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Stacy Bias: The Shame Was More Important than Living

Stacy Bias: The Shame Was More Important than Living

Stacy Bias speaks on childhood, compulsion, shame and the hierarchy of worth.
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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 belly on [...]

Melody Rossiter: Mouthy Fat Kid Does OK

Melody Rossiter: Mouthy Fat Kid Does OK

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 [...]

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