Ali Thompson

@alithompson

Artist. Fat Person. She/Her Creator of Ok2BeFat alithompsonart.com @Artists_Ali/Twitter

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Fake-topia!

In 2019, Connor Luke Simpson released a “documentary” called Fat-topia, which is supposed to be a neutral and even-handed investigation into the Fat Acceptance movement. It definitely isn’t neutral or even-handed.

But it’s also almost entirely made up. It’s fake! He faked it. It is not even a little bit true.

Join me in my investigation into Connor Luke Simpson’s claims about himself and about the fat activists he says he interacted with. It is a WILD ride!

I’ve spent months getting this ready to show to people and I really pushed myself to get it finished because Connor is currently in the process of making another “documentary” about feederism, so he can further exploit fat people for his own gain.

Please let people know who this guy is and what he has already done. Anyone who works with this guy is going to get the exact same treatment.

Now updated with captions!

Fake-topia!

In 2019, Connor Luke Simpson released a “documentary” called Fat-topia, which is supposed to be a neutral and even-handed investigation into the Fat Acceptance movement. It definitely isn’t neutral or even-handed.

But it’s also almost entirely made up. It’s fake! He faked it. It is not even a little bit true.

Join me in my investigation into Connor Luke Simpson’s claims about himself and about the fat activists he says he interacted with. It is a WILD ride!

I’ve spent months getting this ready to show to people and I really pushed myself to get it finished because Connor is currently in the process of making another “documentary” about feederism, so he can further exploit fat people for his own gain.

Please let people know who this guy is and what he has already done. Anyone who works with this guy is going to get the exact same treatment.

Now updated with captions!

A screenshot from my video of a quote by Connor Luke Simpson- creator of Fat-topia, the fake fat acceptance documentary

“And then when it comes to their families, whether it’s in something as simple as Wal-mart. A white man tries to control and put their dominance on.”

(Look, I honestly don’t even know.)

Watch my video Fake-topia on YouTube!

It's ok to be really really super duper fat. There is no weight limit on humanity.

Stretch marks are sexy. Double chins are adorable. Chubby wiggly butts and big bellies are so cute. Fat rolls are beautiful. It's ok to be fat.

Glorify your fatness today. You are glorious. It's ok to be fat!

Not only is diet talk harmful and stigmatizing- it is incredibly boring.

Stop talking about your diet- you are boring everyone around you.

Bill Maher is the worst and obviously hates fat people, and James Corden's response wasn't great. So I made my own! -- Follow me on Twitter- @Artists_Ali Twi...

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A discussion not just of Bill Maher, but also of how the media uses the term “fat shaming” to talk about every kind of fatphobia, which leaves us in a place where we aren’t able to have a full discussion of the structural problems of fatphobia.

Just calling everything fat shaming makes people think this is just about interpersonal conflict, when in reality, Bill Maher framed his segment as an attack on fat people for “using too much health care”.

Which is not only factually wrong, but is a common excuse for the deadly medical discrimination that fat people suffer.

This wasn’t really a “fat shaming incident”. This was a popular celebrity with a huge platform calling for an entire group of people to be denied health care by calling on Democratic politicians to make sure that we don’t have access to any kind of socialized health care in the future in the US.

The Fat Activism Basics is a video series that gives fat activism the full science and history explainer treatment.

These videos are great resources too. Each one has an extensive list of sources in their notes and transcripts.

Medicalization- turning normal human diversity into problems that you then demand solutions for.

Or, how to hide a moral judgment so well that not only will no one ever question it, but they won’t even realize that moral judgments are being made at all.

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Diet teas contain herbal laxatives. Using laxatives for weight loss is a form of purging- a type of disordered eating. And overuse of laxatives can disrupt y...

TW- for a discussion of eating disordered behavior.

Diet and detox teas contain herbal laxatives. Overusing laxatives can cause potentially deadly imbalances in electrolytes.

People have been dying from these teas for decades.

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Fat pride for fat people! Fat love for fat bodies! Fat liberation! It's ok to be fat

#RiotsNotDiets

Diets don't work. They never have- they never will. _ Follow me on Twitter- @Artists_Ali & @Ok2BeFat Twitch- https://www.twitch.tv/artists_ali Support my wor...

Trying to lose weight is a bigger risk than just staying fat.

That’s what the science tells us.

Defend disabled fat people.

Tell fat teenagers that being fat won't ruin their lives. That happiness and love are possible in a fat body. Support fat teens.

Please stop responding to this with “ALSO TELL THIN TEENS THEY ARE FINE TOO.”

Make your own post if you want to say that and don’t co-opt something that explicitly for FAT teens– a group that gets almost zero love and support.

Do y’all really have to do your Bodiposification (aka theft) on every single damn thing that explictly mentions FAT people? Are you that fucking fragile?

It’s annoying and I’ll block you if I catch you doing it.

End diabetes stigma.

The way people with diabetes are treated is shameful- especially type 2.

It is ableism. It has to stop.

If you have diabetes- you are ok. You didn’t do anything wrong.

In my job as a fat activist, people like to fling links at me that they think disprove the things I am saying. When the planets align in just the right way and the whim strikes me, I’ll dig into their links and see if there’s anything there. I haven’t been flung a worthwhile one yet, but I’m open to new experiences. And I want to teach you how to do it too so you can have a better idea of how to sort out the good information from the bad.

In a world where anyone can make a video or put up a website, how can we tell if someone is a real expert?

An article written by me, for the National Eating Disorder Association.

fatphobiabusters

This is a good primer on how to start reading scientific journal articles on weight.

-Mod Siarl

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