stillness is a lie, my dear
Earlier this year, the Bureau of Economic Research published a paper about the obesity epidemic(TM) and the growing threat it poses to the pursuit of happiness, national security, and not looking at gross ugly fat people in public. Just kidding, the story was about changes in the BMI. The multivariable study considered 27 state-level factors […]
I’m in love with fatshion (fat fashion). Members of the fatshion community are mostly women, and they wear truly amazing outfits, impeccably accessorized, that emphasise their glorious bodies and gorgeous looks. Fatsion isn’t about minimising or hiding anything, about making bodies look more normative and non-threatening, but about finding and celebrating style. I follow a […]
A study published last year in the journal Obesity found that fat shaming is not at all effective in terms of getting people to lose weight. In fact, the researchers found that some study subjects actually gained weight after experiencing perceived weight discrimination, and that the risk of becoming clinically obese increased for those who had been […]
Karl Lagerfeld recently opened his mouth yet again to provide us with his unsolicited opinion on ‘ugly people,’ commenting that they’re ‘very depressing.’ It’s not the first time he’s provided the world with his sharp insight into ‘ugly people’ — and fat people specifically — and how gross and unpleasant they are. Evidently, the world […]
Last year, the National Women’s Law Center made a video about the wage gap that was soundly criticised. In the short video, comedian Sarah Silverman hit the doctor’s office for a ‘sex change,’ deciding that turning herself into a dude would give her access to better pay. Aside from the obvious transphobic aspect (and inaccuracy […]
Many of us have distorted images of ourselves. Even if we look at the mirror, full-on or in passing, we still don’t necessarily connect with our own bodies, or create a sense of bodily awareness, a knowledge of who we are that’s rooted in actuality. For years, as my body has shifted, I’ve struggled with […]
Splenda is one among an army of artificial sweeteners marketed to people primarily as a weight loss tool, though people with diabetes also rely on artificial sweeteners to bring sweetness into their diets without triggering diabetic reactions. These lab-designed products make big, big money for their manufacturers, with sucralose (Splenda) being a common sight in […]
As the mainstream media constantly harp on the ‘obesity epidemic’ and warn us all of the growing numbers of fatties sweeping the nation, one thing people seem reluctant to do is to adjust medical education when it comes to teaching trainee doctors how to interact with fat patients. As this is a world where fat […]
After battling righteously with Covered California, I’m covered by Kaiser, and in January, I made my first official visit as an insured patient to meet my preferred provider (whom I had to pick from a website, making me feel like I had stumbled into alternate reality online dating) and to start being slowly ingested into […]
Simulations appear to be one of society’s ways of trying to generate sympathy and compassion among more privileged members of communities vis a vis their relationship with more marginalised groups. Thus you have the ‘blue eyes, brown eyes’ simulation used in civil rights education, disability simulations involving wearing clunky gloves or strange glasses, and exercises in wearing […]