Flaunting Our Fat
So this post went around Tumblr through the week. The original poster has since deleted the offending post, but like an elephant, the internet never forgets. It’s basically some young guy saying that...
View ArticleThe Gift of Our Stories
Up until a few years ago, I thought I was the most worthless creature on the planet. I believed that I had no right to speak, have an opinion, share my beliefs, ask questions, or talk to people...
View Article2012: The Year of Living Fatly
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions. I see them as the perfect way to set oneself up for disappointment. After all, if you really want to do something, setting a New Year’s resolution isn’t going to be...
View ArticleAustralian Women’s Weekly Photo Shoot
Well, what a day I have had! As I mentioned in my previous post, today was the day that I met with the team from the Australian Women’s Weekly (AWW) for a photo shoot to go with the interview I...
View ArticleBusting Myths About Fat Bodies
I’ve been thinking a lot about the assumptions people make about living in a fat body. It’s important to say living IN a fat body and not living WITH a fat body, because we don’t cohabit with our fat...
View ArticleMelbourne Cup Fatshion!
Tuesday was Melbourne Cup day here in Australia. For the uninitiated, the Melbourne Cup is the “horse race that stops the nation”. It’s the biggest sporting event of the year here in Australia, and...
View ArticleYou Can’t Hold a Fat Bitch Down
It’s funny you know. The more blatant the evidence, the more desperately some people cling on to their notions. After my last post, which was showing evidence on the public ridicule that fat people...
View ArticleEeeeee! A Zine!
Hey hey! Guess what I’m going to do? I’m gonna make a fab fatty zine! Now, before you ask, a zine is a hand-made, self published, (usually) paper-copy publication. I used to make one in my early...
View ArticleBroken…
I was feeling like crud. Stomping my way in to work this morning, really fighting with the black dog of depression, feeling like dirt. And there she was. An angel in a floral skirt and cream top....
View ArticleIt Sucks to be a Fat Woman
I don’t know if you’ve all seen this snippet from the TV show Louie, but it has done the rounds of the fatosphere quite a bit over the past few days. Just in case you haven’t seen it, or want to...
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