*#$'s Sake, Fat People Need To Go To The Doctor Too

Marianne — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:00:00 -0400

As you might know, I am fat. I also deserve health care.

The Joys and Sorrows of Being a Fat Foreign Girl in China

Elisabeth Harker — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0400

"Fat” was the third or fourth word I learned in Chinese, somewhere after “hello,” “thank you” and “I don’t understand.”

The xoJane and Gabi Fresh Fatkini Gallery: 31 Hot Sexy Fat Girls in Skimpy Swimwear

Gabi — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:27 -0400

Not a Hawaiian-printed skirt one-piece among them!

When You're Fat On The Internet, Your Photos Are Never Safe

Marianne — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:24 -0400

It's a special extra terrible feeling to know that not only is your inbox liable to be a minefield of vitriol attacking your very existence, your image is being used to perpetuate racism and other forms of oppression.