This past week I was in Melbourne for my birthday. I was staying right in the CBD, so a great deal of shops were easily accessible to me. I don’t think I’ve ever done so much walking around and exploring. It was lots of fun. I am a little embarrassed at how much I spent…
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Trigger warning for diet talk My younger sister has always “struggled” with her weight. She’s always “felt” fat. I used to be much the same and I’m sure the vast majority of girls growing up were too. I don’t know what age it started and I don’t know exactly what triggered it, but the both…
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Gisela Ramirez is a Sydney-based clothing designer who had her first official fashion show last week in Darlinghurst. Yet another reason why I want to move to Sydney! It looked like an awesome show and I wish I could have flown in, just to see it and be there (and ok, the goodie bags would…
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A bunch of people (including myself) were interviewed for a paper that has recently been published by Monash University. Titled, The Role of the Fatosphere in Fat Adults’ Responses to the Obesity Stigma: A Model of Empowerment Without a Focus on Weight Loss, it is a qualitative study, focused not on the statistics surrounding obesity,…
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After a successful photo shoot in Italian Vogue, Robyn Lawley has appeared in Australian Vogue (September issue). The first plus sized model to get a spread in Vogue (correct me if I’m wrong!). Most discussion has been relatively positive, but some has veered towards the “but what about the HEALTH” angle. Like showcasing a model…
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The other day, I was on a forum I’m a part of and reading a thread asking people what they can’t ‘rock’. The amount of responses was surprising and a little saddening. On the weekend, I was at brunch with my sister and, despite knowing my stance, she brought up that she thought certain people…
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It’s been a rather disheartening week in fat acceptance circles. Frances from Corpulent and Dr. Samantha Thomas from The Discourse were recently on Today Tonight for a story about weight loss surgery for children. It was presented to them in a positive light, but obviously the producers changed the way the segment was handled, as…
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I am not someone who enjoys group exercise. I’ve never been a fan of aerobics, team sports, aqua aerobics, or boot camp – it seems like complete torture to me – myself and a group of complete strangers united in an active dislike of the perky instructor, or me, the last one in the row,…
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Velvet D’Amour is a blogger, photographer, model and an advocate for plus sized women. She first came to my attention when she strutted her stuff on the catwalk for Gaultier and caused an uproar. A controversy. Because her body was in no way the norm for international catwalks. Because Gaultier must have been using her…
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I was reading a magazine I don’t usually read a few weeks ago. I was on a plane and needed some light reading – I can never read my books on planes, I tend to get extremely nauseated. Apart from the usual pages of mostly-unattainable-fashion and “must have!” tips and titbits, there were articles on…
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My friend Zoe recently wore a cropped top out. IN PUBLIC. And she didn’t get stared at. She didn’t get ridiculed. I was recently in Sydney and wore leggings as pants. IN PUBLIC. And I didn’t get stared at, I didn’t get ridiculed. Ok, granted, my leggings as pants had a longish top over them…
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TRIGGER WARNING FOR TALK OF DISORDERED EATING AND THOUGHTS. I don’t like comments on my body. Unsolicited or solicited. I know it sounds strange when I say that I don’t like solicited comments on my body, but I’ve come to realise, that I used to solicit comments because I wanted people to say how “good”…
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One of my younger sisters recently went for her very first blood test. She’s 25. She has Downs’s syndrome and has never been tested, due to a combination of decent ongoing health and a large fear of needles. As I am her carer, we conquered that fear with me in the room with her and…
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Recently, a friend of mine was attacked by an anonymous person online for ‘promoting unhealthy habits’. Her ‘unhealthy habit’? Choosing to participate in a burrito eating competition and posting photographs of said burrito. Which she couldn’t even finish. Oh my word, call the health police, she’s got a burrito! Somebody stop her! Really? As she…
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