Why was it necessary for you to unpack fatphobia? DIONNE: It was important to interrogate and challenge our cultural mistreatment and oppression of fat people—especially as my young nieces come into a ...

Fat-acceptance advocates are pressuring TV executives to turn popular reality shows into platforms for social-justice advocacy. There is no better example of science-free cynicism. The campaign to ...

The fat acceptance movement promotes the equality of fat people in society. The movement embraces fat people, draws awareness to size discrimination, and fights to eliminate it. The fat acceptance ...

During the latest episode of HBO’s "Real Time with Bill Maher," the comedian took aim at America’s obesity epidemic and torched the culture for promoting not only "fat acceptance," but "fat ...

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Comedian Bill Maher is in trouble after attacking the fat-acceptance movement on his show last week. Not only was the segment hilarious, but it highlighted an important fact many people would rather ...

NAAFA was founded in 1969 by William Fabrey in New York as the 'National Association to Aid Fat Americans'. In their early years social activities and letter-writing campaigns were a major part of the ...

Look around you and chances are you’ll see that more than one adult in three are overweight or obese. Perhaps you are among them and you’re thinking, “That’s OK. I’m no different from anyone else, so ...