Asia Hall – Different Ways to Frost our Cakes
Emily Anson: I’m Still Angry (But I’m Getting There)
Chrissy Widmayer: More than Just Fat
Stacy Bias: Taking Back the Body
Deb Malkin: The Word Fat.
Stacy Bias: The Shame Was More Important than Living
Melody Rossiter: Mouthy Fat Kid Does OK
Agnes Day on Disordered Eating, Shame and Coping
Celebration»
Asia Hall – Different Ways to Frost our Cakes (2)
Asia Hall talks about her experience auditioning for “Mo’Nique’s F.A.T. Chance.” mp3 link Interviewer: So what was it like for you to be part of something so positive? Asia Hall: It was actually an amazing experience. Oh my god, I never thought it was going to be like what it was. You’re in a room [...]
Childhood and Family»
Melody Rossiter: Mouthy Fat Kid Does OK (7)
My mother came from anorexic stock. When I started getting fat at age 8, she was confused and concerned, and put me on strict diets. I ate my vegetables, we never ate out, I played outside weather permitting and got plenty of exercise. Still, I got fatter and fatter. I found out much later in [...]
Labels and Language»
Deb Malkin: The Word Fat. (0)
Deb Malkin speaks on her language of self-definition. mp3 link I definitely am comfortable with the word fat. I mean, it’s part of the language that my community uses. And I like the words like curvy. I like the words are attractive, like Zaftig. But I don’t like them in the sense that…when they’re used [...]
Overcoming Discrimination»
Emily Anson: I’m Still Angry (But I’m Getting There) (10)
I’m still angry. My anger, while not integral to my new identity as a promoter of size acceptance, helps to drive me. I have to admit it. I’m pissed off. It’s been a journey for me to get here, and a non-linear one at that. When I was a young fat teenager, desperately trying to [...]
Self-Love & Actualization»
Asia Hall – Different Ways to Frost our Cakes (2)
Asia Hall talks about her experience auditioning for “Mo’Nique’s F.A.T. Chance.” mp3 link Interviewer: So what was it like for you to be part of something so positive? Asia Hall: It was actually an amazing experience. Oh my god, I never thought it was going to be like what it was. You’re in a room [...]
The Shame Game»
Stacy Bias: The Shame Was More Important than Living (0)
Stacy Bias speaks on childhood, compulsion, shame and the hierarchy of worth. MP3 Link My mom and dad were both big. My dad was about 6’4″, 350lbs, maybe even more than that, I don’t know. He was a very stocky guy, very Burly — his arms were just MASSIVE, his forearms. And he had a [...]
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