What *I* want for Fat Acceptance.

Posted on August 13, 2008 by nuckingfutz

Quite a few blog posts have had me thinking about this.  One of which I have to admit, I sparked.  And because we’re not a monolithic group, because we’re made up of many different people from many different walks of life who have many different personal goals regarding FA, I decided I needed to be [...]

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Fat Family: an Observation

Posted on July 13, 2008 by nuckingfutz

Yesterday was my best friend’s (May) daughter’s (Hayley) birthday.  As I’ve said before, my best friend and her family are like my own second family.  And apparently the feeling is mutual, because Charlene (May’s 2nd daughter) said practically the same thing to me the other night.
While we were all out together, we ran into [...]

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Sexism sells. Are YOU buying it?

Posted on May 25, 2008 by nuckingfutz

I am so mind-blowingly horrified right now that I’m having a hard time stringing together a coherent sentence.  So bear with me, please.
As an American woman living in the UK, I will be the first one to admit that I’m way out of touch with the American media.  I see snippets [...]

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Hypocrisy in Action

Posted on November 11, 2007 by nuckingfutz

You know what really pisses me off?  When I read other people’s blogs and see the trolls saying things like “of course it’s your fault you’re fat – you absolutely have to be stuffing your face incessantly all day long.”
Here’s an example:
[name deleted] wrote I’m fat, and its really not my fault…
On November 5 she wrote [...]

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