- 1. 5 Creators Fighting Diet Culture That Go Beyond Body Positivity
- (Living)
- ... nuanced understandings of how diet culture is a for-profit tool of control as well as share tools and coping strategies for navigating a world that tells us we are not enough. Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend) ...
- Created on 26 January 2023
- 2. 10 Fanstastic New Books by Women to Make Catching Up on that New Year's Resolution to "Read More" a Breeze! ...
- (Books)
- ... of a culture that hates fat people and uses institutions, including media, medicine, and marriage, to reinforce that repulsion,” she writes. In the following 13-essay collection, Dionne lays out a compelling ...
- Created on 24 January 2023
- 3. 8 Amazing Black-Women-Owned Skincare Brands That Will Nourish Your Skin And Make It Glow
- (Style)
- ... when she was a young Caribbean girl, and she began to create natural formulas that would address her own hair and skin demands. Without using petroleum, mineral oil, alcohol, parabens, sulfate or silicone, ...
- Created on 16 November 2022
- 4. Did You Know End-of-Life Planning Looks Different If You're A Person With A Fat Body? ...
- (Living)
- The English Poet John Donne said, “Death comes equally to us all” (true) and “makes us all equal when it comes.” Mmm, questionable. I’m guessing Donne wasn’t fat, ’cause it turns out, the typical Western ...
- Created on 26 October 2022
- 5. 10 Nostaligic '90s TV Episodes That Will Warm You Up Better Than a PSL
- (TV)
- ... changes. When Pacey’s on-again-off-again girlfriend Andie (Meredith McPhee) has a sudden appearance from her absent father, they face their relationship’s biggest conflict. Andie’s dad, played by David ...
- Created on 28 September 2022
- 6. Sharp Stick: Lena Dunham's Dive Into Sex, Lovability, & The Space In Betwee
- (Movies)
- ... of the naive and childlike Sarah Jo into a sexual exploration as Sarah Jo begins a whirlwind affair with Josh (Jon Bernthal), the father of a child she cares for. We learn early in the film that Sarah ...
- Created on 22 August 2022
- 7. Fat Activist Virgie Tovar's 5 Tips For Making This Your Summer of Body Positivity, Plus, Her New Guided Journa
- (Feminism)
- FAT ACTIVIST VIRGIE TOVAR’S STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE SEASON OF SELF-LOVE SUMMER IS A TIME of expansion and experimentation, when long, sunny days help germinate our biggest wishes and ...
- Created on 11 July 2022
- 8. Lizzo, Melanie Lynskey, Barbie Ferreira, And More Are Calling Out Body-Shamers
- (Entertainment)
- ... standard." And her response to people constantly talking about her weight? "Okay, we all know I'm fat," she sighed. "I know I'm fat. It doesn't bother me. I like being fat, and I'm beautiful and I'm healthy. ...
- Created on 14 March 2022
- 9. Want More Body Positive Kid's Books? Start Doing Better By Fat Characters, Says Children's Book Illustrat
- (Books)
- In this essay I use a word some might find offensive; fat. I choose to use this word not as an insult, but as a neutral descriptor, actively choosing to separate it from its typically negative connotations, ...
- Created on 25 February 2022
- 10. K. Michelle's New Series "My Killer Body With K. Michelle" Explores The Darker Side of Plastic Surge
- (TV)
- Linda Evangelista recently came clean about why she’s been in seclusion for the past five years: bad plastic surgery. The 56-year-old supermodel and actress came forward about a "fat-freezing" treatment ...
- Created on 18 February 2022
- 11. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... 30 Rock), teen comedy Never Have I Ever centers on Indian-American teenager Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) who is grieving the sudden death of her father while navigating high school, her Indian-American ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 12. 10 of the Best Woman-Centered Films of the Past Year, To Watch New Year's Day ...
- (Movies)
- ... actors, the movie is a strong, disturbing, and at times violent depiction of a father/son relationship. Spencer by Pablo Larraín Photo courtesy of Neon As Christmas approaches, Spencer is ...
- Created on 22 December 2021
- 13. How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women
- (Feminism)
- In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form: Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman ...
- Created on 20 August 2021
- 14. Jenny Slate's Film "The Sunlit Night" Is An Earnest And Honest Attempt At Translating Creative Thinking Onto The Screen: Revi
- (Movies)
- ... has come to Norway for intrinsically honest reasons is Yasha, who hopes to give his late father the send-off he had long desired—at the top of the world. It is perhaps Yasha’s solemnity and purpose of ...
- Created on 25 June 2021
- 15. You Can Enjoy the Kitschy Glamour of Tiki Cocktail Culture without the Gnarly Colonial Aftertaste
- (Eat Me)
- ... Mariah Kunkel // Photo: Amelia Joyce Tubb Growing up in southern California, Kunkel first began patronizing Tiki bars with her dad. “For my father, I think that there was a sense of him knowing that ...
- Created on 26 May 2021
- 16. Get to Know Maddie Dragsbaek As She Discusses Making a Short Film, Learning How To Be Patient With Yourself, Finding Your Medium, And More: BUST Interview
- (Entertainment)
- ... that has roots within the fat acceptance movement. It is always going to be a movement whose aim is to fight against fatphobia and to help people in marginalized bodies feel more accepted and comfortable ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 17. The Impossible Task of Keeping Up With The Kardashians' "Perfect" Beauty and Body Standard
- (Living)
- ... Khloé was compared to Kim and Kourtney and cruelly deemed “the fat sister” or “the ugly sister” by some members of the public. On April 8, Khloé took to Instagram to post a series of unedited body shots ...
- Created on 13 April 2021
- 18. Two Women Were Charged With Murder After Delivering Stillborn Babies, Sparking Outrage Among Women's Rights Group
- (Feminism)
- ... County Jail to a residential treatment center after pleading not guilty, per NBC. According to Fresno Bee, Perez is still serving time in a women's state prison, and her fate remains uncertain. Top photo ...
- Created on 05 April 2021
- 19. TikTok "Vanilla-Shaming," The Glorification of Sexual Violence, And What We Can Do About I
- (Sex)
- ... partner or themselves is not just short-sighted—it can be dangerous, and even fatal. Attention was drawn to this issue in the UK in 2019, when British backpacker Grace Millane was strangled to death by ...
- Created on 02 March 2021
- 20. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Star Lucy Boynton to Play '60s Icon Marianne Faithfull in New Biopi
- (Movies)
- ... and spent 22 days in the hospital. She was not expected to survive the virus, but she did—albeit with memory loss and lasting fatigue and lung issues. Though she still needed to receive supplemental oxygen, ...
- Created on 22 February 2021
