RIOTS, NOT DIETS!

+.*.｡FAT POSITIVE ｡.*.+ he/him | 25 | queer a space for fat activism and celebration! practicing radical self acceptance and liberation from diet culture. examining the thinness ideal as a construction of white supremacy. this blog is run by a plus sized activist, spreading love and speaking out against weight based discrimination and anti fat bias. my content may be triggering. let me know if you need me to tag anything specific! BLACK LIVES MATTER. NO BODY IS DISPOSABLE.

[fatliberation]

Fat people deserve basic human decency, agency, and visibility, regardless of health.

Fat liberation must include disability justice. Disability justice must include taking precautions against covid-19. #No body is disposable.

Feedists/fat kink blogs are welcome here and hold value to the fat liberation movement. I openly identify with the feedism community. Offended? check this overview for my thoughts.

Fatphobic harassment will be deleted/ignored. I receive an overwhelming amount of asks. Please understand that I cannot get to every message in my inbox 💌

My design of the fat liberation flag, 2024. 🐋

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[lakemojave]

Happy Pride Month everyone! Remember 4 months ago when the CEO of this platform harassed and chased a trans woman off this website just for posting her transition timeline, then chased her to other social media platforms to continue harassing her, and threatened to call the FBI if she continued disputing the multiple dubious terminations of her blogs that did not violate tumblr's terms of service in any way? And despite tumblr staff insisting that the CEO was acting against their interests, the broad transmisogyny evident in the site's culture and moderation policy has still not been adequately addressed?

[lakemojave]

Remember that staff is continuing to nuke the blogs of trans women even after all of this. Remember this post when they call this site the queerest place on the internet again this month

[lakemojave]

It's 2 years later. It's gotten worse. Happy pride month.

[fatliberation]

Have you had any experiences with the pearadise house community? I saw a trailer for the ID doc about it starting as a body positivity then going bad, but I hadn't heard of it

no, I wasn’t aware of it until I saw that trailer. completely missed my radar. I think I may have seen clips here and there on social media but hadn’t heard anything further. sounds like one man created a seriously coercive and abusive environment. before I say anything on the matter, I’ll have to do my research. I think it’s extremely important for the community to be made aware of predators who seek to target and take advantage of fat people by creating “safe” spaces, especially when very few safe spaces exist in the first place. we need to name it and expose it so we can keep each other safe. AND I am nervous to watch this documentary (I don’t know if it would be conducive to my mental health to do so right now) because I am deeply concerned about the lack of consideration for feed1sts in these projects. this is another documentary that seems like it aims to exploit feed1sm as a whole for “freak show” shock value, arguing that participating in this kink is inherently wrong/abusive, which is still the only visibility it gets. as a grassroots organizer who regularly holds fat-friendly feed1st community events in my city, I know firsthand how positive, healing, and life-affirming in-person feed1st community can be when it is safe and respectful. It makes me sick to my stomach to know that fat people seeking spaces like these are instead being met with objectification, harassment, and abuse. although I oppose the project’s anti-feed1st stance, I am very glad it’s calling attention to this very real problem so that everyone knows to steer clear of pearadise house!

[lestatfag]

STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]

[plus-size-aesthetics]

[fatliberation]

HAPPY PRIDE TO MY QUEER FAT BADDIES!!!1!!!!!! FREDDIE LOVES YOU 💖🌈🍑💕🏳️‍🌈💖

[officialspec]

draw more fat characters ok. i love you

[fatliberation]

seeing your posts/reblogs on my dash again made me realize how much i missed your insights. glad you're back!

thank you very much! I hit a rough patch for about a month so took a break, then tumblr terminated me. but they let me live to see another day 😮‍💨 hoping to get back to being more active here & also transfer a large portion of my work onto my own site!

[fatliberation]

ALSO! speaking of the flag!! I got a small shipment of stickers that I’ve been sitting on (adhd whoops) but will be putting those up on ko-fi to sell very soon!

[fatliberation]

genuine question, what does the orca(?) represent on your fat liberation flag design?

also i adore this blog and im so glad its still around

thank you! I chose the orca because of how I’ve seen the symbol of the whale reclaimed by fat activists in the feed1st community. I wanted to choose the killer whale as a symbol to turn the fatphobic insult into something powerful (and dangerous). the orca on the flag represents majesty, community, resilience, & liberation!

more thoughts on that here. 🐋

the four shades of blue stripes represent the four categories of fatness, with infinifat first. the grey background is a direct nod to the grey bg in the disability pride flag, which represents the mourning and rage for victims of ableist violence and abuse.

I landed on blue bc it’s the color of the ocean, vast, expansive, everchanging, and intrinsic to nature itself. the orca belongs there!

thanks for asking!

[fatliberation]

KING IS BACK!!!

[fatliberation]

happy bday!!! so glad ur back in beautiful fat action (this is fatmasc!)

heyyy thank you so much!! me too man, me too 😮‍💨

[blkmogai]

BLACK FAT/CHUBBY

[PT: Black fat/chubby /end PT]

a flag for black individuals who are fat or chubby.

[chubbymuffinclub]

GLP-1 medications for weight-loss: a triumph of marketing over patient care

GLP-1 weight loss drugs are receiving an avalanche of positive press. From major media outlets to trade publications, clinical, policy, and lay audiences have been inundated with articles declaring...

Synopsis: The benefits of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs (like semaglutide) are frequently overstated due to selective reporting, industry influence, and widespread conflicts of interest in both research and media coverage.

While they can produce short-term weight loss, results vary widely, often plateau within a year, and are difficult to maintain—especially since discontinuation leads to rapid weight regain and loss of health benefits.

Cardiovascular benefits are modest and inconsistently distributed across populations, and adverse effects—ranging from common gastrointestinal issues to serious complications—may be underreported.

Overall, the current evidence and marketing practices obscure significant limitations and risks, undermining informed consent and exaggerating the drugs’ long-term effectiveness and safety.

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[feluka]

i hate the way fat antagonists have their weight moralized and used as a metaphor for greed and corruption and i hate the way it's overcorrected into fat people being "soft squishy friend-shaped cupcakes who look like they give incredible hugs" and i long for the day we have nuanced, interesting, and complicated fat characters and most of all i long for the day people are normal about fatness

[chubbymuffinclub]

‘I can’t even be bothered to masturbate’: Ozempic and the death of desire

It feels like there is more pressure than ever to be thin, and it’s tanking our self-esteem. Is it also taking a toll on our intimate relati