“People have always come in different shapes and sizes and weights. There have always been fat people. There will always be fat people. If fat people are not welcome and encouraged to participate fully in our lives and in our society, then we all lose out on the precious contributions and talents of so many…
“If you can’t be at home in your body, where are you supposed to go?” ~ Marilyn Wann Please spend some time viewing/listening to Marilyn Wann giving her presentation at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women on “Fighting Fat Fear During the War on “Obesity”.
This does not really have to do anything with shopping but if you are looking for a place to put a few of your shopping dollars you might want to consider supporting Fat Girls Float — an independent documentary about fat women. Kira Nerusskaya is the mastermind behind this film. She has collected oodles of…
I like the word fat. It’s short. Easy to write. Requires no thought once so ever. When you say it people know what you mean. Sure I could use other words. Obese is a nice medical term but I’m not a doctor. Pudgy is an OK term but it reminds me of something my grandmother…