Beyond BMI: A New Book Embodies Fat Liberation
Evette Dionne鈥檚 new and highly personal book pushes back against cultural and medical fat shaming.
Body Politics
It鈥檚 Time to Make Accessibility Our Collective Responsibility
More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the burden of enforcement often still falls on disabled people and their families.
How TikTok Helped Me Find Community When the Health Care System Failed Me
鈥淚 can finally manage my PCOS in a healthy and sustainable way thanks to an unlikely ally: TikTok.鈥�
We Can Talk About Abortion Without Being Ableist
The intersection of disability rights and abortion rights is complex.
Disability Often Intersects With Domestic Violence. Here鈥檚 How to Better Help Survivors
Four primary solutions to address the specific needs of survivors with disabilities.
What Would It Mean to Codify Roe Into Law?
Following the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, advocates and politicians are calling on states and congress to codify Roe. But what does this actually mean for abortion rights?
Discovering Accessible Delight
Everyone has the right to pleasure. But without disability justice, pleasure is a privilege.
My Mother鈥檚 Immigration Story, Part of Something Larger
You can say that my parents came to America for a better life, and they got one. But American imperialism shaped their paths.
Art and Identity on the Spectrum
What does creativity look like on the spectrum? We asked four autistic artists to show us how they would like to be seen.
States Advance Anti-Transgender Agendas鈥擯art of a Longtime Strategy by Conservatives to Rally Their Base
Some 30 states initiated anti-trans legislation in 2021, and 7 more in 2022.
What Black Disabled Women Want
The basic human rights of proper health care and opportunities through work should be available to everyone.
The Shape-Shifting Power of Menopause
鈥淚 know there is a way to grow older that brings us deeply into living.鈥�
How I Found Hope in the Black Madonna
Christena Cleveland on her pilgrimage to find the sacred Black feminine.
The Importance of Knowing AIDS History
To understand the AIDS crisis that started 40 years ago, we need to listen to those who experienced it.
How to Really Support People Who Have Abortions
I had no one to support me after my abortion senior year of high school, mostly because seeking support would mean telling someone my secret. At the time, I lived
Body Shame and Transformation
The only way to beat a rigged system of body shame is to give ourselves what the system never will: compassion and radical love.
Your Fat Friend Wants You to Start Having Conversations With Fat People
Anti-fat bias and diet obsession hurt everyone, says Aubrey Gordon. Her new book looks at the roots of that harm and what we can do about it.
Should You Have Kids Despite Climate Change?
This decision comes with the privileges of race, class, and citizenship status鈥攚hich is why reproductive justice needs to be part of the climate conversation.
How a Cancer Treatment Center Bridges Cultural Divides
This North Carolina clinic is training 鈥渘avigators鈥� in the local Latinx community to help their relationships with patients.
The Sex Education Expert Speaking Up About Medical Racism
Ericka Hart is uplifting the experiences of historically marginalized people.
How a Stock Photography Project Is Confronting Fat Bias
The co-working office Rebecca Alexander has chosen for her latest collection has all the hallmarks of good stock photography鈥攎inimalist space, clean lines, lack of bold colors. On this Saturday, she
5 Tips for Surviving the Holidays With an Eating Disorder
For years, when I would go home for Christmas, I would have the exact same conversation with my grandmother. 鈥淗ave you lost weight?鈥� she would ask, jubilantly. I almost never
Taking the Shame Out of Fat-Shaming
Recently at dinner, my neighbor鈥檚 5-year-old grandson Taylor watched me sit down and said to his grandpa, at full volume, 鈥淗a-ha, she鈥檚 even fatter than me! She鈥檚 fat.鈥� He finished
The Fear of Fat: Our Last Acceptable Bias
A sexist, racist history of anti-fatness and a for-profit 鈥渉ealth鈥� industry has left the U.S. with a weight problem鈥攂ut not in the way you might think.
Here鈥檚 What Fat Acceptance Is鈥攁nd Isn鈥檛
Sizeism is everywhere in our culture, from the workplace to the playground. It鈥檚 time to change that.
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