✨ Third in my series of the very specific, life-changing ways fat people are impacted by weight stigma. ✨ ⠀⠀ Fat people are consistently denied fertility treatment on the basis that they cannot or should not conceive while fat. Fertility clinics have wildly different poli

Plz, no more references to weight as COVID risk factor; you are causing increased general health risk by upping weight stigma & anxiety. Don't be that person. If there is a COVID/weight link, remember weight is a proxy for many confounders: stigma, class, race, comorbidities...

*whispers* no one survives any illness by sheer force of will power, and talking about individual strength and resilience as a marker of health is severely damaging to everyone, but especially to sick & disabled people, and anyone afflicted with mortality

Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CGCvRK0Hj8Q/…

Your health status and size have zero bearing on your worth or your lovability. They do not impact how much compassion you deserve, how much patience you deserve, or how much kindness you deserve. PERIOD. ⠀⠀ If you are fat and have health conditions, I see you. I AM you. Plea

Please don't put so much pressure on yourselves to have an unconditionally positive relationship to fatness as a fat person. You don't have to aim to go through your life saying "everything about fatness is the cat's meow and I'm never going to let this get to me." Allow me to ex

Yes it is! So beautiful.

If you gained weight during this global pandemic (or literally any other time), it’s okay. Bodies change! You don’t need to crash diet or do a cleanse, reset, or detox. Your body is wise. Your body can be trusted. Keep eating.

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Client: But this food isn’t healthy! Me: Is being terrified of eating certain foods healthy? How about feeling enormous amounts of guilt and shame after eating? Or needing to compensate for this “unhealthy” food in some way? It’s time to reevaluate what health actually means.🙏🏼

You do not need to wait to be “sick enough” to get help. There is no such thing. If you’re struggling, you deserve help. Period.💗

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A thread of body acceptance/ body neutral/ body positive phrases that are inclusive of disabled and chronically ill people:

I took part in an event recently with a variety of students in healthcare fields. They were all future doctors or other allied medial professionals. And I was so disheartened by the fact that extremely few of them had been disabused of the idea that fat people are fat because the

Yes 💗💗 It’s so understandable to want to lose weight in our culture. We can hold space for this.

Amazing 💗💗💗

I’m not on TikTok but I know this has been an ongoing issue on other platforms too. So infuriating. We deserve better from these companies, especially given the billions they are earning from OUR data.

I'm thrilled to announce that I have another Fat Liberation Support Group starting. This one will be co-facilitated with my friend and colleague Kristy Fassio (@redheadfatlibwarrior), who is an incredible HAES therapist and fat activist. ⠀⠀ This group is for you if: You are *