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i didn't mean to wear a joutfit, i swear! . . #stretchremarkspodcast #lgbtpodcast #joutfit #ootd #jeanjacket #vans #bisexual #fatgirlshiking #fatpositive #bodyliberation #bodypositive #fatbabes https://www.instagram.com/p/BpDShfcgny4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bphd1digjz35
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Is your Sunday going swimmingly?! 😂 if you're still in need of some stress relief, check out our newest episode this week before our new episode next weekend! In episode 105: Thick Thighs, Queer Lives, we took a look into our everyday lives as fabulous fat babes and shared some of our experiences, the fabulous and not so fabulous alike! Link in bio! #thickthighs #queer #stretchremarkspodcast #fatpositive #selfcaresunday #fatacceptance #fuckfatphobia #lgbtpodcast #bisexual https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn0SdrMABiu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vvhm4ggrbznr
“With every act of self care your authentic self gets stronger, and the critical, fearful mind gets weaker. Every act of self care is a powerful declaration: I am on my side; each day I am more and more on my side.”
— Susan Weiss Berry (via purplebuddhaquotes)
I don’t know if this is weird or not, but I totes read Mulan as a trans woman! I tend to read all “women who pretend to be men” stories as very similar to my experience. In contrast, I’ve never imagined that a character presented to the audience as male was actually a trans woman.
Is my way much rarer?
In any event, I think we can all love Mulan!
AFROPUNK DAY 2 Ig: RavenOnRebel
Hallie & Tie-Dye Girl
#suddenly something has become very clear
LGBT musicians
sapphic-playlists:
Artists of color are bolded.
Lesbian/Bi/Pan
Adult Mom - Indie pop band
Alex Lahey
Alex the Astronaut - Alternative Pop
Alix Dobkin - 1970s lesbian folk music
Alix Olson - Early 00s alternative and spoken word
Ally Hills - youtuber pop
Alma - pop
Amanda Palmer - Alt Pop
Amandla Stenberg - R&B inspired Pop
Amy Winehouse - ballads
Ana Carolina - Brazilian bisexual singer
Aneta Langerova - Czech lesbian singer
Anne-Marie - pop
Angel Haze - Rap
Angie - Hiphop inspired Pop
Ani Difranco - 90s Folk
Asha Santee - folk
Austra - electronic music band
Azealia Banks - Rap/Hiphop
be steadwell - R&B/alt pop
Beatrice Eli - Pop
Bec Sandridge - Pop
Bella Thorne
Beth Ditto
Bikini Kill - Riot grrrl band
Bitch and Animal - Folk pop band
Boyskout - early 00s pop
Brandi Carlisle - Americana/Folk
Brandy Clark - country
BRE-Z - hiphop/rap
Caitlyn Scarlett - hiphop inspired pop
Camp Cope - alt rock band
Catey Shaw
Catie Curtis
Celeste Carballo - Argentinian singer
Charlotte Day Wilson - R&B ballads
Chelsea Shag
Chely Wright - country/folk
Christine and the queens - pop
Chynna - rap
Clairo - alt pop
Claire Waldoff - german 1920s cabaret singer
Coeur de pirate - pop
Courtney Barnett
cyberbully mom club - indie pop band
Cris Williamson - 80s lesbian folk
Cupcakke - rap
Daisy O Connor - folk
Danhana - kpop
Destroy Boys - smaller indie punk rock band
DEV - pop
Demi Lovato - pop
disappear fear
Dizzy Fae - R&B
Dodie Clark - youtuber alt pop
The Dollyrots - punk pop rock
Domo Wilson - rap
Doria Roberts - early 00s pop
Dream Wife - indie rock
Dyke Drama
Elektra - early 00s pop
Elena Pogrebizhskaya - russian singer
Ember Swift - early 00s folk pop
Etta Bond - R&B/pop
Fatty Cakes and the puff pastries - indie
Fletcher - pop
Fly Bye - indie band
Frankie Cosmos - alternative
Frankie Simone - pop
GA31 - futuristic Brazilian lesbian music
Gia - pop
Gianna Nannini - italian singer
Gina Young - riot grrrl inspired rock
Gioaia Bruno - italian singer
girl in red - alternative pop
GIRLI - uhhh idek how to describe her music
Girlpool - folk/alternative
Girlyman - alternative/folk
God is my copilot - punk rock
God-des & She - hiphop/rap
Gossip - indie rock
Grace Petrie - folk
Grace Petrie and the PC Brigade - folk
GRLwood - riot grrrl inspired punk rock
Halsey - pop
Hayley Kiyoko - pop
Heavens to Betsy - rock
Holly Miranda - alt pop
Holly Near
Hunter Valentine
Hurray for the Riff Raff
IAMDDB -hiphop/rap
Isabela Nobrega - indie pop
It was romance - indie rock
Indigo Girls - lesbian folk duo
Jamie Anderson - folk
Janelle Monae - hiphop/pop/rap
Janis Ian - folk
Janis Joplin
Jasmine Kennedy - folk
Jay Som - alternative pop
Jehnny Beth - french musician
Jen Cloher - alternative
Jen Foster - folk pop
Jenny Owens Young - indie pop/indie folk/alt rock
Jess Glynn
Jessie Reyez - r&b/soul
Ji Nilson - pop
Judy Small - folk
Julia Sinclair/Sinclair - singer songwriter
Julia Weldon
Julia Volkova - russian, the bi member of tatu
Julien Baker
K.D Lang - lesbian 90s folk pop
Kaki King - indie rock
Kate Nash - pop
Kate Reid - indie
Kehlani - R&B/pop
Kelela - R&B
Kesha - Pop
Kina Grannis - indie artist
King Princess - Pop
Kitty - pop
Kodie Shane - Rap/Hiphop
Ladyhawke - Electric pop
Lady Gaga - Electric pop
Lady Lamb
Lady Sovereign
Laura Marling - alternative pop
Laura Nyro - 80s rock
Lauren Jauregui
Lauren Ruth Ward - rock
Lauren Sanderson - R&B
Lavender Country - Country/folk
Le Tigre
Lesbians on Ectasy - Rock
Lights - electropop
Lindsey Jordan/Snail Mail - indie rock
Lipstick Homicide - rock
Lipstick Jodi - rock band
Lovers - alternative/folk
Lowell - alternative pop
LP - ballads
Lucie Blue Tremblay - lesbian 80s folk
Lucy Dacus
Lucy Spraggan
Lucy & La Mer - pop
Lynn Gunn/PVRIS
Lzzy Hale/Halestorm
Maggie Lindemann
Mal Blum - alternative/indie
Maman - lesbian kpop idol
Mara Levi - britpop
Marika Hackman - indie rock
Maris - indie pop
Martha - indie pop punk
Mary Lambert - pop ballads
Melange Lavonne - rap/hiphop
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Ferrick
Miki Ratsula - indie pop
Miley Cyrus - pop/country
Mirah - alternative pop
Moaning Lisa - indie rock
MUNA - pop
Nakala - indie R&B
Natasha Kmeto - pop ballads
Naz & Ella - indie pop
Ness Nite - R&B/hiphop
Nicole Dollanganger - alternative pop
Nicolette Forte - indie/alternative
Oh Pep!
Otep - nu metal/rock
Palehound - folk/alt pop
Partner - soft/alt rock
Peaches - genre crossing pop music
phem - genre crossing pop music
Princess Nokia - hiphop
PVRIS - rock
Qiao Qiao - chinese lesbian singer
Rachel Cantu
Renee Phoenix
REYNA - pop
Ria Mae
Rita Ora - pop
Saara Alto
Sarah Skinner
Sandra Mihanovich - argentinian
S.J Tucker - alternative/folk
SALES- electropop
Sami Grisafe - ballads
Sapphic Lasers - indie pop
Sara Renberg - indie rock
Sarah Skinner - trap pop
Screaming females - indie rock
See - electropop
Sequin Sally - alt pop
Shura - pop
Sia - pop ballads
Silvana imam - swedish lesbian rapper
Sinead O Connor
Siya - rapper
Sizzy Rocket - pop/electropop
Skin
Sleater-Kinney - riot grrrl era rock
Sofya Wang - pop
Soko - alt/indie pop
Sophie B. Hawkins - 90s lesbian folk pop
St. Vincent - electropop/indie rock
Starley
Studio Killers - electropop
Syd - R&B
Team Dresch - queercore
Tegan and Sara - pop
Tender Forever - alternative pop
Teresa Trull - 80s lesbian folk
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - alt/indie pop band
Theesatisfaction
The Aces - poppy girl group
The Blow - alt pop/early 00s pop
The Butchies - late 90s butch lesbian soft rock band
The Degenerettes - rock
The Ditty Bops - britpop band
The Greeting Committee -indie/folk band
The Internet - R&B band fronted by Syd
The Japanese House - alt/indie pop
The Sounds/Marja Lvarsson
The Veronicas - pop/electropop
The xx
Tiara Thomas - R&B/hiphop
Tiffany Gouche - R&B
Tinashe
Tret Fure
TT the Artist - rap/hiphop
TORRES - pop/alt pop
Torrey Mercer - indie pop
Tove Lo - pop
Tracy Chapman - 80s lesbian folk
Tribe 8 - riot grrrl era punk rock
Two Nice Girls - 80s lesbian folk
Tyra B
Veruca Salt - indie rock
Von Grey - electropop/ballads
Whitney Lindquist - indie pop
Willow - pop/R&B/alt pop
Wyvern Lingo - folk/folk pop
Young M.A - rap
Zolita - pop
Zoe Lewis - alternative/alt pop
Gay/Bi/Pan
A Great Big World - pop
Adam Lambert - pop
Adore Delano - drag queen musician
Aja - drag musician, rap
Anthony Rapp - broadway singer
Arca - Venezuelan singer
AVAN LAVA - pop band
Big Freedia - queen of bounce
Billie Joe Armstrong/Green day - emo boy rock
Billy Gilman - country
Bloc Party - english indie rock band
Blood Orange - alt/indie
Brayton Bowman - rhythm/blues singer-songwriter
Brendon Urie/Panic! at the disco - todays emo boy pop rock
BROCKHAMPTON - hiphop/rap
Bronze Avery - pop
Cakes Da Killa - hiphop/rap/electronic
Calum Scott - pop
Christeene - drag musician
Conchita Wurst - drag musician, pop
Cub Sport - indie pop
David Bowie - 80s pop
DreBae - hiphop/rap
Doug Locke - pop/rhythm and blues
Elton John - 70s/80s ballads
Erasure - synth pop/dance duo
Felix Jaehn - electronic dance/tropical house
Frank Ocean - R&B
Freddie Mercury/Queen - rock
Greyson Chance
Harry Styles - pop
Hercules and Love Affair - dance/disco
Holland - K-Pop idol
Jake Shears
Jamie Stewart/Xiu Xiu/Former Ghosts - experimental rock
Jinkx Monsoon - drag musician
Jesse Saint John - pop
Joey Graceffa - youtuber pop
John Grant - singer-songwriter, former alt rock band member
Kadie Elder - pop
Kaytranada - hiphop/dance
Keiynan Lonsdale - pop
Kele Okereke - english indie rock, former member of bloc party
Kevin Abstract - rap/hiphop, member of brockhampton
Kevin McHale - singer from Glee
Kidd Kenn - hiphop/rap
Lavender Country - Country/folk
Le1f - rap
Leland - pop/country/contemporary r&b
Leo Kalyan - dance/electronic
Leuan/Holly Lavender - indie alternative
Limpwrist - queercore
Lyon Hart - pop
Matt Alber - folk rock/alt rock
Matt Fishel - pop
Michael Blume - pop
Mika - pop/ballads
MNEK - pop/R&B/dance pop
MRSHLL - Korean R&B singer
Mykki Blanco - rap/hiphop/alt hiphop
Neon Trees - pop rock band
Pansy Division - 90s pop punk/queercore/alt rock
Pet Shop Boys - 80s dance pop/art pop
Perfume Genius - electropop/indie pop/art pop
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Rico Dalasam - hiphop/rap
Rostam Batmanglij - electropop/indie rock, former member of vampire weekend
Rupaul - drag race pop
Sam Smith - pop ballads
Scissor Sisters - band with a bunch of gays
Senses Fail - emo/metalcore band
serpentwithfeet - experimental
Shamir - indie rock/disco/hip house
Shea Coulee - drag musician, electropop/dance
Solomon Ray - latin pop/dance pop/reggaeton
SSION - dance/electronic/pop
Steve Grand - country
Superfruit - pop duo
Sufjan Stevens - indie folk/alt rock/baroque pop
Taylor Bennet - rap
Tokio Hotel
Tom Goss - singer-songwriter
Trixie Mattel - drag race pop
Troye Sivan - pop/alt pop
TWINKIDS
Ty Herndon - country
Tyler Glenn - singer-songwriter/pop rock, fronts neon trees
Tyler the Creator - rap/hiphop
Vardaan Arora - pop
VINCINT - pop
Will Young
Who Is Fancy? - pop/indie rock
Woodkid - pop/art pop
Wrabel - pop/ballads
Years and Years - electropop/britpop/dance pop
Zebra Katz - rap/hiphop
Trans/Nonbinary
1.8.7/Jordana LeSesne - trans woman, dance music
Adore Delano - drag musician, nonbinary gay
Adult Mom - nonbinary, indie rock
Against Me! - band fronted by a queer trans woman, rock
Aja - drag musician, nonbinary gay
Ah Mer Ah Su -trans woman, electropop
Amandla Stenberg - nonbinary lesbian, pop
Angel Haze - queer & nonbinary
Anohni - trans woman
Athens Boys Choir - trans man, spoken word/hiphop
A.W - nonbinary, indie music
Axis of Awesome - lead singer is a trans woman
Aye Nako - band that has a trans member
Baby Dee - trans woman, rock
Billy Tipton - trans man, 1950s jazz musician
Cavetown - trans man, alternative
Cayetana - one of the members is nonbinary
Dana Interrnational - trans woman
Ezra Furman - genderqueer
G.L.O.S.S - trans-feminist band
imbi the girl - nonbinary
Jake Edwards - bisexual & nonbinary
Jesus and his Judgemental Father - band fronted by a trans man
Jinkx Monsoon - nonbinary gay, drag musician
Katastrophe - trans man, hiphop
Katey Red - trans woman, creator of sissy bounce music
Kim Petras - trans woman, electropop
King Princess - genderqueer lesbian, pop
Laith Ashley -trans man
Lars Randa - trans man
Lucas Silveira - trans man
Mal Blum - queer & nonbinary, alternative
Mina Caputo/Life of Agony - trans woman
Miss Blanks - trans woman
Miss White - trans woman
Native Cats - one member is a trans woman
Ness Nite - genderqueer lesbian
Nervus - bisexual trans woman
Peppermint - trans woman
PWR BTTM - nonbinary band
Quay Dash - trans woman
Rachel Maria Cox - nonbinary, indie pop
Rae Spoon - nonbinary
Ryan Cassata - transman
Sateen - one member of the married lesbian duo is a trans woman
Sam Smith - genderqueer
Shawnee/She King - two spirit
Shea Diamond - trans woman
She/Hers/Her - trans woman
Skyler Kergil - trans man
Smoothboi Ezra - nonbinary, indie alternative
Steam Powered Giraffe - band fronted by a trans woman
Sons of an Illustrious Father - has genderqueer members
SOPHIE - trans woman, electropop
The Cliks - band fronted by a trans man
The Spook School - fronted by a gay trans man, indie rock
Too Attached - one half of the duo is a bi trans woman, political pop
Wendy Carlos - trans woman, filmscores and compositions
Wilmer “Little Ax” Broadnax - trans man, 1950s hard gospel singer
Worriers - genderqueer
this is ‘60 yr old gay man that has recently retired to california’ style
thats Jeff goldblum
wouldn’t it be cool if sylvia rivera or marsha p. johnson were still alive and you could see what kind of activism they were doing now, and support it, and follow them on social media?
“It sure would!”
Gosh, imaginary reader, I agree! And you know what?
MISS MAJOR IS *ALSO* A TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR WHO WAS AT STONEWALL, AND SHE’S STILL ALIVE AND AMAZING AND I ALMOST NEVER SEE ANYBODY MENTION HER
And yes, that’s her Instagram, @missmajor1. And yes, you can look her up on Facebook under Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and she even follows back 😮
Looks like she’s even on Twitter, @immissmajor.
From missmajor.net:
“Miss Major is a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and human rights activist.
Miss Major’s personal story and activism for transgender civil rights intersects LGBT struggles for justice and equality from the 1960s to today. At the center of her activism is her fierce advocacy for her girls, trans women of color who have survived police brutality and incarceration in men’s jails and prisons.
Miss Major is formerly the long-time executive director of the San Francisco-based Transgender Gender-Variant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), which advocates for trans women of color in and outside of prison. She is also the subject of a new documentary feature film currently showing around the country, MAJOR!”
She even has a GoFundMe, where people make one-time or recurring monthly donations to support this activist legend through her retirement:
https://www.gofundme.com/MsMajorRetirement
Since June and Pride commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, I thought it’d be a good time to boost her story. Happy Pride! 💖💜💙
Boost boost.
wholesome pride month meme
it’s pride month, my gays.
When we talk about being fat-positive and we say, “weight is not an indication of health,” I will reblog it. But I want us to also say, “health is not an indication of value.”
I could be at any weight and I will never be healthy, because I am chronically ill. Someone might be chronically ill and fat, or they might be chronically ill and not fat, and it really doesn’t matter.
When you make it about health, you’re saying health is the pinnacle of human achievement, and you’re shitting on those of us for whom health will always be a pipe dream.
Oh Oh
So remember: Its summer now, and you can dress however you want.
There’s no such thing as being too fat or too chubby or too tall or too short for shorts or tank tops or whatever you want to wear. If you feel cute and comfortable, you are.
A few tips:
Remember that a lot of clothes are designed to look good on hangers and be easy to mass produce. You are not a hanger and all bodies are not identical. Clothes not fitting right on you is not your fault.
Always try on clothes when you can. Clothes not fitting or looking good is not failure, its part of the process. If those clothes aren’t good enough for you, find ones that are.
Women’s clothing sizes are devilwork. They have no consistency and standardization, even among the same brand. I vary from a size 12 to a size 18 depending on brand and style. These numbers dont mean anything. Just find the items you are comfy in.
You are not obligated to impress anyone. If some random dude has a problem with your leg hair or muffin top or stretch marks, thats his problem and he can choke on it.
Enjoy your summer.
Truth Behind Fat: References
[Original post found here. All content following is authored by the maker of Big Liberty, the source blog.]
DISCLAIMER: This links list is always in the works, and is not comprehensive or complete. If evidence is not listed, it doesn’t mean it does not exist. If you have any links to add, please insert them in relevant comments and they will be reviewed.
For a general resource on debunking the junk science behind obesity, please see:
Linda Bacon’s resources and blog
Sandy Szwarc’s blog, Junkfood Science
Michelle’s blog, The Fat Nutritionist
ASDAH’s article repository
Debunking Fat Hate and Misconceptions
Doesn’t Obesity Kill?
Obesity does not kill 400,000 Americans a year (in fact, it ‘contributes’ to fewer than 30,000).
Fit Over 60s Live Longer Regardless of Body Fat
No tenable link between obesity and breast cancer type
No tenable link between diet and weight control and remission of type II diabetes
The J-curve relationship between BMI and mortality
Mortality risk for overweight and obese is no greater than for ‘normal’ when hypertension and diabetes are controlled for, (Anthony Jerant, Peter Franks. “Body Mass Index, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Short-Term Mortality: A Population-Based Observational Study, 2000–2006″ J Am Board Fam Med July-August 2012 vol. 25 no. 4 422-431)
Low-Calorie Diet Doesn’t Prolong Life (New York Times, August 29, 2012)
Shouldn’t Fat People Should Simply Eat Less and Move More?
In controlled settings people lose 10% of their weight on a diet, but one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost all is regained within 5 years. (“Methods for voluntary weight loss and control. NIH Technology Assessment Conference Panel.” Ann Intern Med. 1992 Jun 1;116(11):942-9.)
The preponderance of evidence shows that diets don’t work
No weight loss intervention shown generally effective post 5 years
Fat people as a whole metabolically the same as lean people, except that they’re bigger
Eating and weight gain not necessarily linked, study shows
Evidence for a bodyweight setpoint (energy homeostasis)
Medicare’s search for effective obesity treatments: Diets are not the answer. (Mann, Traci; Tomiyama, A. Janet; Westling, Erika; Lew, Ann-Marie; Samuels, Barbra; Chatman, Jason. American Psychologist, Vol 62(3), Apr 2007, 220-233. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.62.3.220 ) (PDF)
Isn’t There An Obesity Epidemic?
Americans have only gained an average of 14 lbs (women) and 16 lbs (men) since 1990 (Gallup)
Obesity: An Overblown Epidemic
The 1998 BMI definition changes made 30 million Americans overweight or obese OVERNIGHT
The Myth of the Obesity “Tsunami”
One-third of American Adults are Obese, but Rate Slows
Yeah, But What About the Children? Isn’t Fat Killing Them?
Childhood famine (that includes dieting and starvation) increases risk of type 2 diabetes
Adolescents who engage in unhealthy weight-control behaviors such as dieting and binge eating are three times more likely five years later to be overweight than adolescents who did not engage in those behaviors
Isn’t Weight a Lifestyle Choice?
Obesity largely determined by genetics, says study
Obesity is 77% heritable
Thin parents pass on skinny genes to children (October 4, 2011, The Independent, UK)
Insulin resistance. A multifaceted syndrome responsible for NIDDM, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. DeFronzo RA, Ferrannini E. Diabetes Care. 1991 Mar;14(3):173-94.
But Doesn’t the Idea that People are Different Sizes Though Consuming/Exercising the Same Violate the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
In fact, in principle, the suggestion that a “calorie is a calorie” — all human metabolisms are the same Bunsen Burner — violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Isn’t there a Study that Disproves the Claim that You Can Be Fit and Fat?
That study is junk science. The preponderance of evidence shows that in fact, one can be fat and fit.
Is there Discrimination Against Fat People?
Brownell Obesity Discrimination Study (2001)
Health Professionals Specializing in Obesity Aren’t Immune from Weight-Bias
The surprising reason why being overweight isn’t healthy
Obesity bias based on disgust, study says (2010)
Isn’t Fat Unhealthy?
Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift (Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor, Nutrition Journal 2011, 10:9, 24 January 2011)
Higher BMI can lower risk for Alzheimer’s
Metabolic syndrome associated with decelerated cognitive decline in the very elderly
The case against the Type II diabetes “epidemic” in kids
You can’t eat your way to diabetes
‘Obese’ BMI does not harm current health of young adults, study says
Obesity not always tied to higher heart risk (Reuters, May 24, 2012)
Shouldn’t Fat People Try to Diet Anyway?
Although long-term follow-up data are meager, the data that do exist suggest almost complete relapse after 3-5 yr. (Miller, W. C. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1999 Aug;31(8):1129-34.)
In fact, size acceptance and health at every size may be a better approach to health than chronic dieting. (Bacon L, Stern JS, Van Loan MD, Keim NL. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005 Jun;105(6):929-36.)
Except that dieting can kill you, even when you’re fat and dieting down to a ‘normal’ weight.
And there are suggestions that frequent (intentional) weight loss diets reflect susceptibility to weight gain, rendering dieters prone to future weight gain. (August 9, 2011, K H Pietiläinen, S E Saarni, J Kaprio and A Rissanen. “Does dieting make you fat? A twin study” International Journal of Obesity | doi:10.1038/ijo.2011.160)
Healthy lifestyle habits are associated with a significant decrease in mortality regardless of baseline body mass index. (Eric M. Matheson, MS, MD, Dana E. King, MS, MD and Charles J. Everett, PhD. J Am Board Fam Med January-February 2012 vol. 25 no. 1 9-15)
And adolescents who engage in unhealthy weight-control behaviors such as dieting and binge eating are three times more likely five years later to be overweight than adolescents who did not engage in those behaviors.
There are even further suggestions suggest that for many adolescents, dieting to control weight is not only ineffective, it may actually promote weight gain. (Alison E. Field, ScD, S. B. Austin, ScD, C. B. Taylor, MD, Susan Malspeis, SM, Bernard Rosner, PhD, Helaine R. Rockett, RD, Matthew W. Gillman, MD, Graham A. Colditz, MD. “Relation Between Dieting and Weight Change Among Preadolescents and Adolescents” PEDIATRICS Vol. 112 No. 4 October 1, 2003 pp. 900 -906)
Weight Regain Following Sustained Weight Reduction is Predicted by Relative Insulin Sensitivity, Trudy J. Yost, Dalan R. Jensen, Dr. Robert H. Eckel*, Obesity Research, Volume 3, Issue 6, pages 583–587, November 1995
But Aren’t Food Deserts/Lack of Access/Poor Choices/Lack of Time Making Poor People Fatter?
Studies question the pairing of food deserts and obesity (Gina Kolata, The New York Times, April 17, 2012)
General Sites Debunking the Junk Science About Obesity
Big Fat Lies
General Science
The Problem With Peer Review
When the population approach to prevention puts the health of individuals at risk
Food Science
Canned foods are as nutritious as fresh foods
Evidence for the Moral Panic
ADOPTION AND FERTILITY
Australian woman told she was too fat to adopt (January 2003, The Age, Australia)
In the UK, fat women can’t adopt (June 2006)
Kylie Lannigan told she was ‘too fat to adopt’ (June 2007, Australia)
Gary Stocklaufer denied adoption request because he was fat (July 2007, United States)
New Zealand bans fat woman from entering the country (November 2007, Big Fat Blog, NZ)
Obese women not allowed to get IVF treatments (December 2008, BBC News, UK)
Charlotte and Damien Hall denied for adoption because of their BMI (January 2009, The Guardian, UK)
CHILD ABUSE
Couple accused of starving baby so she doesn’t get fat (January 28, 2010, Fox News, USA)
Grandad arrested over Grand Canyon hike (September 2, 2011, The Age, Australia)
Parents allegedly starved baby because of obesity concerns (November 8, 2011, ABC News, USA)
Grandmother to face capital charges in granddaughter’s death (March 1, 2012, CBS News, USA)
CHILD REMOVAL
Oz parents to be held responsible for their kid’s obesity (February 2, 2009, The Indian Express, India)
Parents of fat children told they may be put up for adoption (September 5, 2011, Mirror News, UK/Scotland)
Ohio puts 200-lb third grader into foster care (November 27, 2011, MSNBC, USA)
‘Obese’ 5 year old taken from parents (December 5, 2011, iOL News, UK)
DEMONIZATION OF FAT PARENTS, AND PARENTS OF FAT CHILDREN
Is childhood obesity a symptom of neglect? (July 16, 2010, TIME Magazine, USA)
Study: Children are likely to become overweight by mimicking behaviors of obese parents NOTE: The study did not in fact show that children become overweight by mimicking the behaviors of fat parents, despite that scare-headline. It just showed that fat parents are much more likely to have fat children — which makes sense, given body weight is 77% heritable (July 13, 2009, NYDailyNews, USA)
MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE
Doctors’ ultimatum to kidney transplant wife: Lose 42lb in nine months or watch your husband die (March 2009, Daily Mail, UK – h/t richie79)
TAXATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
Fat people should have their food taxed to ‘pay for healthcare’
Don’t operate on smokers and the obese, says NHS Health Secretary (February 2007, Daily Mail, UK)
City government promotes lie to motivate weight loss via fear; anti-obesity agenda is to blame
The 1998 BMI definition changes made 30 million Americans overweight or obese OVERNIGHT
Obesity bias based on disgust, study says (2010)
Global governments must get ‘tough on obesity,’ in which the commentariat helpfully suggests plus-size clothing be ‘prescription-only,’ amongst other astoundingly panicked and bigoted replies (August 25, 2011, BBC Health, UK)
TRANSPORTATION
Southwest, Sizism, and Institutionalized Oppression (Athia, YouTube, August 2011)
On Kevin Smith and Flying Fat (BigLiberty, February 15, 2010)
WORK AND EMPLOYMENT
Obesity can mean less pay
Libertarian/Anarcho-capitalist Arguments Against the Obesity Moral Panic
The freedom to be fat
The new obesity pandemic, as same as the old obesity pandemic
The assault on food
Public health and the tyranny of the common good
Are food trucks really like child molesters?
Is Your Flab Imposing a Burden on Society? (May 1, 2012)
BOOM. Everything you ever needed to know to argue with your fat phobic friends and family.
Beth Ditto at the Seattle International Film Festival.
