Bri King of Fat Lot of Good, fellow Fat Acceptance blogger and general advocate, recently came under fire as she found herself daring to push back against a so-called body image activist allowing virulently anti-fat comments on a recent post about feederism. Bri has since been asked to comment for articles in several Australian news [...]
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The Mia Freedman Debacle, or, Why Moral Panics Need Strawmen
Posted by bigliberty on May 13, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/05/13/the-mia-freedman-debacle-or-why-moral-panics-need-strawmen/
Unfriending the Bigots
Ah, Facebook bigotry. Guaranteed to be even more awkward than your ordinary brand of internet bigotry, as it usually involves family, friends, classmates, or coworkers. I recently got into a bit of an exchange with a person I’ve met all of once, who thought it necessary to masturbate his fat-hate onto my Facebook wall. Seriously, [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 7, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/09/07/unfriending-the-bigots/
Another One Takes the Cut
I debated a bit whether to post this, but decided to. When I started this particular job some year and a half ago I was pleasantly surprised to note that there were plenty of fat people around – safety in numbers, you know? And I was far from the fattest by any means. But where [...]
Posted by anniemcphee on May 31, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/05/31/another-one-takes-the-cut/
Up in Arms: Judging a First Lady the Wrong Way
For Mother’s Day (this past Sunday — hurry and send those belated cards, people!), Sally Quinn of the Washington Post brought the objectification of powerful women to new, dizzying heights: The Nation’s Embracing, and Embraceable, Arms The laser-like focus on a First Lady’s body is nothing new. First Ladies who are young and conventionally attractive [...]
Posted by bigliberty on May 11, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/05/11/up-in-arms-judging-a-first-lady-the-wrong-way/
Son of Porkulus
The news contained in this post is so horrifying that I’m going to put up some extremely cute pictures along with the text to try to offset the mounting terror.
Posted by anniemcphee on February 11, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/02/11/son-of-porkulus/
Universal Healthcare is not automatically fat-friendly
As one individual in the UK put it, commenting on the recent article by Marianne Kirby from the Rotund: Given that we’re obliged to contribute to a universal health provider, there is a legitimate public interest in criticising avoidable behaviour which increases the burden upon it, whether that be over-eating, lack of exercise, or substance [...]
Posted by bigliberty on August 28, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/08/28/universal-healthcare-is-not-an-automatic-fat-friendly-system/
A Quick Comment (having to do with Healthism)
In summary: tiffabee posted “French Women Don’t Get Fat: Part III.” She was sitting with a woman from New Jersey on her way back to the airport, during her trip to Paris. Fifteen minutes into the ride, the woman starts talking about how there were “no overweight people in Paris.” Since the two of them [...]
Posted by bigliberty on June 4, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/06/04/a-quick-comment-having-to-do-with-healthism/
Comparing Oppressions — a follow-up
So this is a follow-up post to my last post, which linked to the thread on my “home” messageboard ranting about fat people using the power carts at Wal-Mart. A woman who is tentatively FA messaged me through the board about the thread. I didn’t include her name for privacy reasons. I’m on your side, [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 28, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/04/28/comparing-oppressions-a-follow-up/
Fat hate speech on my “home” messageboard
From the Star Trek message board I frequent, entitled: “Rant: Fat people and Wal-Mart power cars”: Time to vent. This might not mean much to the vast majority here, but it’s become a steady source of annoyance for me. As you may know, I’m handicapped and I can’t walk under my own power. I use [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 24, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/04/24/fat-hate-speech-messageboard/
Quick hit: Giving short kids growth hormones to make them taller
I consider this article very important because it discusses another aspect of “body engineering” children in order to fit into societally acceptable norms—making short children, who are often teased for their shortness–rather than addressing the root problem of societal body discrimination. The last quote is the all-important caveat. http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/commentary/index.htm Until research findings such as these [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 24, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/04/24/quick-hit-giving-short-kids-growth-hormones-to-make-them-taller/
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