I am fat, and I have been fat since elementary school. Being fat was very isolating for a very long time. Fat and lonely were almost inextricable, it seemed. Sure, I had friends, but they weren't fat like me. They couldn't relate to my lived experience of being fat, no matter how much they loved... Continue Reading →
Fat Spotlight: Ragen Chastain (Dances with Fat; IronFat)
The Fat Spotlight is a shortlist of inroads to the featured person's work. It'll hopefully help you avoid some of the garbage and hatred on the Internet. Ragen's Dances with Fat blog has archived posts going back to 2005, so there's a lot there. I'll provide links to a few of the specific blogs that... Continue Reading →