Good Food v. Bad Food
Recently, my post 15 Tips for Raising Kids With a Positive Body Image, has received a lot of comments. I’m so glad people are finding the post and discussing this important topic! I have two follow-up posts: Big Fat Myths About Fat and this one. Many commenters had problems with #6 and #13 in my list; Do not label foods as “good” and “bad” Avoid talking about a nutrionalist approach to food – disassembling “food” into fat, carbs, calories, and other things that need to be obsessed about and counted (difficult since it is explicitly taught in many schools). For...
Read More15 Tips for Raising Kids With a Positive Body Image
Don’t forget to check out the follow-up post Big Fat Myths About Fat. Comments are closed on this post since I will be responding via the follow-up posts. Please comment on the new posts. I wish I could say the above images were designed by me to make a point about fat-phobia and how poorly kids are treated when they don’t fit society’s ideal of size. Maybe I threw them together because I thought the SHOCK of seeing kids would help people understand how fat-shaming in adults can feel. Alas, a group in Georgia actually produced these billboards in an attempt to...
Read MoreSh*t Fat Phobic People Say
I don’t know if you’ve seen this meme lighting up YouTube. I’m not sure where it started but it consists of videos called “Shit x say to y” where x and y are opposite groups. E.g. Things White Chicks Say To Black Chicks. There were a few called Things Fat Girls say that were full of hungry, snack munching, lonely fat chicks. I thought it needed an answer! Here is my submission! Sh*t Fat Phobic People Say. I was originally going to have a conversation between a fat girl and a skinny girl but the program I used had not a single fat body to choose from!...
Read More“I Don’t Think of You As Fat!” Raising Size-Accepting Children
People get very uncomfortable when I refer to myself as “fat.” I’ve been doing this for years. I was much thinner when I started and I said it in a way of dissing myself before someone else could. It wasn’t a very healthy thing. Now that I’m older, I say it for a much bigger reason which is what I want to address here. Whenever I describe myself as fat my friends will normally say “I don’t think of you as fat.” I used to feel pleased when they said this (and I was probably fishing for just that) but now I’m just confused. I...
Read MoreYou’re Huge! Pregnancy and Size in a Thin-Centric World
If you frequent mothering or pregnancy forums of any ilk you are sure to stumble across the following post on a weekly basis. “Listen to what this person said to me!!!” The post will tell one pregnant woman’s story of some friend, family member, or even complete stranger saying something along the lines of; Wow, you are HUGE! You look like you could pop any minute! You’re only six months? Are you sure? Wow, you must be carrying twins! Looks like you’re have a boy. I carried my weight around my hips and butt with my boys. The thread continues with other...
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