Recently I got mud on my boots in a popular feminist news blog. The topic was a new weight loss drug, and far be it for me to leave that shit alone. I mocked its promised 11% weight loss (in the short term, since that shit gives you kidney lesions and can’t be taken long [...]
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Show Your Fatty Papers
Posted by bigliberty on November 12, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/11/12/show-your-fatty-papers/
Harvest the Fatties as Horse Meat, and Other Gems of the Moral Panic
Today I saw one of the most inflammatory articles about the ‘obesity epidemic’ that I’ve seen in a while. It is an article that talks about how the ‘overweight and obese’ are more numerous than the hungry, planet-wide. What’s truly alarming is that the International Federation for the Red Cross, a well-known humanitarian group, is [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 23, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/09/23/harvest-the-fatties-as-horse-meat-and-other-gems-of-the-moral-panic/
Say It: Obesity = Obese People
For a long time bloggers and commenters in the Fatosphere have observed that when most anti-obesity crusaders talk about ‘obesity,’ they’re really talking about ‘obese people.’ There is no such thing as obesity in a vacuum, there are just people who are obese being looked at on a population-wide scale. And the definition of obese [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 8, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/09/08/say-it-obesity-obese-people/
A Bad Day for Fat Liberty
And liberty, everywhere. In Dundee, Scotland, fat kids from a non-neglectful household are being put up for adoption by the state because their parents failed to ‘slim them down.’ Seriously. Fuck. I’ve written a few times about how the loss of the individual right to body autonomy and the moral panic over fat can lead [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 7, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/09/07/a-bad-day-of-fat-liberty/
The Fucking Awesome Truth
Go read this fucking awesome post by Joanna at Dead of Winter: The Truth is Radical It will blow your fucking socks off. It’s so old-school FA, I’m all a-quiver like it’s 2007 again. Dammit, I miss Junkfood Science! Some candy: Instead of feeling liberated with the knowledge that I was not a failure or [...]
Posted by bigliberty on July 31, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/07/31/the-fucking-awesome-truth/
Big Calorie Brother is Watching You, Fat Kids
In the annals of creepy monitoring of calorie counts, this expensive taxpayer-funded measure to study the calorie intake of children via photographing their lunch trays and ‘their leftovers’ is way up there: Calorie Camera: Schools Photographing Students’ Lunch Trays Health officials trying to reduce obesity and improve eating habits at five San Antonio elementary schools [...]
Posted by bigliberty on May 12, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/05/12/big-calorie-brother-is-watching-you-fat-kids/
ReasonTV on Banning Lunches from Home (Food Nannies)
Here’s a quick hit for you. ReasonTV’s Nanny of the Month… banning lunches from home.
Posted by bigliberty on May 2, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/05/02/reasontv-on-banning-lunches-from-home-food-nannies/
No Empathy for the Fat in Healthcare
I saw this Scientific American article in my Google Reader this morning, and it struck me right away that this — THIS — is what’s missing from the average fat person’s healthcare, compared to the average thinner person. Empathy. Missing But Crucial to Successful Healthcare: Empathy Sure, empathy is in short supply in many doctor’s [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 26, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/04/26/no-empathy-for-the-fat-in-healthcare/
More Healthist Doublespeak
The language of Healthism is so intertwined with notions of moral value that we tend to take its dicta as fact. This can lead to unfortunate reporting of scientific results, both by researchers in ‘conclusion’ sections, and by health reporters. The most recent example of this is a study (h/t Regan at Dances with Fat) [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 22, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/04/22/more-healthist-doublespeak/
Weight- and Looks-Bullied Minnesota Girls Fulfill Suicide Pact
This is so sad. Thanks to my husband for emailing the link as soon as he saw it — we’re the parents of teenage girls and are extraordinarily alarmed by the prevalence and virulence of appearance- and weight-based bullying. These poor girls were only 14. They hadn’t even begun their mature lives, and they already [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 21, 2011
http://biglibertyblog.com/2011/04/21/weight-and-looks-bullied-minnesota-girls-fulfill-suicide-pact/
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