GLP-1 disclosure in dating is fraught and inconsistent largely due to the stigma around losing weight the “right way.”
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Stigma against weight loss drugs is driving some users to take them in secret.
The three-part Netflix documentary trafficked in some of the same problematic aspects of the show.
Moving through Thomas’s experiences of her body, we increasingly see how fatphobia shapes her life.
For years, the YouTuber has posted increasingly unhinged content, building a platform around various controversies and mukbang videos.
The season three scene between Colin and Penelope got more than a few hearts racing. It’s a refrenshingly rare onscreen portrayal of a larger women in a passionate, sexual encounter.
Weight stigma doesn’t have to be malicious or targeted directly at a person to cause harm. Fat microaggressions lead to poorer health, well-being and life outcomes among fat people.
Adult actors in ‘The Whale’ won Oscars for best lead and supporting acting in 2023, but if you catch up with awarded movies this holiday, the film’s depiction of teens warrants scrutiny.
The messaging around Ozempic being a miracle cure is not only a lie, it has kicked up a new level of fatphobia.
As the use of Ozempic, a drug for diabetes, slams into the mainstream as a weight-loss method, will the drug’s use impact our concept of fatness? And how does fatness intersect with race and class?
In their new video, Sam Smith celebrates their sexuality unapologetically like many other mass market pop stars. So why the backlash? An expert explains.
By only discussing fatphobia in the context of eating disorders, Taylor Swift illustrates how deeply individualized and depoliticized white feminism is.
Fat people need to be empowered to critique the very groups so willing to instrumentalize their bodies for political gain.
The annual Bell Let’s Talk campaign is shaping national conversations on mental health. But the campaign materials focus on individuals rather than the role of systemic oppression.
A new study explores whether how we perceive our body weight affects our prospects in the job market and at work.
Evidence shows fat-shaming health campaigns have little effect on promoting healthy lifestyles and weight loss among fat people.
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