In my many (many) years on this earth, I have learned, as an almost always fat person, that blaming your fatness for your problems is not only not useful in any meaningful way, but is also often incorrect. Sometimes it’s just the same shit everyone deals with. Some problems are simply what everyone goes through,…
So far, in this long and varied life of mine, I have not suffered too much trouble with my knees. (Please, everyone reading this, knock on wood.) Kind of surprising, because bad knees run in my family – on my Dad’s side. Lucky for this fat old lady, I take after my Mom’s side of…
Here’s the deal. We are frequently told how fat people are at risk for high blood pressure. Okay. So it behooves us to have it checked now and again. Righty-o. Want an accurate reading – use an old-fashioned sphygmomanometer. That’s that thing that used to hang on every doctor’s wall, and they’d put it on…
Has anyone heard of theCurvyCon before? I sure hadn’t, until I was working on the NAAFA Newsletter Roundup – and it was mentioned in an article talking about NY Fashion Week. I was intrigued. I visited their website. theCurvyCon.com theCurvyCon takes place the same week as NY Fashion Week and provides a safe place for…
You know how when a business gets such a bad reputation they change their name – thinking nobody will notice they are still the same awful company, just with a new name? Well, apparently somebody thinks that will work for weight loss surgery too. Imagine my surprise when reading about some fat science that weight…
Everyone knows that there are two sure things in life – death and taxes. Well, you can add a third – that you can make money off the back of fat people. A somewhat recent entry is the “wellness” industry. These are folks who go to other businesses and recommend wellness programs for the employees…
Here she is folks! All set for Halloween. My latest Dikke Dame (Fat Lady) doll. A fat witch. She is a lot like the one I made for my darling cousin Alice, but a little bit different. No cape – instead, she has long sleeves, a frilly contrasting underskirt (purple petticoat with black frill) and…
Many of my non-fat friends (and some of my fat friends) have never heard of the HAES® (Health at Every Size) approach to healthcare. It is an important concept – a concept of treating the patient in an environment of weight neutrality. It is a concept (as I understand it) of trying to help the…
How do you get funding for your research? Associate it with weight loss! No matter how tenuous the connection, no matter if your research already shows that it doesn’t work – more research is needed. You know what? I would love if being fat were a choice. But for most people it isn’t. Just like…
An article I recently read deals with what happens when a fat “influencer” loses weight and how the fat community deals with this. Influencer Weight Loss The answer is – It depends. If you were fat and used to be all over the internet talking about what a hot and fierce fatty you are and…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 