Content warning: This post is about anti-fat medical bias and mentions weight loss surgery and side effects, fatphobia, gossypiboma/textiloma/RFO, and there is a description of wound care. When I was 17, I had my first surgery. It was to remove…
CW: This post discusses content related to weight loss, disordered eating, the medical industry, diet culture and anti-fatness. Recently I was browsing the internet and came across some casual fatphobia while perusing the Instagram account of one of my favorite…
I recently heard the term “mental hygiene,” and it really stuck out to me. Mental hygiene. Are we not saying “mental health” anymore? How does mental hygiene differ from mental health? So, I did some digging. What is mental hygiene?…
My experience with movement has been tenuous throughout my life. Memories of bouncing along to Richard Simmons videos that were imposed on me as a young fat child steered me away from movement. A few years later, sports pulled me…
Greetings loves! I’m super excited to share my first giveaway with you all! I was thinking about Valentines Day and wanted to do something special for you that wouldn’t be dependent on whether or not you have a partner. There’s…
In all transparency, I received the following comment a couple of months ago to my 6 Tips For Flying While Fat post. I wanted to save it for a moment when I had time to dedicate a thoughtful response to…
CW: fatphobia, eating disorders I’ve got some questions. Did I always struggle with loving myself? Or was my baseline to love myself until some other factors swooped in and altered the narrative I had about my fat body? I was…
Hi friends! I’m starting a new series. Super Fat Self Care will consist of me getting into my stretch zone and trying self care activities that I’ve always wanted to – without letting my size stop me! I’m starting with…
OKAY Y’ALL. This is a topic I have brushed over gently in my mind, but never really explored. Why? Because I’m afraid. I’m afraid of being wrong or saying something problematic. And I still think it’s an important conversation to…
Breaking into the fat activism and body positive online community as a blogger has been a whirlwind the past three months. One thing I’m struggling with is the amount of hateful messages I receive from readers. The internet trolls, if you…
Can I just gush about how in love my partner and I are for a minute? Look at us, we’re fucking adorable. Our queer fat love is beautiful. And I mean, we truly are two queer fat folks disgustingly in…
