All posts in category Fat Capitalism

De-segregation of plus sizes at Fashion Bug

This post is inspired by Unapologetically Fat’s post on Fashion Bug, please read it, it’s great! It was a late summer’s day, and my mother was down to visit. I hadn’t seen her since the wedding (so since May), so it was fantastic to have a visit. We usually go clothes shopping when she’s down [...]

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by bigliberty on October 2, 2009  •  Permalink
Posted in Fat Acceptance, Fat Capitalism, Fat Shopping

Posted by bigliberty on October 2, 2009

http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/10/02/de-segregation-of-plus-sizes-at-fashion-bug/

Why Universal Health-care Should Be Opposed by Fat Activists

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, ever since a my short post on why universal healthcare is not automatically fat-friendly. I’ve often been confused by what I see as hypocrisy in those who are proponents of both sovereignty of body (i.e. – our bodies, our choices) and universal healthcare, which places the care [...]

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by bigliberty on September 4, 2008  •  Permalink
Posted in Criminalizing Weight, Fat Acceptance, Fat Capitalism, Healthism, Nanny Statism, Universal Healthcare, War on Obesity

Posted by bigliberty on September 4, 2008

http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/09/04/why-universal-health-care-should-be-opposed-by-fat-activists/

Libertarianism, Individual Responsibility and Freedom is Compatible with Fat Acceptance

I get the hint from a discussion in the comments of a post titled “Hostility” on Shapely Prose that some people in the Fat Acceptance movement believe that, somehow, libertarianism has the penchant to create “straight white guys” who are non-PCers, i.e., reject the idea that one must use civil language and compassion when talking [...]

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by bigliberty on February 10, 2008  •  Permalink
Posted in Fat Acceptance, Fat Capitalism, Libertarianism

Posted by bigliberty on February 10, 2008

http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/10/libertarianism-individual-responsibility-and-freedom-is-compatible-with-fat-acceptance/

“Lock-in” the Fatty Fat Fats

I have been reading the article on Junkfood Science here: Children hungry to lose weight One of the recommendations of “Hungry for Success” is so-called “lock-ins” of high school students during lunch-time, so they can’t leave the campus (and get that fatty fat fat McDonald’s food which is obviously CAUZING TEH FATZ THINK CHILDREN OMG). [...]

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by bigliberty on January 30, 2008  •  Permalink
Posted in Capitalism, Criminalizing Weight, Fat Bias, Fat Capitalism, General Ignorance

Posted by bigliberty on January 30, 2008

http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/01/30/lock-in-the-fatty-fat-fats/

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