Over on HuffingtonPost.com is a column by some chick named Vicki Iovine headlined FAT Is the New ‘N’ Word. Suggested Reading The Story of Temptations Legend David Ruffin’s Ascent and Tragic Downfall ...
Pam Luk always encourages body positivity (or not talking about people’s bodies at all) when talking to her daughter. But when the child was 5 or 6 years old, she turned to Luk and said, “You’re fat!” ...
As a child, I hated the word “fat.” It made me feel ugly and gross. It made me feel like a failure – the word acted as a catch-all for the descriptors meant to shame me. If I had a dollar for every ...
University of Virginia (UVA) students were told that refraining from using the word "fat" is "inherently fatphobic" and weight "rarely has to do" with personal choices, according to audio obtained by ...
As a society, the word “fat” is one of the last few acceptable slurs we can use in public. Rarely do we flinch or say anything when we hear somebody comment, with intentional negativity, on another ...
LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) – Editors at Penguin‘s children’s imprint Puffin have taken a red pencil to the works of iconic, but divisive British writer Roald Dahl, known for “Charlie and the Chocolate ...
In the short scene, the scale had turned to show her weight, which instead of numbers was just the word "FAT." Taylor Swift has changed her music video after facing backlash from some of her fans for ...
Discover What’s Streaming On: Taylor Swift removed the word “fat” from a scene in her “Anti-Hero” music video after it was labeled as “fatphobic”. The 32-year-old singer released her tenth studio ...
Every January, it seems the topics of weight and size come up over and over. New Year's resolutions to go to the gym, to eat differently, to lose weight. They're the kind of conversations that writer ...